Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Looking perhaps to ride the buzz being generated by Samsung’s expected unveiling of a new smartphone, BlackBerry and Verizon Wireless announced that the carrier would begin taking pre-orders on the latest BlackBerry Z10 device March 14, with shipments expected to begin on March 28.
The...
Mobile virtual network operator Solavei continued to add high-end device options to customers, announcing plans today to begin offering a nano-SIM card compatible with Apple’s iPhone 5, Samsung’s Galaxy S III and the Google/LG Nexus 4. Solavei reported last month that it was the...
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....
Smart, high-defintion TVs were a huge trend at CES, and with LG's 84-inch ultra-HD offering and others coming to the US in time for the Superbowl, we can all expect to hear a lot more about them. For carriers, the smart TV opportunity is...
Near field communications has been around for a while, but at this year's Consumer Electronics Show it was clear that the technology has made it out of the technical journals and into the products that consumers are buying. From smart TVs to mobile devices...
The world's largest trade show gets underway next week in Las Vegas, and odds are that wireless technology will permeate everything from cars to cameras on the show floor. In addition, we'll see new innovation in traditional mobile devices:
Hybrids Tablets that sport a detachable...
Sprint Nextel announced plans to add four new LTE-equipped devices to its portfolio, including a tablet, a pair of smartphones and a wireless modem. Launch details and pricing of the new devices were said to be coming at a later date.
Sprint Nextel currently offers...
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users decreased 2.3% in the second quarter of 2012 to 419 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung remained the leader and accounted for 21.6% of the total market, higher than its 16.3% global share in 2Q11. Finland-based Nokia...
According to a new study released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction across the wireless industry dropped from last year, despite aggregate gains across all sectors of the economy covered by the survey. The ACSI uses interviews with roughly 70,000 customers to...
The domestic prepaid space gained a new entrant today as Prepayd Wireless threw its hat into the ultra-competitive market touting no-contract services running across Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network and Clearwire’s WiMAX network.
The carrier, which is a sister company of prepaid credit card provider Bank...
Emphasizing the importance of the prepaid market, or at least the intense competition that segment is currently experiencing, nationwide powerhouse Verizon Wireless rolled out new offerings emphasizing the evolving nature of wireless usage while regional wireless operators U.S. Cellular (USM) and Atlantic Tele-Network (Alltel...
Most Americans over the age of 10 do not seem to be watching movies on smartphones, but device makers are nonetheless forging ahead with a new generation of 3D smartphones. LG has apparently had enough success with its Optimus 3D Android phone to warrant...
Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) reported that its co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down. The beleaguered Canadian device maker said Balsillie and Lazardis will be replaced by former COO Thorsten Heins.
“There comes a time in the growth of every successful company...
Visa announced it has approved NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Research In Motion for use with Visa payWave, its mobile application for payments at the point of sale.
Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry...
Coming out of a disappointing fourth quarter, MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) introduced two new LTE smartphones on Day One of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The flat-rate regional service provider unveiled The Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G and the LG Connect 4G.
The Galaxy...
Reuters | August 26, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Anshuman Daga
South Korea's LG Electronics hasn't been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the business and its shares have...
Human beings love a good wager. We’ll put money on just about anything that looks like it has half a chance of pulling through. Ever the optimists, we lovingly put our hard earned cash on the horses, the dogs, the football, and even teen...
Human beings love a good wager. We’ll put money on just about anything that looks like it has half a chance of pulling through. Ever the optimists, we lovingly put our hard earned cash on the horses, the dogs, the football, and even teen...
Hewlett-Packard Co.’s (HPQ) decision to stop making hardware for its webOS platform on the heels of Google Inc.’s (GOOG) proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) gives Google yet another advantage in the operating system wars. While HTC Corp. (HTCXF) and Samsung Electronics...
Nokia’s CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm’s decision back in February to go with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system instead.
"If I happened to be someone who...
Nokia’s CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm’s decision back in February to go with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system instead.
"If I happened to be someone who...
William R. Hambrecht, a director from Motorola Mobility’s board, has resigned for unspecified reasons just a day after Google announced its plans to take over the company.
The resignation is effective immediately, leaving Motorola Mobility's Board of Directors with nine members.
Reports say Hambrecht, also the...
