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iPhone, indirect propel Verizon Wireless Q1 growth

Verizon Wireless (VZ) continued to show strong postpaid customer growth during the first quarter of this year, buoyed by its recently launched LTE service as well as the launch of Apple Inc.’s iPhone device on its network. However, non-traditional – at least for Verizon...

Apple banks record earnings on 18.65M iPhone sales

Apple Inc. (AAPL) just recorded another standout quarter for earnings and growth, selling a record 18.65 million iPhones and 4.69 million iPads. iOS devices continue to drive the company's success with 189 million cumulative iOS devices sold at the end of the its recently...

Apple beats earnings estimates again, world keeps turning

Hot on the heels of Google's earnings call at the beginning of the week, today was Apple's turn to publish their figures and, surprise surprise, they beat expectations and sold a whole load of bushed aluminium to mobs of doe-eyed consumers.

Why are iPhones tracking users' whereabouts?

Apple Inc. (AAPL) appears to have a new security problem on its hands with iPhones running on iOS 4. A pair of security researchers have discovered a hidden file on the device that logs the users whereabouts and copies it to the owner's computer...

Connected devices drive AT&T's Q1 growth

AT&T Inc. (T) counted on connected devices to drive first-quarter growth, with 1.3 million connected devices added in the period, compared to only 62,000 postpaid retail net additions. The nationwide operator now counts 97.5 million wireless subscribers on its network.In a quarter where...

Why I won’t be queuing for the iPad2

I’ve never been an Apple fan. But I only recently became an Apple non-fan, after a series of visits to the fruit firm’s retail outlets left me more than a little cold.

Apple sues Samsung for copying its devices

Cupertino based Apple Inc. is suing Korean firm Samsung Electronics for replicating the “the look and feel” of its iPad and iPhone devices, says the Wall Street Journal.Apple says Samsung's Galaxy S 4G was based a little too closely on the iPhone 3G /...

Re-selling of iPad 2 creates market for scalpers

The scarce supplies and huge demand worldwide for the iPad 2 are creating a new market in places like New York City, where large groups of “investors” are camping out, often overnight, to buy the device in droves. The reason for freezing it out all...

Let my people…Google! A digital passover

Jews across the globe will be starting the celebration of passover tonight, as they have done for the last couple of thousand years. But why is this year different from other years? Well, it has a really superbly made video telling the entire passover story with a slightly modern mobile twist.

The State of Texas releases Android app

Texans looking to access Texas.gov, the official government website for the State of Texas, have another means in which to do so with the launch this week of a new app, available for free on the Android Market. Officials said the move was made...

Obama thought the White House would have cooler phones

The presidential office can be full of disappointments, it seems, on the technological as well as political end of the spectrum.

Scoutmob adds mobile coupon deals to Austin

Location-based coupon dealer Scoutmob is now deep in the heart of Texas. The Atlanta-based company announced the addition of Austin to its listing of local mobile deal services along with nine other cities: Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Nashville, Portland, Seattle and Washington...

Tout launches first network for real-time video status updates

What Twitter brought to text-based communications online, San Francisco, Calif.-based Tout is now bringing to video through a community of people instantly updating their Facebook friends and Twitter followers with short video status updates captured via a user’s smartphone. The ...

Televisa invests $1.6B for stake in Mexico’s Iusacell

April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...

Televisa invests $1.6B for stake in Mexico's Iusacell

April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...

Televisa invests $1.6B for stake in Mexico's Iusacell

Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its portfolio and become a major player in the country’s telecom space.The investment will...

iPhone user satisfaction runs high on AT&T and Verizon

Overall, iPhone owners are a satisfied bunch. A new survey from ChangeWave Research found that more than 80% of iPhone customers on Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility were "very satisfied," though Verizon's customers edged out with 82% versus AT&T's 80% very satisfied rate.The dropped...

Worst of the Week: Emotional rollercoaster, in 3-D!

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

That's a wrap: See what you missed @ CTIA 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. – The world's wireless attention shifted back to the United States and the CTIA Wireless 2011 event following its yearly start in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and Mobile World Congress event held in February in Barcelona, Spain....

Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA – Why it’s a marriage made in heaven

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I was sitting at my desk on Sunday, Mar. 20, working on my upcoming Wireless...

Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA – Why it’s a marriage made in heaven

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I was sitting at my desk on Sunday, Mar. 20, working on my upcoming Wireless...

Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA – Why it’s a marriage made in heaven

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I was sitting at my desk on Sunday, Mar. 20, working on my upcoming Wireless...

Will Apple announce the next iPhone at WWDC?

Apple. Inc. has announced the dates and focus of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), but there is some concern that the company may not be announcing a new iPhone at the event as it has done the previous three years in a row.WWDC...

Radiation detecting app Tawkon gives Steve Jobs the proverbial finger

Mark my words, you don’t want to get on the wrong side of a bunch of Israeli developers, but that’s just what Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, recently did with his rude and curt “no interest” rejection email to Israeli firm, Tawkon.