Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition will be available next week at RCRWireless.com.. To say America's labor force is...
When in past years Symbian Ltd. nervously eyed the nascent promise of mobile Linux, Symbian evangelists noted sharply that the rival, open-source platform would require considerable sweat equity or costly out-sourcing to ready it for market.That claim turned out to be true to an...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is backing the home team - namely, Nokia Corp.'s Symbian platform - with a hefty $630 million investment.The long-term bank of the European Union announced a five-year loan to "part-finance" software research and research-and-development projects through 2011 in...
Verizon Wireless launched a new Web site capability that allows its customers to access the Web from their mobile phones using its Mobile Web service and get the same sites they would get using their personal computers.The Optimized View for Mobile Web is enabled...
BARCELONA, Spain - The world's handset makers pulled out all the stops this year in their attempts to grab attention and generate interest in their products. At this year's Mobile World Congress trade show, Nokia Corp., LG Electronics Co. Ltd., HTC Corp. and others...
After years of treading water and failing to live up to outlandish hype, mobile games finally may be starting to make progress. And it's the Apple's iPhone - and, to a lesser extent, other multimedia-friendly smartphones - that's moving the needle. Which is why...
MySpace said it is overhauling its mobile site in an effort to grow its base of 20 million wireless users.The popular social networking destination will launch an updated version of its wireless site later this week, adding new user interface elements for multimedia-friendly devices...
European mobile software company Esmertec AG announced plans to acquire rival Purple Labs SA. The deal will create a new business under the name of Myriad Group AG that will include a client list supporting most major phone manufacturers and 30 mobile network operators....
Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to bridge the gap between smartphones and feature phones with a new platform targeting mid- and lower-end devices.The Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer unveiled the mobile version of JavaFX, an offering designed to run atop Java ME (Mobile Edition) as...
A couple of weeks ago, iPhone developer App Cubby decided to try a little experiment. It would lower the price of its three apps--Trip Cubby, Gas Cubby, and Health Cubby--(which previously sold for a few dollars each) to 99 cents for a limited time...
A new build version of the Windows 7 beta has been available on several torrent sites as Microsoft ended the distribution of an earlier version, according to a report.
Bebo launched a program designed to help operators, handset manufacturers and mobile application developers to reach its 50 million registered users.The social networking site - which was acquired by AOL last year for $850 million - unveiled Bebo Open Mobile, a suite of tools...
Businesses in nearly every industry seem to be adopting a bunker mentality and shedding workers in an effort to weather an increasingly brutal economic storm. But wireless software developers are more bullish than ever on their industry.Evans Data last week released a report indicating...
Forum Nokia unveiled 11 finalists in a developer contest designed to spur the development of environmentally friendly applications.Nokia Corp.'s developer community said its "Calling All Innovators" site generated submissions from nearly 1,000 developers vying for one of three $25,000 first-place prizes. Submissions included a...
Apple continues to draw flak for keeping a tight rein on its App Store, but T-Mobile USA is learning that Google's free-for-all marketplace can be a dangerous place to play.The latest offering to get the boot from Apple is a mobile version of "Knife...
Palm Inc. joined the application-store bandwagon, launching a downloadable storefront with 5,000-plus offerings for more than two dozen Palm devices.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based outfit opened the Software Store (available at http://software.palm.com/appstore), showcasing high-profile applications (Facebook, Pac-Man, Tetris) as well as lesser-known products. The store is...
Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to woo desktop developers with the launch of an open software platform in advance of its annual Application Developer Conference later this week.The platform promises to help computer developers bring their wares to wireless using the same codes, tools and...
This year may well mark "a turning point in the mobile gaming industry," as Gameloft insisted last week. But for most wireless-game makers, there will be plenty more storm before the calm.The Paris-based publisher made the claim last week as it posted $34.1 million...
If this keeps up, content owners may forget the whole "on-deck vs. off-deck" argument. Instead, they'll be trying to figure out which mobile application stores' shelves they want to stock.Google Inc. is the latest player in the app-store game, launching its Android Market last...
BOSTON - What would a next-generation mobile Internet show be without some discussion about openness? During keynote presentations at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event, Sprint Nextel Corp.'s VP of corporate strategy, Russ McGuire, and Verizon Wireless' VP of open development, Anthony Lewis, spelled...
BOSTON - Futuremark Corp. is hoping to topple the bar set by Apple Inc.'s iPhone by taking the mobile user interface into the third dimension. The software company announced a new graphics software engine, dubbed Kanzi, that it said will allow handset makers to...
BOSTON - It's a busy time for T-Mobile USA Inc.The carrier is in the midst of rolling out its 3G network, it is launching the world's first Google Inc.-powered cellphone, and it is overhauling its interactions with application developers. The goal, of course, is...
Like gold bullion, Treasury bonds and the booze industry, the new mobile application stores that are beginning to surface may actually benefit from Wall Street's implosion.Like many of the rest of us, application developers are gnawing fingernails as they watch the financial meltdown and...
Nuance Communications Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile speech and predictive text capabilities "across a broad range" of devices from Nokia Corp.The world's largest handset maker will license Nuance's technology and partner with the Burlington, Mass.-based firm to offer open protocols for use...
