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Sprint Nextel Corp.’s HTC Evo 4G handset went on sale today, accompanied by an advertising campaign that focuses on “first” inventions, starting with the wheel and including gramophones, trains, planes, …

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 …

Location-based services in Europe are set for robust growth over the next five years, according to a report from Berg Insight. The firm notes that it expects service revenues for …

In the Android deprived country that is Oz, HTC and Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) – owner of the carriers Vodafone and 3 Australia – have revealed that the HTC Legend is set to arrive on their networks starting in June.

Speaking at Mobile Monday in Taipei, Opera’s chief strategy officer Rolf Assev questioned whether handset makers would tire of “being so deep in Google’s pockets” and mused about whether the browser would become the ultimate mobile operating system to combat software fragmentation.

Computex 2010 was always going to be about the tablets, and kicking off this year’s show, MSI did not disappoint, unveiling both a Windows 7 Intel Atom powered tablet and an Android version running on Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor. Talk about hedging your bets, MSI.

Editor’s Note: This special report on mobile marketing first appeared in the March Special Edition of RCR Wireless News. The special report is running in two parts. The second part …

Nokia and Yahoo announced a worldwide strategic alliance to get Yahoo services on Nokia’ Ovi platform and Nokia’s navigational tools on Yahoo’s online offerings. The companies have been collaborating for …

After 183 rounds of bidding over 34 days, India concluded the auction of 3G spectrum, but the spectrum mud-wrestle in the country is far from over. The BWA auction, in …

The full keynote from day one at the Google I/O conference

While Google has been busy at the I/O conference gearing up to unveil Android’s much anticipated next release, codenamed Froyo, news has started filtering out about the next Android version in the pipeline.

Google has just launched a new video codec initiative and “web media project” by the name of WebM, purportedly with the goal of providing the unwashed masses with a free and open video format on par with leading commercial choices.

Google has just launched a new video codec initiative and “web media project” by the name of WebM, purportedly with the goal of providing the unwashed masses with a free and open video format on par with leading commercial choices.

With mobile apps being developed at blistering speeds, it was only a matter of time before the mobile eco-system met the automobile industry, and infected smartphone addicts with a new kind of love bug.

Watch out Skype, because Google is pushing itself even further into the VoIP space, moving in to buy Global IP Solutions, a firm renowned for its voice and video processing technology for IP networks.

Google Inc. and Global IP Solutions Holding AB entered a transaction agreement that calls for Google Acquisition Holdings Inc. to make a voluntary public cash offer to acquire all the …

Regional operator SouthernLINC Wireless launched Motorola Inc.’s first iDEN device running Google Inc.’s Android operating system, the Motorola i1. The device was first unveiled at the recent CTIA event in …

It’s proving to be a great year for smartphones, with research outfit Gartner noting sales of the devices hit 54 million in Q1 of 2010 alone, an increase of 49%.

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.When …

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.There have been …

Google announced this week that it would be ceasing its online only sale strategy for its Nexus phone in favour of retail based sales.

It seems everyone is knocking Apple this week, first with US regulators hinting at an antitrust probe, then Adobe’s ad campaign, and now with Google CEO Eric Schmidt calling the firm out for being so freakishly controlling over its devices.