Devices

Nearly four years after Nokia Corp. (NOK) paid $8.1 billion to acquire Navteq Corp., the struggling Finnish company is repositioning the business under the arm of “location & commerce.” The …

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has launched a centralized portal to enable customers to manage and control their machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and services. The Sprint Command Center enables business to control …

Video generates anywhere from 40% to 60% of mobile data traffic on wireless networks today, according to a fresh mobile analytics report from Bytemobile Inc. Considering that, it’s no wonder …

PadGadget | June 20, 2011 The shift in popularity from netbooks to tablet PC’s prompted Acer, the world number 2 PC maker, to announce that they are changing their focus. …

InfoSonics | June 16, 2011 | Press Release SAN DIEGO, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — InfoSonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IFON) today announced the launch of its new verykool® i310 handset in Latin America. “Our new verykool® …

India Blooms | June 20, 2011 Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) MAXX Mobiles, one of India’s largest homegrown mobile phone companies, on Monday launched a new slider QWERTY keypad phone – …

NEW YORK — Live from the Mobile Marketing Forum, RCR Wireless News presents a wrap of the week’s news and highlights some key trends coming out of the event. Please …

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ZD Net | June 17, 2011 | Rachel King Google already promised at the launch of Google Wallet that NFCtechnology would be coming to more Android handhelds beyond theNexus S. Sony Ericsson is helping out. …

The Hindu | June 12, 2011 After mobile phones, the competition is hotting up for “tablets” in India with BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) all set to launch its PlayBook …

The Hindu | June 2011 | AARTI DHAR & SANDEEP JOSHI A day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of the possibility of mobile phone handsets causing cancer, the Indian Council …

The Hindu | June 14, 2011 South Korean mobile handset maker Samsung is betting big on smartphones and expects the segment to contribute 15 per cent to the sales volume …

Hindustan Times | June 12, 2011 The advent of high speed wireless services, namely 3G and BWA, will take the total of size of the Indian telecom services and mobile …

Hindustan Times | June 12, 2011 The advent of high speed wireless services, namely 3G and BWA, will take the total of size of the Indian telecom services and mobile …

Bloomberg | June 15, 2011 | Adam Satariano Ron Johnson’s departure from Apple Inc. (AAPL) leaves the company searching for a top retail executive as it focuses on expanding internationally to fuel …

GUANGZHOU, China — Dr. Hideo Okinaka, VP of emerging technologies and industry standards at KDDI Corp., was recognized for his industry leadership with an award from the CDMA Development Group.The …

Bloomberg | June 13, 2011 | Tim Culpan AU Optronics Corp. (2409) expects prices of display panels used in computers to climb further this month, driven by demand for commercial laptops, …

DigiTimes | June 17, 2011 | Joseph Tsai Although most Taiwan-based notebook makers and related component makers are establishing new production lines in inland (Western) China to resolve their employee shortage …