Handsets

Sling Media Inc. announced its video-viewing software will run on Blackberry devices starting later this year. The company will demonstrate the new application on Research in Motion’s Blackberry Pearl 8120 …

OpenMoko Inc. has become an independent subsidiary of parent First International Computer Inc. (FIC) in pursuit of a slice of the mobile handset business based on an open-source software platform.OpenMoko, …

Full data on how various handsets and carriers fared during the holiday shopping season awaits collection and analysis. Various firms will report their definitive views in late January, early February.Based …

Palm Inc. almost looks like two companies these days, depending on which way the light strikes.Palm is focused on keeping the productivity-based Treo line from slipping into irrelevance, while it …

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. announced it will provide handsets to MetroPCS Communications Inc., making it the second Chinese handset vendor this month to do so.Huawei’s M318 handset, a clamshell model, …

The pieces continue to fall in and out of place in the ever-evolving wireless world, but it now appears the many changes – from the subtle to the spectacular emergence …

Many of the sexiest offerings in mobile content will continue to struggle to take flight in 2008. Wireless video will slowly gain steam in the United States, thanks largely to …

While we won’t know for a couple of weeks how specific wireless carriers did during the holiday season, it is safe to assume as a whole they did pretty well. …

More than 100 million recycled handsets are expected to be shipped in 2012, generating more than $3 billion in revenue, according to a study from ABI Research.Demand for recycled handsets …

AT&T Mobility is spreading the holiday spirit by opening its stores earlier and keeping them open later on the days before and after Christmas. The company said that shoppers should …

ZTE USA, the American face of the Chinese handset and network vendor, will begin supplying co-branded CDMA handsets to MetroPCS Communications Corp., which offers service to 3.7 million subscribers in …

The latest casualty in the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) space is XE Mobile, which targeted college-age youth and marketed itself as a hip, provocative alternative to traditional carriers with …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Verizon Wireless’ new Evolution …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp.’s strategy hasn’t wavered much in the past few years and the message for 2008 is essentially more of the same. While at one end of the …

That sucking sound you hear is the wireless industry on the mat, gasping for air.Enter the dragon, Steve Jobs, RCR Wireless News’ Person of the Year.In the United States alone, …

For spectators at the iPhone circus, two basic questions seem prevalent. Will Apple Inc. sustain the brisk sales of its signature handset at AT&T Mobility here in the United States?And, …

Both Nokia Corp.’s and Qualcomm Inc.’s stocks were down a few percent each on news that the United States International Trade Commission had rebuffed Qualcomm on its complaint that Nokia …

Mobile Complete launched an application that gives Web surfers the opportunity to try out various handsets before buying them. The interactive, consumer-focused Web program, called “TryPhone,” builds off the company’s …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. said it deployed a product from Telespree Communications that automates the mobile virtual network operator’s handset programming process via over-the-air technology.“With Telespree, we focused on the …

The worldwide mobile music market will ring up $11 billion in annual revenues by 2011, according to a study released last week by the U.K. firm Understanding & Solutions Ltd. …

CompUSA, a leading consumer electronics retailer and purveyor of unlocked mobile phones, is going out of business, the company announced. The announcement did not cite a reason for CompUSA’s sale. …

T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to expand its lineup of handsets serving the carrier’s HotSpot @ Home service, with the new Katalyst from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The quad-band, EDGE slider …

Google Inc. and the upcoming 700 MHz auction seem to have sparked an “open” movement among U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have been preaching their new “open” message …

Opera Software ASA introduced a BREW-enabled version of its popular Mini browser for mobile phones.Opera Mini, which has been downloaded by more than 27 million mobile users, formats Internet content …

Nokia Corp. scored another carrier win for its direct-to-consumer Ovi service.Telecom Italia said it will offer Nokia handsets featuring Ovi, an umbrella brand comprising mobile music, mapping, gaming and social-networking …