FlipswapFlipswap, an outsourced cell phone trade-in solution for retailers, said it has signed integration partnerships with retail management system providers iQmetrix, Work Wireless, TeleTracker and CellSell.Flipswap's Web-based software allows retailers to formulate a guaranteed trade-in quote for old phones. The value can then be...
Yahoo Inc. inked a deal to deploy its Go for Mobile 2.0 offering on Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile devices.The Internet giant is partnering with Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp., the world's leading provider of Windows-enabled smartphones, to embed the technology on "millions" of HTC...
For anyone who has yet to be convinced, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. used the 3GSM World Congress to show off what it can do with a high-end mobile phone, launching (or re-launching) a half-dozen models. Now, if only worldwide markets in the replacement cycle...
Glowing praise for Modeo L.L.C.'s recently launched mobile broadcast television beta trial service in New York City is already rolling in."WOW!" is how Ric Prentiss of Raymond James and Associates Inc. summed up his two-day experience with the service and HTC device that Modeo...
The nascent mobile TV market received a jolt last week as Verizon Wireless released more details of its forthcoming Vcast Mobile TV service, while potential competitor Modeo L.L.C. launched a trial of its service in New York City. Of course, those announcements were nearly...
Time was when the wireless industry's major, marketshaping impact in the telecom sphere was defined by the number of mobile phones that became substitutes for landline telephones, which historically consumers have relied on for day-to-day communications.Just as Ma Bell back in the day grossly...
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 of industry sources for perspective on "thin"-a somewhat elusive, qualitative attribute-and, not surprisingly, the...
Sanyo Corp. has put its best foot forward at Sprint Nextel Corp. with a top-of-its-line multimedia phone, the M1, at a crucial time for Sanyo and amid a strong, overall portfolio expansion at Sprint Nextel. The M1 launch comes freighted with context-Sanyo's global handset...
A lot of ink is expended on the competitive machinations of the top five global handset vendors-for good reason. This year, together, they will account for perhaps 80 percent of the nearly 1 billion handset shipments around the world. Big research-and-development budgets that support...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.—High Tech Computer Corp. has tapped Brightpoint Inc. to serve as the exclusive North American distributor for its Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile-based GSM devices and accessories. The 9-year-old manufacturer said Brightpoint will distribute HTC’s products to carriers, mobile virtual network operators and retailers...
Timing, they say, is everything. And so it goes with mobile handset vendors and their product announcements. There's a natural tension between the need to keep the market informed about one's innovations and product pipeline and the downside of tipping off competitors or setting...
Under pressure to assure the market that it can expand its traditional, enterprise customer base, Palm Inc. made a high-profile announcement last week in New York at the DigitalLife 2006 conference that it would launch a Treo 680 model for consumers in the United...
Like most things in wireless, the mobile TV contest boils down to devices, networks and—perhaps most importantly—spectrum. As such, two U.S. companies are racing to build mobile TV networks using the same transmission standard (DVB-H), and both trumpet their position as the competitive high...
HTC Corp. is looking to capitalize on trends?and possibly buck them-as it works to deliver smart phones in the United States and around the world. With 80 percent of the global Windows Mobile business, the Taiwanese smart-phone vendor has grown rapidly by providing third...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is adding a Razr-esque smart phone to its device lineup, targeting business and consumer users who want access to e-mail and entertainment content, but are willing to forego a full Qwerty keyboard. ? The Cingular 3125 is manufactured by Chinese vendor...
LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is adding a Razr-esque smart phone to its device lineup, targeting business and consumer users who want access to e-mail and entertainment content, but are willing to forego a full Qwerty keyboard. RCR @ CTIAClick here for complete coverage of...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
High Tech Computer Corp. wants its day in the sun and plans to begin selling phones under its own "HTC" brand, a departure from the anonymous, original design manufacturer role the company has played over the past several years in supplying smart phones and...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—High Tech Computer Corp. wants its day in the sun and plans to begin selling phones under its own "HTC" brand, a departure from the anonymous, original design manufacturer role the company has played over the past several years in supplying smart phones...
TAOYUAN, Taiwan—High Tech Computer Corp. said it signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Dopod Holding Corp. The transaction value will not surpass $150 million, said the companies. Dopod will become a subsidiary of HTC following the share acquisition.Dopod is a four-year-old mobile device...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Phone junkies have been speculating for months about i-mate’s forthcoming slim Smartflip handset ever since photos of the device were posted on the Internet earlier this year. Now the company has offered a more concrete glimpse of the handset in its...
Virgin Mobile Holdings plc is set to be one of the first European operators to launch mobile TV services using a dedicated mobile TV network. The company, which operates a number of mobile virtual operator services around the world, laid out plans to launch...
BARCELONA, Spain—Virgin Mobile is set to be one of the first European operators to launch mobile TV services using a dedicated mobile TV network. The carrier, which operates a number of mobile virtual operator services around the world, laid out plans to launch mobile...
TAOYUAN, Taiwan-In a surprising turnaround, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will sell phones running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system. DoCoMo previously had allowed only phones running either the Linux or Symbian OS. In a brief announcement, DoCoMo said it reached an...
