Apple

First, Balda AG and its partner, TPK Holdings, won Apple Inc.’s business for the touchscreen module for the latter’s iPhone.Now Balda’s shareholders are agitating for the company to spin off …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what …

Verizon Wireless won an exclusive deal to distribute AC/DC’s entire catalog of 18 albums through its Vcast music service.One of the last holdouts in the age of digital music, AC/DC …

Buried deep in the support area of its Web site, iPhone maker Apple Inc. provided instructions on how to update the handset via a cabled connection to a PC. The …

Whether Jose Trujillo of Melrose Park, Ill., will find support among fellow iPhone owners-or a court of law in Cook County, Ill.-for his just-launched lawsuit against Apple Inc. and AT&T …

In the “Apple set to invade Europe” story on page 14 of this week’s issue, it should read that Apple will unveil a European partner for the iPhone as well …

When teardown firms managed to analyze the components of the iPhone, they found that Apple Inc. had taken the wireless handset industry’s diversification strategy one step further.Where most handset vendors …

WITH VIRGIN MOBILE USA L.L.C. SEEKING A $500 MILLION INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING, the company is looking to complete the first IPO of a mobile virtual network operator in the United …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what …

Hello!And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us …

The iPhone will be launched in “a few major countries” in Europe before the end of December, Apple Inc. executives said this afternoon during a conference call to discuss the …

AT&T Inc. reported a strong quarter and said its mobile division activated 146,000 Apple Inc. iPhone customers in the first day and a half of the device’s release, more than …

A&E Television Networks has struck its first carriage deal for its made-for-mobile channels A&E Mobile and the History Channel Mobile with MobiTV.“We believe our audiences are skewing younger, and we …

Like a crash by leading contenders in the Tour de France, any stumble by a leading handset vendor creates an opening for competitors.Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony …

“Serenity now!” yelled the character George Costanza in one episode of the 1990s sitcom, “Seinfeld.”Costanza’s anguished cry underscored the unbridgeable gap between his desperate need for serenity and the angst …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Speculation has sent network operators’ stock up and down, but a British analyst said yesterday that Apple Inc. had not signed any deals with Euro-operators.The sticking point, according to Bill …

Welcome to our Monday column, Analyst Angle. Every Monday, the industry’s leading analysts give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry, from carriers to content to handsets …

Tens of thousands of customers opening up their shiny, new iPhones during opening weekend experienced a different way to activate a wireless device-outside the store.Instead, customers were pointed to Apple …

There’s been a lot of ink spilled about Apple’s iPhone. And here’s some more.Industry pundits have pointed out that the iPhone is like the Paris Hilton of the business industry; …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. Nokia-Siemens sent out a press release this week stating that Finnish ISP …

Powered by brand equity and brilliant media manipulation, Apple Inc. has parachuted into the handset business. Look out below!The company’s first foray into mobile handsets has captured so much attention-the …

Apple Inc. provided information on how the iPhone’s battery replacement will take place and how much it will cost. The iPhone vendor’s choice of a sealed-in battery-the same approach used …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

More than a dozen House Commerce Committee lawmakers urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to reject Frontline Wireless L.L.C.’s push to have the agency create a national 700 MHz …