Devices

Consumers’ love-hate relationship with the wireless industry appears to be as contentious as ever. The latest survey and rankings released by Consumer Reports showed that despite the near-record-level of customer …

WASHINGTON-Nearly two years after the Bush administration announced an agreement to free 5 GHz frequencies for Wi-Fi technology without causing interference to military radar systems, government and industry officials have …

Sprint PCS said Thursday it is including embedded over-the-air technology with seven of its Vision handsets, enabling the carrier to perform remote software upgrades and fix bugs on devices already …

LAS VEGAS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will sell additional devices running Microsoft Corp.’s operating system in 2005. The carrier already offers Windows Mobile devices from Motorola Inc., Audiovox and Siemens …

The wireless industry again faired poorly in Consumer Reports’ annual mobile-phone report, which detailed chronic, major problems with service, billing and complaint handling with every national wireless carrier. Consumer Reports …

While the numbers aren’t available yet for the all-important fourth quarter wireless sales, I’m predicting stellar results. Why? Because I just spent the holidays with the Anderson clan (my side …

And once again the wireless industry (and the world) prepares to face the implications of the further permeation of wireless technology into our lives and culture with the pending prospect …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corp. said it plans to launch a fixed short message service early this year. Telstra has a branded SMS-capable phone on sale in Australia for the service, it …

More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that allows them to talk to other …

Forget interactive video, mobile bar-code scanning phones and music-recognition programs. When it comes to mobile marketing, it’s still all about text messaging. The coming wave of high-tech mobile applications has …

When it comes to wireless data, perhaps 2004 should be called “The year of the untapped enterprise market.” Even as a small army of software developers and device manufacturers rushes …

WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts …

Pantech&Curitel, a South Korean manufacturing company comprising the mobile-phone operations of Curitel Communications Inc. and Pantech Group, announced ambitious plans to sell 10 million Pantech-branded mobile phones in the United …

WASHINGTON-European researchers have found DNA breaks and chromosomal aberrations from radio-frequency radiation like that emitted from mobile phones, but they said new data does not prove handsets pose a health …

NEW YORK-Recording-industry giants EMI and Sony BMG have teamed to fight illegal music swapping with the announcement last week of an agreement to address licensing issues for music on mobile …

After years of what seemed like endless hype, Bluetooth wireless technology has become a mass-market consumer product technology, having shipped in more than 240 million units with price points of …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corp. said it plans to launch a fixed short message service early next year. Telstra has a branded SMS-capable phone on sale in Australia for the service, it …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Germany said it reached a two-year agreement with LG Electronics Co. Ltd. to exclusively sell selected LG cell phones. The latest device is the LG L5100 camera phone, …

They’ve been called the last untapped demographic for mobile phones, but some seniors say the industry itself may be to blame for the lack of elderly mobile users. Wireless devices …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration has banned shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries on commercial flights because they pose a fire hazard when transported in the cargo hold of passenger aircraft, the …

WASHINGTON-Airplanes soon could lose their distinction as being one of the few places where a person cannot be reached by a wireless device due to decisions last week to re-auction …

RALEIGH, North Carolina-A local news TV station in North Carolina will offer news stories, pictures, traffic information and weather forecasts through a downloadable Java application. The application will be available …

WASHINGTON-Four national mobile-phone carriers have petitioned state and local officials in Maryland for refunds of taxes imposed on them.. The requests were delivered to the City of Baltimore and Montgomery …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today proposed changing its rules to allow the use of mobile phones on airplanes, but is leaving cell-phone etiquette protocols to be determined by others. “Good …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-BSquare Corp. introduced a solution for Windows Mobile-based device makers that makes integrating audio peripherals with phone subsystem components easier. The BSquare Audio Manager is a development framework that …