Devices

Motorola Inc. announced its first touchscreen phone for the U.S., called the Krave, with Verizon Wireless on Tuesday. The phone is now available for $150 with a mail-in rebate. The …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For …

LONDON (Reuters) – Mobile operator 3 UK is to sell Nokia’s N95 Comes With Music handset which offers unlimited music downloads, an industry source told Reuters on Tuesday.

The electronics giants – best known for its printers and displays – is challenging premium notebook vendors, seeking to challenge Toshiba, Sony and Apple for the high-end mobility market.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For …

Financial analysts typically gauge companies on their future prospects, not past performance. That is acutely so for the current moment in history, a couple weeks into the critical fourth quarter. …

Social networking is exploding in mobile, according to figures released by ABI Research. And Frank Meehan thinks he knows how to capitalize.ABI polled 500 users of online social networks and …

Wow. T-Mobile said that it had tripled its initial supply of Android phones, but it hadn’t provided an actual number. Now we know: 1.5 million people have pre-ordered the G1, …

Motorola Inc. shares continued dropping Thursday, hitting their lowest level since 1992 amid concerns that cellphone demand will be hurt by spreading weakness in the economy. Motorola’s stock closed at …

A longish article from Reuters today speculates on whether Research in Motion (RIMM) could be bought out, now that its share price has received a 50 percent haircut in the …

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 …

Looking for a tale of star-crossed lovers who just couldn’t make it work? Don’t run for your copy of Shakespeare. Try the dealmaking scene in China.

The cheap, voice-centric, clamshell handset still rules the American marketplace, as Motorola Inc.’s Razr V3 remains the top-selling handset in the country, according to recent data from NPD Group. Yet …

Leadership concerns persist at Samsung Group, Korea’s top conglomerate, after nearly 100 days passed since a new management system was put in place following the resignation of its chairman, Lee …

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 …

Her name is Razor and she has a nose for Nokias.

In an unexpected twist, chipmaker giant Intel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep intact proposed interference safeguards that T-Mobile USA Inc. insists are inadequate to prevent interference from …

Streaming-music service providers bought some time last week when Congress approved legislation that will allow them to renegotiate royalty rates some claim may otherwise drive them out of business. But …

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. …

Blackberry is launching a competitor to the iPhone App Store. It’s about time.

Wall Street Journal says Hewlett-Packard will come out with new version of iPaq that aims to reach beyond just businesses.

After months of hinting at the device, the world’s largest handset maker unveiled its answer to Apple Inc.’s iPhone with the inspiringly named 5800 XpressMusic. The Nokia Corp. gadget features …