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RIM comes up short in Q3, warns that consumer demand is down

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its fiscal third-quarter results would miss expectations, evidence that the BlackBerry maker, like others, has been swept up in the global economic downturn. RIM warned that revenue in the fiscal quarter just ended would reach the range...

MobiTV basks in glow of presidential election season: Mobile TV firm latches on to ATSC-M/H technology

MobiTV Inc. announced its 5 millionth viewer just four months after it surpassed the 4-million-user mark.The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm also noted "an unprecedented level of interest in this year's presidential election," which the company said spurred increased viewership of news channels during debates and...

HTC bolsters handset design with One & Company acquisition

If you thought HTC Corp.'s Touch Diamond felt and looked better than its predecessors, that was the company's intent. Today HTC said it would acquire the boutique, San Francisco-based design house One & Company Design Inc., which assisted in designing the Touch Diamond.The value...

Aircell wins Virgin America airline in-flight Wi-Fi contract

Virgin America is the latest airline to offer travelers in-flight Internet services powered by Aircell's network.The service is available on select flights and the airline is expecting to add additional routes by the end of the year. Virgin America also said the service will...

Rethinking mobile games: Lessons from Trism

This may come as a shock, but it appears that the established mobile-gaming community has been going about this thing all wrong.Take a quick stroll through the games department on any carrier deck. (I'll wait here until you get the feeling back in your...

Social sites set for enterprise boost: App to integrate popular sites for consumer gain

Staying up to date with your favorite band, the latest news and online friends should be easier as an Oklahoma company is set to launch a social enterprise platform for mobile users next year.Onesite Inc. is planning to offer its eNotify application for Apple...

Telemundo puts fate of TV character in hands of Sprint Nextel subscribers: Mobile users will be first to view and vote on three different paths ‘Sin Senos’ protagonist can take

Telenovela watchers who are also Sprint Nextel Corp. cellphone subscribers will get to decide this month what the star of Telemundo's racy hit novela should do next as she struggles with drug gangs, sexual exploitation and breast implants.NBC Universal-owned Telemundo is creating videos representing...

MySpace brings its video catalogue to mobile

Move over YouTube. MySpace lovers can now access video from the social-networking monster on their handsets. MySpace, along with video technology vendor RipCode, announced that MySpace mobile users can view all MySpace video content on compatible phones."Video is a natural next step for us...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Clearwire, Palm, Nokia and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--JP Morgan resumed coverage on Clearwire following the close of its deal with Sprint Nextel to combine WiMAX assets. The firm rates Clearwire at neutral.Handset...

Mobile coupons to reach 200M redemptions by 2013

Mobile coupons are expected to reach 200 million redemptions worldwide by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The mobile coupon market is most mature in Japan and Korea to date, but the United States and Europe are showing growth across all the...

Study: Familiarity breeds IM usage

The willingness of business customers to adopt mobile instant messaging has more to do with familiarity with PC-based IM services than with mobility, according to a recent study from ABI Research."The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose demographic profile shows a...

Baby Jesus thefts thwarted by GPS

"The theft or destruction of Nativity scenes is a rising problem. Every year we hear how the sanctity and harmony of the holiday season was ruined by a few scrooges," said Todd Morris, the CEO of BrickHouse Security .

Gadget trade-in services that pay off

Many Web sites pledge to pay you for mailing in used electronics. Which ones look the most lucrative?

10 biggest technology developments for the future

CIOs say these technologies will be among the biggest drivers for success in the coming years, according to our Future of IT study.

Proximic’s iPhone app looks to advance search field

Google Inc. continues to dominate the online-search space, but who will win in mobile - and how they'll get there - is anybody's guess.The already crowded field of mobile-search providers got a little more packed last week as Proximic, a San Francisco- and Munich,...

Glu shares plummet, game maker to cut jobs

Glu Mobile Inc.'s woes continued as the wireless-game maker said it will slash an unspecified number of jobs as part of an effort to trim operating expenses by $13 million.Company executives declined to disclose the number of positions being eliminated; Glu also said it...

Palm battered after revenue warning

Palm Inc. said yesterday that its revenue for its fiscal second quarter would reach the range of $190 million to $195 million, far below Thomson-Reuters estimates of $331 million. The company's stock plunged more than 12% to a new low this morning before stabilizing...

Sierra makes bid for M2M with $277M purchase of Wavecom: Gemalto fails in Wavecom takeover plot

The long-term outlook for Sierra Wireless Inc.'s acquisition of machine-to-machine company Wavecom SA is positive, but the company will face some bumps in the short term, according to an Oppenheimer analyst.In a note to investors, George Iwanyc said Sierra Wireless' $277 million purchase of...

VIDEO: Nokia unveils N97 touchscreen … for next year: Key markets are Europe and Asia, analysts say

Nokia Corp. will deliver its second touchscreen handset by June of next year, the company said at the opening of its Nokia World exposition in Barcelona. The N97 is a touchscreen, horizontal slider with QWERTY keypad that will sell unsubsidized for $700. It was...

Nokia advances Ovi with Mail, Maps and Messaging

Nokia Corp. continued to build out its Ovi service with new e-mail and instant messaging solutions as well as an enhanced mapping offering.The handset-maker-cum-Internet-services-company unveiled Mail on Ovi, an online portal that offers 1GB of storage space and spam filters for Ovi e-mail account...

REVIEW: Mobile news sites offer headlines, and not much else

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...

Lowered expectations: U.S. handset market may not be “meltdown”

The swirl of events last month and their possible implications for the domestic handset industry are several-fold, analyst said last week. First, despite an outlook tempered by drastic economic headlines, the wireless market in the United States may not be the "meltdown" many are...

Holiday season a test for MVNO market

Mobile virtual network operators will likely join the ranks with most Americans facing a tough holiday season with mixed forecasts as to whether MVNOs will come out strong or gasping for breath.Tole Hart, analyst for Gartner, thinks the next few months will be tough...