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Shopping reaches cloud computing heights

With physical stores increasingly coming into competition with online retailers, it seems almost inevitable that one would begin to borrow from the other

Palm Pre set for May 16 launch at AT&T Mobility

Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...

Palm Pre set for May 16 launch at AT&T Mobility

Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...

Palm Pre set for May 16 launch at AT&T Mobility

Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...

Reality Check: Three discoveries from first quarter earnings

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings to the Reality Check faithful. This week many pieces of the earnings puzzle were filled in,...

Palm Pre Plus on AT&T launches May 16th

According to a post by AT&T on its Facebook page,the Palm Pre Plus is set to hit both retail and online shelves on May the 16th The Pre Plus is a slightly updated version of the earlier Pre model which has been available on Sprint...

Palm Pre Plus on AT&T launches May 16th

According to a post by AT&T on its Facebook page,the Palm Pre Plus is set to hit both retail and online shelves on May the 16th The Pre Plus is a slightly updated version of the earlier Pre model which has been available on Sprint...

Unconventional Computing, the Future is Hot Air

Over the last decade, computing power has become much cheaper, more plentiful and more widely available. At the same time, some companies have been built on business models that require massive aggregate computing power.

@ Digital Hollywood: How smartphones define us, why video hasn't taken off

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – Few, if any, technologies have taken off as quickly as smartphones have in the United States and it's changing the American lifestyle in the process. At the end of 2008, the U.S. market had a smartphone penetration rate of 15%;...

Reality Check: Listen to what he says

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.This industry provides plenty of topics, and I was torn this week whether to focus on earnings...

Reality Check: Mobile innovation: A vision for 2020

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.What will the mobile world look like in 10 years? It's certainly a question worth pondering. It's...

Nexus One vs. iPhone 3G – the comparison

As a mobile pundit, something I'm asked a lot recently is whether the Nexus One is a good substitute for the iPhone. To answer the question properly, I decided to test both phones for a week to see what the major differences were and...

Social networking takes up half of mobile Internet browsing time

Social networking may be considered a colossal waste of time by some, but for the mobile industry, it's a Godsend, with new research indicating the mobile Internet may be just as reliant on social networks as it is on the mobile data network itself. A...

"Free" is the future of app monetization

The best things in life are free, and the same can be said for web-services and user generated content and data.Google was first to tap into the benefits of “free” when it created a clear formula for its online offerings, giving away services, in...

"Free" is the future of app monetization

The best things in life are free, and the same can be said for web-services and user generated content and data.Google was first to tap into the benefits of “free” when it created a clear formula for its online offerings, giving away services, in...

Content is king: Delivery, distribution and revenue matter too

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.Mobile content – the stuff that people read,...

Reality Check: Retooling for a new technological universe

A few interesting facts about the world we live in:• Today's global communications infrastructure connects more than four-and-a-half billion people; more than 65 percent of the world's population. • There are now more than 350 million active users on Facebook, spending on average more than...

Reality Check: Three dinosaurs

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from the ice-crusted prairie where we celebrate mid-30 degree temperatures. The mercury wasn't the only thing...

Analyst Angle: 10 Israeli companies to watch in 2010

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.Kelly Tedesco is easy to reach on her phone- as long as you send a...

Verizon Wireless updates Navigator service

Verizon Wireless launched its VZ Navigator 5.0 GPS navigation service, which is now integrated with Facebook. The navigation and search service, which sells for $10 a month or $3 per day on certain devices, is powered by TeleCommunication Systems. "Beginning today on select devices,...

RCR Wireless News' China Insights: Exclusive interviews with ZTE and Huawei

SHENZHEN, China--Why did the publisher of RCR Wireless News visit China earlier this month? In many respects, it was to see first hand the explosive growth of the Chinese wireless market. The primary reasons, however, were threefold. First, RCR Wireless News has always been...

New analytics firm looks to boost insight into consumer data usage

If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually measure what people were doing on their mobile devices.The importance of measuring the usage of mobile consumers is becoming increasingly...

More devices, more traffic mean more complexity in managing the network: Amdocs, Sandvine products help carriers with management strategy

The explosion of wireless devices and content – with predictions of 7 trillion devices connected to wireless networks by 2017 – will present increasingly complex challenges for service providers trying to manage their networks. As such, companies involved in the OSS/BSS space are ramping...