Devices

Texas Instruments, Inc. yesterday posted a 30% year-on-year drop in revenue and a 95% drop in operating profit. About one-quarter of T.I.’s revenue in the fourth quarter was derived from …

So it seems the hottest item to sneak into a prison cell is no longer contraband cigarettes, or a knife baked in a cake, but a cellphone. Clearly a prisoner …

A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology. In last week’s Apple’s acting chief executive Tim Cook made a number …

British Airways to Launch Text- and Data-Only Cellphone Usage on London-NYC Flights By John Mahoney , 10:00 AM on Tue Jan 27 2009, 480 views Hey, this makes sense.

How well the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters may depend partially on AT&T Inc.’s wireless network.FEMA has struck a deal with AT&T Inc. that could net the wireless …

Mobile handsets bolstered sales and profits at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the fourth quarter, as the Korean handset vendor cemented its No. 2 global position.The company shipped 53 million …

There continues to be significant speculation about what wireless and other telecom sectors can expect from the Federal Communications Commission in the Obama era. Billions upon billions of dollars are …

Barack Obama has won the battle of the BlackBerry. The president will be allowed to use his BlackBerry “to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of …

LG Electronics Co. said today that its handset shipments grew year-on-year and sequentially on a day when market leader Nokia Corp. acknowledged declines in both metrics.The Korean vendor credited new …

Nokia Corp. confirmed today that the fourth quarter – typically the year’s retail high point – was dismal and said the year ahead would far worse than it anticipated just …

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 …

Apple Inc. is not immune to the economic downturn, as it reported a massive slowdown in iPhone 3G sales in its earnings call this afternoon, after markets had closed.The first …

The U.S. mobile imaging market is expected to generate more than $500 million in revenues in 2013, according to a new report form research firm Parks Associates.The company said it …

Research In Motion Ltd. yesterday withdrew its offer to purchase Certicom Corp., an encryption firm, after a Canadian court imposed an injunction on its offer.RIM dropped its takeover bid after …

No one can miss the dark clouds streaming overhead, but analysts say that without the expected growth in smartphone sales, those clouds might blot out the sun altogether. Handset sales, …

So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising …

Qualcomm Inc. agreed to pay about $65 million today for certain assets from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., including intellectual property and the right to hire key technology personnel to …

Jon Driscoll, Novatel Wireless Inc.’s VP of global product management, sat down to show us MiFi, a new wireless modem that allows about five people in a 30-foot radius to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Goldman Sachs raised its rating on mobile-phone maker Motorola, Inc. ( MOT ) to conviction buy from neutral, saying it sees 50% upside to its new 12-month $7 price target.

According to Venture Beat, Research in Motion is gearing up to challenge Apple’s App Store with its Blackberry Application Storefront.

Skydeck is targeting road warriors and other high-powered smartphone users with new premium services that build on its free call-tracking offering.The San Mateo, Calif.-based startup introduced features that track missed …

A handful of forces appear to be shaping a year to come that is likely to include numerous device launches featuring the fledgling Android operating system. Whether that will spell …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications lost a quarter of a billion dollars in the fourth quarter as sales were down 23% year-on-year. SEMC shipped 24.2 million devices in the fourth quarter, …

Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s prophecy has been realized: The new president will indeed confront a crisis of global proportions during his first six month’s in office. In fact, the moment …