Palm is suddenly making some impressive moves. Unfortunately for the handset maker's shareholders, it's making them about a year too late.The Silicon Valley-based manufacturer this week took the wraps off a striking new application storefront that already boasts 5,000 offerings - 10 times the...
San Francisco's Paymo launched a mobile-payment service in 39 markets around the world, joining an ever-increasing number of startups looking to deliver a mobile wallet.Paymo is targeting digital transactions and micropayments - roughly defined as transactions of $10 or less - with a platform...
Palm Inc. joined the application-store bandwagon, launching a downloadable storefront with 5,000-plus offerings for more than two dozen Palm devices.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based outfit opened the Software Store (available at http://software.palm.com/appstore), showcasing high-profile applications (Facebook, Pac-Man, Tetris) as well as lesser-known products. The store is...
A new carrier is set to enter the competitive no-contract, unlimited calling market, this time with some help from the Chinese. Smart PCS is stepping into the fray with service in parts of northwest Georgia and Tennessee. Similar to offerings from segment stalwarts Leap...
Looking to expand its enterprise-focused wireless network solution, Trapeze Networks said it has acquired Newbury Networks.Trapeze said the deal will allow it to combine its network equipment and management systems with Newbury's wireless local area network location systems. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
A new white paper from Nielsen Mobile notes an emerging opportunity for marketers in "short code" marketing, whereby companies and their customers can interact via special abbreviated telephone numbers used for mobile phone commercial text messages, announcements and offers.According to Nielsen, U.S. wireless subscribers...
Nortel Networks Corp. has taken another hit as Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the beleaguered company's ratings.The investor service company said Monday that it has moved Nortel's' probability of default rating from B2 to Caa2 and the group's corporate family rating has also been...
Following American Airlines and Virgin America, Delta Air Lines will become the latest airline to offer in-flight Internet service to its customers.The airline, which recently merged with Northwest Airlines, will be offering the service through Aircell's Gogo network starting today on select flights, Aircell...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX--Poland: Airspan Networks said it won an expansion contract to...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Up until very recently, proprietary handset platforms, walled gardens and expensive data tariffs have served well as...
MINNEAPOLIS - Best Buy says its third-quarter profit sank and says it will offer buyout packages to nearly all its corporate employees in an effort to cut costs.
And finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has frozen the specifications for LTE, with final formal ratification expected in March 2009.
Voice-activation and touch technology will be common, Pew study finds. By 2020, mobile phones will be the primary Internet devices for most people in the world, according to a panel of experts, who also predict that Web technologies will probably not lead to increased...
Looking to beef up its GPS product line, Mitac International has agreed to buy the consumer products division of GPS maker Magellan Navigation for an undisclosed sum. Taiwan-based Mitac sells GPS-equipped smartphones and navigation units through its Mio Technology subsidiary.
Tough economic times demand a lower-priced system, but Apple won't want to cannibalize MacBook sales. Apple Inc. will introduce two netbooks at the MacWorld Conference and Expo next month that will be tied to the company's App Store, as is its iPhone , an...
Total measured ad expenditures in the first nine months of '08 declined 1.7% compared with the same period in 2007. And ad spend during Q3 was down 2.0% vs. last year, according to data released today by TNS Media Intelligence , reports MarketingCharts.
This holiday season, many consumers will buy something nice for the ones they love. Not for people, mind you, but their favorite electronic gadgets. Despite the economic malaise, the market for accessories for beloved electronic gadgets remains strong, analysts say.
