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Nokia Corp. begged for forgiveness from consumers after its new cloud-based service broke down.The Finnish manufacturer – which is striving to evolve into a mobile Internet services company – said …

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 …

Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to bridge the gap between smartphones and feature phones with a new platform targeting mid- and lower-end devices.The Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer unveiled the mobile …

All the pieces are in place for a turnaround at Palm Inc., CEO Ed Colligan said in extolling the company’s next-generation platform, due to launch in months.Perhaps the biggest variable …

Microsoft Corp.’s ActiveSync technology is behind Google Inc.’s latest mobile synching offering.The Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant on Monday rolled out Google Sync., a feature that allows users with iPhones …

The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility failed to reach an agreement over the weekend on a new contract covering 20,000 wireless workers in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Mountain …

Microsoft Corp. is the latest company to jump on the cloud-computing craze with a free new service for Windows Mobile users.The software giant unveiled My Phone, a Web-based service that …

The wireless pundits are chattering about a new offer from Verizon Wireless. The nation’s largest carrier is offering a buy-one-get-one-of-equal-or-lesser-value-for-free promotion on the most popular smartphone brand – Research In …

Google Inc. launched a mobile version of its book search offering, enabling users with devices such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone and T-Mobile USA Inc.’s G1 to access more than 1.5 …

For all the things the iPhone can do, running Flash – a platform that displays interactive graphics and animations – isn’t one of them. But Greystripe isn’t waiting around for …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. eked out a slim lead in market share over Motorola Inc. in the United States last year, in part due to the latter’s fading fortunes, according …

Nickelodeon is launching a series of iPhone and iTouch applications based on its popular shows “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Dora the Explorer” and “iCarly.” Users will be challenged to match shapes, count …

Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI Research.And even though the market is …

Betting that a touchscreen interface and high-resolution camera phone will lead to more photo-sharing – and accompanying data revenue – T-Mobile USA Inc. said today it would soon launch Samsung …

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 …

Mobile application retailer Handmark announced a deal to acquire FreeRange Communications, a Portland, Ore.-based mobile technology firm, for an undisclosed amount.FreeRange offers a publishing platform designed to help media companies …

Now that retailers have honed in on wireless, realizing that it can serve as an integral part of its business, they’ve also begun to notice that customers need more help …

According to a Wall Street Journal report this morning, AT&T Inc. is very interested in acquiring network assets and customers Verizon Wireless has to divest as part of its acquisition …

Smartphones are no longer the exclusive domain of high-powered executives and road warriors. But what that means for the mobile e-mail space – which seems perennially on the verge of …

While being the gold standard for wireless smartphones has its advantages, Apple Inc.’s iPhone and exclusive, domestic carrier partner AT&T Mobility may be evolving into a potential gold mine in …

The fourth-quarter slugfest between Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Storm, HTC Corp’s G1 and Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G – all heavily subsidized and marketed exclusives – reflected several major currents …

Apple Inc.’s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company’s earnings call last month, may not be wise or even have …

The short-term forecast for the handset market calls for pain and belt-tightening, no matter which market analysis you favor. And those analyses range from pretty harsh to very harsh. “We …

An inventory buildup, slowing demand and lack of visibility into how to weigh those two factors is hanging over the wireless chip industry as companies search for a way ahead. …

Businesses in nearly every industry seem to be adopting a bunker mentality and shedding workers in an effort to weather an increasingly brutal economic storm. But wireless software developers are …