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Mobile ad space hot acquisition target, while VCs target mobile developers

Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here. Although the National Venture Capital Association says it expects to see...

QNX talks RIM and "synergy" with Blackberry

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both firms

QNX talks RIM and “synergy” with Blackberry

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both firms

QNX talks RIM and "synergy" with Blackberry

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both firms. Although it's still early days and QNX is obviously cautious about spilling the...

QNX talks RIM and "synergy" with Blackberry

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both firms. Although it's still early days and QNX is obviously cautious about spilling the...

Sneak peek of Blackberry 6 OS

RIM has released a sneak peek video of its upcoming Blackberry 6 OS

Sneak peek of Blackberry 6 OS

As we mentioned yesterday, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis created a fair bit of buzz and excitement during his keynote address at WES 2010, both confirming and showing off a sneak peek of BlackBerry 6, the new BlackBerry UI which will debut next quarter. Of course,...

Nokia's N8 set for Q3 launch

Nokia Corp. may not pack the same name cache it held a few years ago, but the world’s largest mobile device manufacturer is looking to regain some of that clout with the unveiling of a new high-end smartphone that appears to pack just about...

Reality Check: What to make of Verizon and AT&T earnings

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's a lot to cover this week and a short amount of reading time, so...

Reality Check: What to make of Verizon and AT&T earnings

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's a lot to cover this week and a short amount of reading time, so...

RIM CEO confirms OS 6, boosts share price

Blackberry maker RIM is bouncing back this afternoon after the firm’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis confirmed the new touchy-feely BlackBerry 6 operating system will be available from this September. RIM’s share prices were taking a bit of a beating before the announcement, dropping 2.8 percent this...

RIM expands Bold to CDMA, updates Pearl

Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled updated versions of a pair of its devices this morning that should bring increased functionality to its devices that are seeing a dramatic increase in competition in the smartphone market.   RIM said it’s set to launch a CDMA version of...

Bits & Bytes: CTIA renames show, NSN to make LTE for 800, etc.

CTIA renamed its fall show in an effort to convey the growing use of mobile technology in the enterprise. The show is now called CTIA Enterprise & Applications. The show is scheduled to take place Oct. 6-8 in San Francisco.   Nokia Siemens Networks began production...

Bits & Bytes: CTIA renames show, NSN to make LTE for 800, etc.

CTIA renamed its fall show in an effort to convey the growing use of mobile technology in the enterprise. The show is now called CTIA Enterprise & Applications. The show is scheduled to take place Oct. 6-8 in San Francisco.   Nokia Siemens Networks began production...

Analyst Angle: Name that phone

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. Since the debut of the iPhone, a glut of touchscreen feature phones – often with...

BlackBerry OS 6.0 screenshots leaked: multi-touchy-feely

If one were the cynical kind, one might think believe that all these recent leaks about upcoming operating systems, architectures and new smartphones was all an elaborate ploy by phone makers to make consumers hold off just a couple more months to buy their...

Leap looking for devices, coverage to boost 2010

Leap Wireless International Inc. is using 2010 to catch its breath, or at least that was the sentiment from its CFO Walter Berger who spoke this morning at Goldman Sachs’ Inaugural Technology, Media & Telecom Leveraged Finance Conference. Berger noted that the company spent...

Analyst Angle: Seven unlimited prepaid trends

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.It is no secret that the wireless sector has transformed and the segment seeing the...

Blackberry and iPhone get official with Twitter

Last week saw social media phenomenon, Twitter, take another leap forward in terms of smartphone saturation, with the release of Blackberry's very own beta Twitter app. Twitter also announced its acquisition of Tweetie, a popular iPhone Twitter client.

Microsoft goes after social networkers with Kin line up: Verizon Wireless gains exclusivity at launch

The “social” generation tallied another victory this morning as computing giant Microsoft Corp. unveiled the latest attempt to infiltrate this narcissist, though apparently dominate, market made up of consumers that need to share everything they are doing, every moment of the day.The foray involves...

Palm's suitors could include RIM, Lenovo, Dell, HTC

Palm Inc. stock was up more than 16% this morning on continued speculation the company is on the sales block. Bloomberg News first reported last week that Palm had hired investment bankers Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to explore a possible sale. The handset...

Worst of the Week: Resistance is futile

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Apple unwraps iPhone 4.0 OS

Showing that vacations are for wimps, Apple Inc. this morning continued to unveil new offerings designed to keep its rabid fan base in a constant froth.The newest announcement out of Cupertino was a preview of Apple’s iPhone 4.0 operating system that the company is...

Worst of the Week: Fun with words

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....