***1.5 trillion text messages sent during 2009***Have you seen the best minds of your generation destroyed by a mad compulsion to text uncontrollably? Do you know any strung out Crackberry addicts who underwent hours of intensive thumb therapy before returning to the streets and...
With more than 4 billion transactions made each year on take-out food, it's easy to see how there could be room for some new thinking on how those orders are placed. Therein lies the deck Snapfinger is playing as it expands its online take-out...
Fresh off its announced plans to bring the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus to AT&T Mobility, RCR Wireless News met with Palm Inc. to discuss its ongoing strategy in the face of an increasingly crowded smartphone market. While there has been stronger...
Sylvie Barak gets a demo of T-mobile's HD2 phone from Eric at HTC We caught up with T-Mobile to get a demo of the brand new HTC HD2, with its monster 4.3" touchscreen display and super snappy 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. At 480...
Jeff Mucci interviews Ronald T. Lemay, Chairman and David J. Edmondson, Founder and CEO of eRecycling Corps
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***LG says don't text and drive***Forget about drinking and driving! Do you text and drive? Or are you a hopeless Facebook addict who is unable to go five minutes without checking status updates? Well, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The...
LAS VEGAS--Global mobile data traffic surpassed voice traffic in December, according to Ericsson’s internal measurements on its live networks, said CEO Hans Vestberg during an afternoon press briefing at CTIA Wireless 2010.Ericsson said its findings found that global data traffic grew 280% during each...
LAS VEGAS – The prepaid pricing wars took another step down today as Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Cricket subsidiary unveiled new plans that provide for nearly nationwide voice calling for $30 per month. The new plans update the carrier’s previous offering by providing for...
LAS VEGAS – The battle for data coverage is now in full effect with T-Mobile USA Inc. saying it expects to cover 185 million potential customers with its HSPA+ network by the end of the year. The industry’s No. 4 carrier said the network...
LAS VEGAS -- In a dark, ambient-lit room with music from Blue Man Group blaring to get the crowd in the mood, Samsung Mobile today announced its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S.The 4-inch super AMOLED touchscreen device runs on Android 2.1 and a 1...
Ever since Dick Tracy made them popular back in the day, who hasn't dreamed of owning their very own watch phone? Well, it looks like you budding super spies out there may just be in luck, as the VNA Group showed off its Kempler...
LAS VEGAS—Where Samsung is a supplier, competitor or customer, it was hard not to get enthusiastic over J.K. Shin’s keynote speech at this morning’s sessions at CTIA Wireless 2010. Shin, president of the mobile communications business for Samsung, talked about the device manufacturer’s vision...
LAS VEGAS--Telefonica used the CTIA Wireless 2010 stage to flex its international might, touting its global communications presence in 25 countries across four continents, connecting 265 million customers. Inaki Urdangarin, chairman of Telefonica International USA, noted that more than 50% of investors in Telefonica...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
LAS VEGAS – Sprint Nextel Corp. continued its full-court WiMAX press today as the nation’s No. 3 operator said unveiled additional market it plans to begin offering its “4G” service in later this year on its way to covering 120 million potential customers by...
LAS VEGAS – AT&T Inc. bum rushed the opening keynote at the 2010 CTIA event with president and CEO of its mobile division, Ralph de la Vega and chairman, CEO and president Randall Stephenson holding stage for the events opening remarks. De la Vega,...
LAS VEGAS – AT&T Inc. bum rushed the opening keynote at the 2010 CTIA event with president and CEO of its mobile division, Ralph de la Vega and chairman, CEO and president Randall Stephenson holding stage for the events opening remarks. De la Vega,...
A new report from The Femto Forum says femtocells improve the operator business case for LTE and WiMAX networks while also improving the user experience and range of services operators can offer. The forum said its research found that the addition of femtocells into...
***The tree that tweets and speaks***If a tree tweets in Las Vegas and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Well, a team of bored marketeers at Sony Ericsson apparently believe so. Yes, the CTIA ConnectedTree senses changes in...
