Google has just launched a new video codec initiative and “web media project” by the name of WebM, purportedly with the goal of providing the unwashed masses with a free and open video format on par with leading commercial choices.
Google has just launched a new video codec initiative and “web media project” by the name of WebM, purportedly with the goal of providing the unwashed masses with a free and open video format on par with leading commercial choices.
Few would question the phenomenal growth in the prepaid market over the past several quarters with nearly every operator posting stronger growth from its prepaid operations than postpaid. However, the nation's two largest operators, Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility, are content to sit on...
Few would question the phenomenal growth in the prepaid market over the past several quarters with nearly every operator posting stronger growth from its prepaid operations than postpaid. However, the nation's two largest operators, Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility, are content to sit on...
It’s proving to be a great year for smartphones, with research outfit Gartner noting sales of the devices hit 54 million in Q1 of 2010 alone, an increase of 49%.
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.When The NPD Group reported that Google Inc.'s Android operating system had achieved 28% market...
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.There have been a host of stories in the past week on prepaid services, and we touched...
In a first quarter earnings call, NVIDIA executives patted themselves on the back for achieving “a major milestone,” in terms of completing and qualifying the firm’s first commercially available smartphone and for making history by being “the first PC technology company […]to cross the chasm from computing to mobile computing.”
It seems everyone is knocking Apple this week, first with US regulators hinting at an antitrust probe, then Adobe’s ad campaign, and now with Google CEO Eric Schmidt calling the firm out for being so freakishly controlling over its devices.
LOS ANGELES – After spending the last three days up close and personal with the cable industry at its big annual affair, I'm disappointed to report that mobile was hard to find. The wireless innovations and news I’d hoped to see were simply not...
LOS ANGELES – Kicking off the final day of the cable industry’s big soiree, Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski tried to dampen obvious concerns in the room over his latest regulatory plans. After duly applauding the cable industry for the massive investment it...
With the announcement of a Google Verizon tablet, many are questioning what Google has – in its archives or elsewhere – to bring to the table [or should that be tablet? – Ed].
Adding VoIP to the iPad really does turn the tablet into an oversized phone, and Israeli firm Fring is doing just that to turn the iPad into a great communication tool as well as a convenient media player and internet device.
Adding VoIP to the iPad really does turn the tablet into an oversized phone, and Israeli firm Fring is doing just that to turn the iPad into a great communication tool as well as a convenient media player and internet device.
LOS ANGELES – Media moguls from cable operators, networks and studios met on stage Wednesday morning with a former Federal Communications Commission chairman and a venture capitalist to hold court on the rapidly changing business models facing the industry and how alternative screens are...
Using PAYware Mobile eliminates the need for cash registers and allows the merchant to accept payment virtually anywhere. The firm also apparently has plans to bring its wares to Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Android in the near future, which means most anyone armed with a smartphone could potentially use it.
When it rains it pours or – in Apple’s case – when it leaks, it floods, with news that yet another iPhone 4G has managed to escape Castle Cupertino, only to find itself dismembered and naked on Vietnamese website Tao Viet.The images surfaced early...
Sprint Nextel Corp. finally released launch details for its highly-anticipated HTC Corp. Evo 4G device that was unveiled at the recent CTIA event in Las Vegas. The carrier said the device will be available through all of its retail channels beginning June 4 for...
When it rains it pours or - in Apple’s case - when it leaks, it floods, with news that yet another iPhone 4G has managed to escape Castle Cupertino, only to find itself dismembered and naked on Vietnamese website Tao Viet.
Following up on plans announced last fall, German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG and France’s Orange unveiled its joint venture that will combine their respective mobile operations in the United Kingdom. Both companies are two of the largest mobile operators in the world.The JV,...
LOS ANGELES – To hear Comcast Corp.’s chairman and CEO Brian Roberts tell it, the cable industry is on a collision course with destiny. The seemingly neatly divided world of entertainment that Roberts first jumped into as the son of Comcast’s founder Ralph Roberts...
Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...
