Wireless

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London’s Handmade Mobile Ltd. is bringing its Flirtomatic service to the United States. The mobile and online social networking community, which claims more than 1.3 million registered users, launched in …

Forum Nokia unveiled 11 finalists in a developer contest designed to spur the development of environmentally friendly applications.Nokia Corp.’s developer community said its “Calling All Innovators” site generated submissions from …

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a bleak fourth quarter. The industry’s No. 4 carrier said it added 621,000 customers during the final three months of 2008, which was below the 670,000 …

Fiscal first-quarter revenue for Qualcomm Inc. reached $2.52 billion, up 3% year-on-year – the high-end of the company’s prior guidance – and net income reached $341 million, down 56% from …

Texas Hold’em and the iFart may be, they’re not going to change the world. Nokia’s mobile application developer community, Forum Nokia, recently called on enthusiasts to create applications that will …

The next upgrade to Apple’s iPhone will have a strong focus on gaming, analysts and developers agree.

Analyst firm Gartner has published a report highlighting eight technologies which it predicts will have a major impact on the mobile industry over the next two years. These range from …

Outdoor GPS for hikers and sports enthusiasts will be available on some Verizon Wireless cellular phones though Trimble.

The Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers won’t be the only teams at the Super Bowl this year. A team from Big Brother is also there.

Market research firm iSuppli has taken apart the BlackBerry Storm and discovered that the sum of its parts is worth more than those of Apple’s iPhone 3G .

A California state judge ordered a new trial to determine damages in a class-action early termination fee lawsuit, putting the struggling No. 3 mobile phone carrier on the hook for …

Despite all the multimedia bells and whistles available to customers on their wireless phones today, nearly half of cellphone users still prefer to use their mobile phone only to make …

AT&T Mobility easily bested rival Verizon Wireless in adding fourth-quarter subscribers, showing there is still wireless growth to be had. The industry’s No. 2 operator said it added 2.1 million …

There’s a new player on the wide-open mobile search playground. And it’s bigger than you think.Kgb, a New York-based firm with roots in fixed-line directory assistance, launched service earlier this …

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. jumped after the struggling company posted a slight increase in quarterly revenues.The Redwood City, Calif.-based firm generated $48.1 million in revenues during the quarter ended …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carriers–Morgan Stanley reinstated its equal-weight rating on Verizon Communications after the …

“Super Bowl XLIII uses 21st century technology to insure (sic) that fans have a positive experience on February 1, 2009,” the press release from InStadiumSolutions (ISS) exclaimed. “Fans will be …

A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone’s camera is used, in an …

The writing was probably on the wall, but no one’s paying close enough attention to what Boost Mobile’s doing to even notice. phonescoop has it that the company famous for …

Barclays has become the first UK high street bank to offer free security software to its mobile banking customers, in a deal with anti-malware vendor Kaspersky Lab.

A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology.

The Senate Finance Committee later today is expected to make tax credits available to wireless carriers and others in the telecom industry that expand broadband networks to rural and low-income …

AdMob unveiled a new ad network designed to help developers to monetize their applications on the Android platform.The San Mateo, Calif.,-based mobile ad startup said it already serves ads on …