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BlackBerry eclipses Apple on mobile data consumption

Don't throw in the towel on BlackBerry just yet. BlackBerry users ate up more mobile data than iPhone users last month, according to StatCounter.Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) BlackBerry OS grabbed 34.3% of all mobile data traffic in the United States last month. Apple...

Reality Check: Three holiday tests

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. We are nearing the home stretch of 2010, and while it’s been an eventful year for...

Apple releases iOS 4.2 to iPad users' delight

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has rolled out an iOS 4.2 update that finally brings the latest features in iOS to iPad users. For starters, iPad users can finally enjoy background processing, multitasking and folders. But there are two key new features — AirPrint and AirPlay —...

Apple snags some of RIM's enterprise sales team

If there was much doubt about Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) plans for a greater share of the mobile enterprise space, it's reinforcing quite the opposite with a spate of hires on the sales side. After doing some digging, Dow Jones found that at least five...

Apple releases iOS 4.2 to iPad users' delight

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has rolled out an iOS 4.2 update that finally brings the latest features in iOS to iPad users. For starters, iPad users can finally enjoy background processing, multitasking and folders.But there are two key new features — AirPrint and AirPlay —...

Famigo, Qrank win AppCircus awards

AUSTIN, Texas-- Famigo Games won first place in Mobile Mondays'Austin AppCircus. Famigo is a social networking site designed for families around games. Parents create accounts as a family and can monitor their children's social interactions in a safe environment, letting them interact with family...

Google Voice app finally launches on iPhone

It's been exactly two months since Apple Inc. acquiesced and approved a third-party Google Voice app for the iPhone, but now there's finally an official offering from Google Inc.The new Google Voice app, which made its debut on the App Store yesterday, is simpler...

Kik Messenger hits another snag

Following a phenomenal start, Kik Messenger has been at least temporarily blocked from serving new downloads on BlackBerry devices.The new chat application logged an impressive start with 1 million new users signed up in its first 10 days. But the BlackBerry Messenger-like service is...

Analyst Angle: M&A in the mobile games sector – who will be next?

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.October was a busy month for mergers and acquisitions in the mobile games sector. Ngmoco...

U.S. on track to pass an exabyte of mobile data traffic in 2010

Despite the tiered pricing, the throttling and the choking, U.S. mobile data is still unstoppably on the rise, with analysts now predicting total U.S. mobile data traffic will exceed 1 exabyte for the first time by the end of 2010.Wireless-data analyst Chetan Sharma reckons...

Reader Forum: Mobile advertising – it's not complicated

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Reader Forum: Mobile advertising – it’s not complicated

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Is RIM on the verge of a mass exodus from enterprise?

It would be one thing if Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) was losing spark on the consumer side, which it is, but alarms must be going off at RIM's headquarters now that news is trickling in about losses on the enterprise side.Business, and particularly...

Reality Check: Creating applications ‘home field advantage'

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from the Heartland of America, where we are enjoying one of the best autumns in recent...

Reality Check: Wholesale … more exciting than you think

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Demand for mobile data is surging. We all know it. You can’t open a trade pub anymore...

Online job report: Mobile programmers in demand

There is no slowdown in the demand for mobile application programmers, according to the most recent online jobs report from Elance, an online jobsite that connects businesses with freelancers. The company said iPhone programmers moved up five positions in the third quarter, breaking into...

Reader Forum: LTE: Mobile data traffic savior or accelerator?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless boast about Q3 accomplishments

AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, the nation’s two largest wireless operators, posted third quarter results late last week that showed some interesting results for both operators. AT&T Mobility managed to handily win the customer growth adding 2.6 million “connections” to its network...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless boast about Q3 accomplishments

AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, the nation’s two largest wireless operators, posted third quarter results late last week that showed some interesting results for both operators. AT&T Mobility managed to handily win the customer growth adding 2.6 million “connections” to its network...

Reality Check (Special Edition): There’s nothing special about wireless … well mostly

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here.Wireless operators have customers, offer services, source from suppliers, engage with partners, develop products,...

Reader Forum: Managing the increasing demands of network traffic

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

iPhone, 'connected devices' propel AT&T Mobility's Q3 growth

AT&T Mobility (T) posted robust overall customer growth during the third quarter led by strong activations in its “connected devices” and prepaid operations that offset steep declines in traditional postpaid customer growth.AT&T Mobility added 2.6 million new connections during the quarter, including 745,000 direct...

EA acquires Angry Birds publisher Chillingo for up to $80 million

In another major vote of confidence for iOS app developers, Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) has acquired Chillingo for as much as $80 million.The publisher of the runaway-hit Angry Birds sold for less than $20 million in cash, according to The Los Angeles Times, but...

Yahoo's North American mobile chief leaves on heels of Q3 results

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) continues to be a revolving door for executives who are either being pushed out or leaving for greener pastures. David Katz, VP of mobile in North America, is the latest to go, according to All Things Digital.News of Katz' departure came...