Handsets

Yahoo Inc. is using the Consumer Electronics Show to tout a host of new partnerships supporting its Go 2.0 service.The Internet giant announced pacts to preload an updated version of …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. is racking up deals to offer its unique content and user interface abroad, and reap the benefits of revenue sharing without the effort and expense of expanding …

In the hard light of early January, the shape of the year unfolding ahead remains somewhat amorphous. What to watch for in the handset space, the wireless industry’s most tangible …

Conventional wisdom says, and consumers certainly seem to think, that family wireless plans offered by cellular carriers are a great deal. In exchange for tying other family members into one …

The major U.S. carriers are rushing to cash in on the mobile marketing craze by selling ad space on their WAP decks. But consumers aren’t thrilled about using the third …

As the wireless industry rings in 2007 at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we’ll likely see some hot new looks from the nation’s top wireless players. You …

It’s official-the fourth quarter was financially rough for Motorola Inc., as a handful of financial analysts had warned in mid-December. The disappointing results came despite a prodigious leap in the …

Kodiak Networks announced a global licensing agreement with Research In Motion Ltd. to include mobile applications-including push-to-talk functionality-on BlackBerry handsets. Kodiak’s applications already are available on the BlackBerry Pearl at …

The worldwide base of mobile gamers will more than double by 2010 as publishers develop better games and carriers market the offerings more effectively, according to a study from iSuppli …

Changes in online handset prices keep raising questions for observers: Is the post-holiday retail model one of continued discounting to milk any lingering consumer desires to shop and spend money? …

Thinner, more power, less drain on a handset-no, it’s not a supermodel whose New Year’ resolution is giving up mobile communications. It’s a new mobile memory chip produced by Samsung …

Research In Motion Ltd. said that new product launches helped fill its sails as the company reported robust revenue and earnings in its fiscal third quarter, despite an ongoing, internal …

Trying to please everyone is a good gambit when launching a handset business with global ambitions. Somewhere along the way, however, one has to shift gears.Managing sustainable growth and profitability …

There’s a fair amount of chatter in the wireless industry about a developing technology that promises to add capacity to cellular networks wherever needed. This new technology is referred to …

Wirefly, the online retailer, is offering mobile handsets at prices that defy gravity.Tis the season, apparently, for free or low-cost offers on the market’s leading handsets to erode the last …

Opera Software ASA continued to gain momentum with a deal to embed its wireless browser on handsets from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The developer said the South Korean manufacturer will …

OK, so online shoppers safely ensconced in their comfy chairs at home don’t actually drop to the ground so much as they maybe nod off after another frenzied session of …

LG Electronics Inc.-the South Korean home appliance giant and parent of LG Telecom-has replaced its top corporate officer and the head of its telecom unit in an effort to reignite …

Verizon Wireless has introduced its first EV-DO Revision A device, a PC card that will be in stores by mid-January. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 is already available online and …

In the world of wireless handset vendors, there’s an increasing divide between the haves and the have-nots. In this case, the having or not-having doesn’t revolve around bling, but scale. …

The oft-repeated statement-“thin is in”-like many obvious axioms, tends to mask nuance. What exactly is this quality that appears to rule the current landscape for fashion phones? Ask a variety …

WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and civil libertarians aggressively scrutinize privacy implications of the Bush administration’s domestic surveillance initiative and other anti-terrorist programs in the post-9/11 world, the FBI is using wiretap law …

With a new leader in place, Crown Castle International Corp.’s mobile TV subsidiary Modeo L.L.C. says with confidence that its upcoming New York City trial will attract partners, enabling the …

The future of the “anywhere Internet” likely will involve a variety of networks and devices, analysts said during a teleconference last week-and if wireless operators want to get in on …

I continue to be amazed by consumer infatuation with razor-thin cell phones. Motorola has sold what, 50 gazillion Razrs, and Samsung seems to be rolling out a new “thinnest” model …