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Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Do-Not-Call lists gather...

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Handset market disruption?...

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. “The iPhone 4 camera is easy to use, has great auto-focus and HDR capabilities and...

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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.Along with every one of my friends in this industry, from entrepreneurs to product managers at carriers,...

There are countless companies trying to target consumers through their phones, but mobile advertising may be an especially good fit for athletic shoes.Pardon the pun.Nike kicked off - oops, launched - an interactive campaign in Hong Kong last month to tout a new soccer...

Last year, of course, the iPhone launch drove hand-wringing over the need to revamp user interfaces, accompanied by a move to large-display touchscreens.A wave of devices sporting large-display touchscreens followed, with varying results on the user interface. That influence continues to play out with...

Analyst Tero Kuittinen at Global Crown Capital L.L.C. said in a note to investors that top-tier carriers in the United States were pulling back on support for Motorola Inc., and characterized the vendor's pending product launches as "a half-baked mess.""The summer surge of fresh...

It's been said that football is a game of inches, a description that might also be applied to the handset market. And, as in football, a team - in this case a pairing of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. with its first handset from 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 us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

One of magazines' biggest strengths in the dawning digital age -- that engrossing environment often said to be so conducive to glossy branding campaigns -- isn't much help when the economic downturn is pressing advertisers to cut any ad spending that lacks quick, quantifiable...

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look...

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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Peter Jarich and more.In...

Multimedia capabilities in phones are not just in demand in mature markets, but are also sought after in developing markets, according to Raj Talluri, general manager of cellular media systems solutions for Texas Instruments Inc.'s wireless terminals business unit.Talluri said during a TI Web...

LG Electronics Co. has seen its rivals steal a march in recent quarters, dropping the South Korean vendor to the No. 5 slot globally, though it remains neck-and-neck for the No. 2 spot in the United States.The Korean vendor has not had the success...

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. has partnered with Intercasting to offer its customers direct access from select handsets to a range of social-networking sites. The service is initially available on three handsets, with more to come. The sites include general blog and networking sites such...

The sun was setting and my 4-year-old was getting restless when the outfield scoreboard at Coors Field provided a welcome diversion.Take a photo with your camera phone, the promotion urged, and send it in. The winning shot would be posted on the scoreboard for...

Sony Ericsson continued its strong momentum in the first quarter of the year, posting big gains in revenue and profit. The vendor's growth in those two metrics far outstrips all the other, top-tier players. Unit shipments of its handsets, while way up on the...

LAS VEGAS-New technologies and trends are trickling down to impact the businesses of rural carriers, bringing with them a host of new opportunities and challenges. The common theme among sessions at the Rural Cellular Assocation annual convention in Las Vegas last week was how...

Sure, cellphones have drastically changed the way people communicate, but what of the other powers mobile devices bring to the table?In this round-the-clock information age, cellphones are more than a one-to-one device; time after time they've served as an agent of information, a conduit...

Walk into just about any department or grocery store, and chances are that the automatic door swinging open comes from a company called Stanley Works-and it's serviced using wireless technology. Stanley Access Technologies is a division of the 163-year-old Stanley Works company, which counts...

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Ontela lent us a demo of its PicDeck technology, which automatically uploads photos and videos from consumers' mobile camera phones and transfers them to their PCs...

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie...

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.--Verizon Wireless put out two press releases March 1: One, that Verizon Wireless customers do not have to worry about the change in daylight saving time...