Handsets

Mobile security has been a topic of discussion for many years. Skeptics have always said “mobile security is a solution looking for a problem.” True, few mobile security disasters have …

Smartphones will come of age as the primary venue for mobile Internet content in the U.S. this year. The proliferation of these devices will reshape the sector and force content …

Mention mobile commerce in North America, and the common response is a roll of the eyes. It’s not hard to guess why. Back in the heady days of the Internet …

The mobile-phone industry finds itself confronted by a new net neutrality bill in the House, a development that adds to mounting pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to force wireless …

In the small world of mobile gaming, Trip Hawkins looms large. Hawkins designed his own major in applied game theory at Harvard University, and in 1982 founded Electronic Arts Inc., …

The worldwide mobile entertainment market will grow from about $20 billion last year to more than $64 billion by 2012, driven by music, games and mobile TV, according to a …

Certain handsets announced at the Mobile World Congress may reach the tightly controlled, somewhat schizophrenic – 60% CDMA, 40% GSM – United States market. But none are a sure bet, …

CARRIERS NATIONWIDE CAN NOW legally bid adieu to the legacy analog networks that the Federal Communications Commission required them to keep online through Feb. 18.AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless will …

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the …

The Walt Disney Internet Group took the wraps off a wireless Web site for U.K. consumers offering mobile content and interactive services.The company, which last year folded both its Disney …

Jamba said it will be the first digital retailer to offer music unencumbered by digital rights management (DRM) software under a deal with record label EMI.A joint venture between News …

Few would argue the premise that, in the post-iPhone handset world, the user experience matters most. Observers at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week have noted the …

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is home turf to Nokia Corp. and it used the platform today to reiterate its pursuit of the converged space by unveiling the N96, …

BARCELONA, Spain – In a room too crowded to let in all the press, LG Electronics Co. displayed three new handsets with nice form factors, but little pricing or operator …

Canadian operator Telus Mobility said it will become the first North American operator to offer Zi Corp.’s mobile search service.The service, dubbed Qix, is designed to allow wireless uses “to …

Apple Inc. has ensured that its customers have enough memory on their iPhone and iPod to store and consume more digital media from … presumably, Apple’s iTunes or its new …

Voce’s promises are now just a hollow echo of P.T. Barnum’s famous dictum, “there’s a sucker born every minute.” “The ultimate service,” the now-defunct mobile virtual network operator’s Web site …

Change is coming swiftly at Motorola Inc., fueling further speculation on the company’s direction. CEO Greg Brown apparently told employees Friday in an internal memo that he personally will take …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. reported that it added 210,000 customers in the final quarter of 2007; however the MVNO will be taking on a loss of $3 million to $6 …

The landscape of the wireless industry is in flux as you read this story, with product launches, pre-announcements and hype flying by like so much confetti on the wind.Or is …

Anyone who has traveled abroad and decided to use their cellphone to call home or check e-mail knows how shocking the total on your subsequent wireless bill can be. Short …

The answer to that old “WAP or app” debate? It might be, both.Ever since the early days of WAP – which, yes, was often crap – media companies and advertisers …

Mobile television is all over the place, yet going nowhere fast all at the same time. Consumer choice for TV and video on cellphones is pretty robust, but that’s only …

Research firm TNS said that Verizon Wireless is the clear leader when comparing brand power on an emotional level with customers. Verizon Wireless’ dominance is seen across metrics including usage, …

Anyone who has traveled abroad and decided to use their cellphone to call home or check e-mail knows how shocking the total on your subsequent wireless bill can be. Short …