United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL) is ditching all that paper in the cockpit and replacing flight manuals and aeronautical navigational charts with electronic versions on Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads. The airline has ordered 11,000 iPads that it plans to put in the hands of...
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA), the nation's third-largest mobile operator, said it added 2.57 million new mobile customers in July, pushing its customer base to 110.94 million subscribers. The carrier noted that through the first half of the year it had become the world's...
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.“Palm’s innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP’s mobility strategy and create a unique...
There was a victory for music owners and operators of so-called "music locker" services today as a judge in New York ruled such services do not infringe copyright, as claimed by a conglomerate of record labels in a case against website MP3tunes.com.
Investor's Business Daily | August 22, 2011
Source recently disclosed that China Unicom's iPhone 5 talk team with Apple Inc.(APPL) had come back to Beijing and that China Unicom would introduce iPhone 5 at some time.
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VoIP firm Skype has reportedly paid $85 million for smartphone group text messaging service GroupMe, to put itself on competitive footing with rival messaging services from RIM, Apple and others.
International Business Times | August 19, 2011
A new rumour suggests Samsung might be taking the smartphone war to another level with the introduction of a 5.3-inch Android-based smartphone that may take its rivals by surprise.
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Wall Street Journal | August 19, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna
NEW DELHI – A little-known, privately held company Friday launched a tablet computer for $99 in India, adding to competition in a market where local players are bringing in low-cost versions of the device...
Warsaw Business Journal | August 18, 2011
Despite its hefty price tag, Apple's tablet computer, the iPad, is making waves in Poland. It is now the most widely-used device for mobile browsing.
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The trial production of Apple Inc’s iPad 3 will begin in October, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which says Apple is already working closely with its component suppliers and manufacturing partner in Asia.
The WSJ said Apple had already completed its...
Not many would say Nokia and Apple were in the same league when it came to smartphones, but according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, data shows the Nokia N8 knocking the iPhone 4 from the top spot in terms of shelf space.
Using...
The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist InterDigital Inc.According to Reuters, even heavyweight Google is still in the running to scoop...
Andy Miller is leaving Apple Inc. (AAPL) for a job in venture capital, AllThingsD reports. The mobile advertising executive came to Apple in 2010 by way of a $275 acquisition of Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising company he co-founded.
Miller is leaving Apple to become...
The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist InterDigital Inc.
According to Reuters, even heavyweight Google is still in the running to scoop...
The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist InterDigital Inc.
According to Reuters, even heavyweight Google is still in the running to scoop...
Korea JoonAng Daily | August 16, 2011
A Korean law firm representing nearly 27,000 iPhone users on Wednesday filed a class-action suit against Apple Inc., demanding compensation for privacy violations inflicted by the smartphone’s user location tracking.
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The United States accounts for four of the top 10 operators ranked by mobile data revenues in the second quarter, led by Verizon Wireless (VZ), which pulled in $5.8 billion, according to a new report from wireless analyst Chetan Sharma. A combined AT&T Mobility/T-Mobile...
William R. Hambrecht, a director from Motorola Mobility’s board, has resigned for unspecified reasons just a day after Google announced its plans to take over the company.
The resignation is effective immediately, leaving Motorola Mobility's Board of Directors with nine members.
Reports say Hambrecht, also the...
There was another twist in the iPad vs Android punch and counter-punch today as a consumer survey indicated that 94.5% of respondents were interested in purchasing Apple's ubiquitous iPad over an alternate tablet device.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their views on hot topics across the wireless industry. We all know that Google Inc. has acquired Motorola Mobility Inc. in one of the...
The German Dusseldorf District Court which granted Apple an injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 across Europe has admitted it has no jurisdiction to stop sales of the tablet in countries outside Germany. The ban has thereby been lifted in all European countries except...
As the dust starts to settle on news of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility on Monday, the question now being asked is whether the deal will pass muster with regulators and be allowed to pass.
On the one hand, Google has said it...
As the dust starts to settle on news of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility on Monday, the question now being asked is whether the deal will pass muster with regulators and be allowed to pass.
On the one hand, Google has said it...
