After months of speculations, Apple iPhone 3G S is about to make its “official” entry in the Chinese market, following China Unicom's announcement of a three-year deal with Apple to sell the watershed device in China in 4Q. Through this deal, and while Apple...
The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
Nokia Corp., the world'slargest handset manufacturer, said it now plans to enter to netbook market with plans to launch a 3G-enabled mini laptop.The Finnish handset giant said the device, dubbed the Nokia Booklet 3G, would be similar to current netbooks that typically run Microsoft...
AT&T Mobility continues to ride the iPhone tide as the nation's second largest operator posted strong customer growth during the second quarter bolstered by Apple Inc.'s device.The carrier, which prior to Verizon Wireless' closing of its acquisition of Alltel was the industry's No. 1...
Worldwide handset sales were down 6% in the second quarter, but smartphone sales continued to climb, according to new research from Gartner Inc. More than 268 million units sold globally in the quarter, and 40 million of those sales were smartphones, up 27% year...
Computing industry giant Microsoft Corp. and the world's largest handset vendor Nokia Corp. announced a deal to deliver an "enterprise-grade solution for mobile productivity" centered on integrating Microsoft's Office Mobile software to Nokia Symbian-powered smartphones. The agreement calls for the two companies to collaborate...
Like cartoon coyotes that draw themselves to full height before an exaggerated pounce on prey, handset vendors have offered little this year - but portended much - before an expected lunge at the market.Major vendors, particularly smartphone purveyors, have largely passed up the first...
While the big news out of this year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Span, was Verizon Wireless' choice of LTE vendors - Alcatel Lucent and Ericsson, among others - its IMS news is just as interesting. It's not too much of a stretch...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is looking for a hero and it may well find one that fits in the palm of your hand - pun intended. In this case, Sprint Nextel is banking on the exclusive, hero handset from Palm Inc. dubbed the Pre. And...
Nokia Corp. said today it would offer its mid-tier, touchscreen smartphone - the 5800 XpressMusic - in the United States for $400, with no carrier support. The news undercut Nokia's public statements that it has approached the U.S. market with renewed vigor and close...
When in past years Symbian Ltd. nervously eyed the nascent promise of mobile Linux, Symbian evangelists noted sharply that the rival, open-source platform would require considerable sweat equity or costly out-sourcing to ready it for market.That claim turned out to be true to an...
The looming copyright battle centered on Apple Inc.'s iPhone may seem obscure, but the outcome could have wide-ranging implications for U.S. mobile users and the developers who target them. It's also a fight Apple should walk away from.The Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging the...
In an ongoing effort to cut costs, Nokia Corp. today invited 1,000 workers worldwide to voluntarily resign. The Finnish handset maker, which had about 128,000 employees at the end of 2008, said that between March 1 and May 31 all employees except "direct labor"...
Editor's Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of December. Rankings were provided by AvianResearch L.L.C.
The firm derives its ranking via its Monthly Retail Store Survey, which is based on responses from 100 service...
In the Obama era, the telecom and tech industries, consumer advocates, states and other stakeholders will be watching carefully for key policy tendencies emanating from a Federal Communications Commission apt to be headed by tech entrepreneur and former telecom policymaker Julius Genachowski.Will Genachowski -...
In the Obama era, the telecom and tech industries, consumer advocates, states and other stakeholders will be watching carefully for key policy tendencies emanating from a Federal Communications Commission apt to be headed by tech entrepreneur and former telecom policymaker Julius Genachowski.Will Genachowski -...
AT&T Mobility President Ralph De la Vega opined the benefits of an open wireless ecosystem at last week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain, noting that wireless customers want it.And he's right. Wireless consumers likely would be better off with a common set...
After years of treading water and failing to live up to outlandish hype, mobile games finally may be starting to make progress. And it's the Apple's iPhone - and, to a lesser extent, other multimedia-friendly smartphones - that's moving the needle. Which is why...
BARCELONA, Spain - AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega used his Mobile World Congress keynote speech here to plead industry leaders for a common set of applications and application programming interfaces. De la Vega's comments were notable in that AT&T is the exclusive...
BARCELONA, Spain - As Research in Motion Ltd., Opera Software, Apple Inc. and others encroach on its territory, Microsoft Corp. sought to fight back with an updated version of its mobile-phone operating system, along with an app store and support for Flash technology on...
BARCELONA, Spain - LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will make smartphones running both the Windows Mobile and Android operating systems, and will release an application storefront in the second quarter.LG also announced a new touch-based, 3D user interface - dubbed "3D S-Class" and...
BARCELONA, Spain - Nokia Corp. introduced an application storefront that will connect developers directly with consumers, a move that comes almost a year after Apple Inc. announced a similar offering for its iPhone device. Nokia said that, when released, its new Ovi Store will...
The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility remain deadlocked over a new contract covering more than 20,000 workers employed by the No. 2 wireless provider. The labor-management faceoff is playing out as the Democratic-led Congress prepares to revisit highly combustible legislation to make...
Developers of applications for Google Inc.'s Android platform will finally be able to start charging for their offerings.The Internet giant said programmers can now submit paid applications to Android Market in the United States and United Kingdom. U.S. users will be able to buy...
