Canada's Research in Motion and South Korea's SK Telecom announced Tuesday the launch of corporate service for the Blackberry Bold smartphone, which will be available in South Korea via a local network for the first time.
It's been a long time coming, but Pandora Media just announced that Pandora is now available for Windows Mobile smartphones-at least in a limited fashion. As with other versions, Pandora for Windows Mobile lets you key in any artist or song; the service will...
Mobile phones sales will shrink next year at their fastest pace ever as consumers cut spending, a Reuters poll showed, with analysts increasingly concerned about unsold phones piling up in stores.
Do you remember our E-Waves anti-radiation chip story from last week? Well, the retailer behind the device has since withdrawn it from sale because of doubts over its capabilities.
Memory cards are proving to be the largest revenue generator of all mobile handset accessories, despite shipping fewer units than other accessories like chargers and batteries, according to a new study from ABI Research.The overall accessory market is valued at $58 billion, said ABI.The...
Goldman Sachs is no longer recommending investors "buy" into AT&T Inc. The research firm downgraded AT&T to "neutral" and cut the company's share price target from $33 to $30, according to various media reports. Goldman Sachs lowered the rating due to negative pension impact...
Congressional pressure has prompted the Federal Communications Commission to scrap its Dec. 18 meeting, but the action does not necessarily mean the agency will forgo ruling on the free wireless broadband plan and other major items championed by Chairman Kevin Martin before he likely...
Mobile data is exploding as consumers are flocking to cutting-edge, high-end software platforms like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. But Everypoint is hoping to gain traction with users - and, more importantly, developers - with a new offering for feature phones.The Boston-based startup introduced...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The migration to mobile messaging and data was the story of the first half of...
Until now, Apple has been pretty mellow about using undocumented API calls in App Store offerings. As any class-dump of Apple's frameworks reveals , the iPhone libraries are far richer and more extensive than Apple's official SDK.
Unbound Commerce has launched a mobile commerce technology platform, dubbed Mobile Presence, designed to speed and ease the creation of a mobile retail web site.
The smartphone maker debuts its new operating system, code-named Nova, at January's CES. Palm says its phones for it will bridge the BlackBerry-iPhone gap
A Georgia company that provides wireless connectivity solutions plans to enter the in-flight Internet market for airlines and business aircraft owners by buying a defense contract company for $55 million.EMS Technologies announced today that it has agreed to acquire New Jersey-based Formation Inc. for...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin suddenly faces congressional pressure to pare down the Dec. 18 meeting agenda, a development that could blow up a scheduled a vote on a free, family friendly wireless broadband plan.Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.),...
Law enforcement is getting tough about cellphone hacking in Tinseltown.The Los Angeles county district attorney said AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed to permanent injunctions banning misrepresentations about the security of mobile phones on their networks. The carriers also will pay fines of...
Alcatel-Lucent is looking to 2010 to return to profitability as its implements a new strategic plan that will cut jobs, eliminate some contractors and shift the company's focus.During a conference call with reporters CEO Ben Verwaayen said the company will combine its capabilities of...
RadioShack Corp. announced a new $100 netbook sporting 3G connectivity. The catch? Customers have to sign up for two years' worth of AT&T Mobility's DataConnect mobile broadband service at $60 per month before Dec. 24.The device is Acer's Aspire One netbook that includes an...
Wireless video services and trials are spinning their wheels all over the world, but MobiTV Inc. somehow continues to gain traction. The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm has parlayed $100-plus million in venture capital into an impressive, 5-million-strong subscriber base. We chatted with Ray DeRenzo, MobiTV's...
It's getting cheaper to advertise in mobile as cost-per-impression ad rates hit single-digit pricing in some cases.The economy isn't the only factor at work here: Also in play is the onslaught of inventory coming online as more brands beef up their presence in wireless;...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Emotive Communications: The Mayfield Fund led a $6.25 million second round of funding into Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications. Follow-on...
