In Motion

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 …

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 …

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 …

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? …

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 …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Lehman Brothers raised its estimates on Dobson Communications on …

Visto Corp. claimed victory against rival mobile e-mail service provider Seven Networks Inc. after a U.S. District Court doubled the damages from an earlier ruling. The Redwood City, Calif.-based developer …

News junkies can now use their cell phones to access the latest video reports from Reuters following the company’s launch of a free, ad-supported video service. The service is available …

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 …

When two women in distinctive but identical designer dresses are seated side-by-side in a trendy restaurant, there may be mutual if mortified acknowledgement of the other’s good taste, rapidly followed …

Financiers continue to flood the white-hot-and increasingly litigious-mobile e-mail space. Specifically, white-label wireless e-mail provider Seven Networks Inc. snared $42 million in an oversubscribed round of funding. The company said …

LOS ANGELES-Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and the Korean handset vendor’s American subsidiary over the use of the name “BlackJack” for the latter’s new smart …

Under the banner, “Simpler and Slimmer,” Consumer Reports’ January 2007 issue weighed in on a handset category that has even the experts scratching their heads. At CTIA I.T. in September, …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates on Sprint …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. joined smaller rival T-Mobile USA Inc. in offering Research In Motion Ltd.’s latest BlackBerry, the consumer-focused Pearl. Cingular is selling the gadget for $200 with a two-year …

ATLANTA-Palm Inc.’s new Treo 680-combining enterprise applications with multimedia to expand Palm’s traditional market-will launch via Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on Friday at $200, the two companies announced today. The device …

We recently reported on the effective use of T-Mobile USA Inc.’s Sidekick and Research In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry devices by Gallaudet University deaf students in a successful protest that derailed …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Mobile entertainment technology developer mSpot rolled out an upgraded platform for wireless multimedia content. The latest version of the company’s wireless music and video platform includes a community …

HOUSTON-A group of European entrepreneurs is hoping to tap the mobile e-mail market with an e-mail and instant messaging service for mobile phones. The company, dubbed Berggi, promises to “transform …

RICHMOND, Va.—Patent-holding company NTP Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Treo maker Palm Inc. that claims the company’s mobile e-mail products infringe on NTP’s patents. NTP filed …

Pssst … if you’re looking for that elusive quarry-mobile handset consumers-you’ll find them in abundance online. They’re not only researching purchases in cyberspace, but increasingly making them over the Internet …

Boost Mobile L.L.C. is bringing its pay-as-you-go service to rural areas, after traditionally concentrating on urban strongholds. Boost, which is a division of Sprint Nextel Corp. and runs on the …

IRVINE, Calif.—Boost Mobile L.L.C. is bringing its pay-as-you-go service to rural areas, after traditionally concentrating on urban strongholds. Boost, which is a division of Sprint Nextel Corp. and runs on …

The fourth quarter-a seasonally hot quarter for handset sales-is well underway. Time for the crystal ball and a word from a couple of gazers. The outlook remains positive for fourth-quarter …