Qik has announced an alpha version of the Qik video-sharing application for the BlackBerry. The Qik application will allow BlackBerry uses to stream live video around the world.
T-Mobile USA this week launched the Google Android-powered G1 across the country. However, the device, which is built by HTC, is only available in retail locations in cities where the carrier's 3G technology has launched.; Android; G1; T-Mobile...
Broadcasting groups filed an emergency request at the Federal Communications Commission, effectively asking that a vote not be taken Nov. 4 to allow unlicensed devices in white spaces and that instead comments be sought on a new report by agency engineers on potential interference...
After many promises, it seems carriers have kept good on their word to pro-rate early termination fees. Well, all of them except for Sprint Nextel Corp, which has yet to implement its pro-rated ETF pricing.
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Spending on mobile broadcast TV services is expected to reach only $2.7 billion by 2013, less than previous forecasts indicated, according to Juniper Research. The success of pay TV services will be hampered by free-to-air services and the increasing availability of mobile handsets that...
In this week’s RCR Wireless Newscast we’re taking a look back at the past 25 years of cellular. To toast this anniversary, we are replaying a keynote session from this fall’s CTIA I.T. show. Wireless pioneers Craig McCaw and John Stanton reminisce.; CTIA; CTIA...
RCR Wireless News' Tracy Ford offers a look back at the big news during last week's WiMAX World trade show in Chicago. Though Sprint Nextel's Xohm stood as the main attraction, show attendees had plenty to talk about.
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Nokia launches its new flagship mobile handset, the N96, today, and as well as impressive photo, gaming and video functionality, users can also run the BBC’s iPlayer through an embedded application.
While today's cell phones offer a wide range of multimedia functions it's sometimes difficult for users to make the most of everything the handsets offer.
NBC Universal deemed its coverage of the Beijing Olympics a "ringing success," with its games-dedicated mobile Web site drawing more than 6.5 million unique visitors and 36 million page views, according to Omniture data.The broadcaster, which had described the event as "a billion-dollar research...
At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by HTC Corp. that features Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The phone, which sports a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and Wi-Fi and...
Steve Largent introduces a study, produced by CTIA and Harris Interactive, titled "Teenagers: A Generation Unplugged."; Harris Interactive; CTIA; Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate CEO, discusses his views on the media revolution.; CTIA; Digital Chocolate; Trip Hawkins; A group...
CTIA announced the beginnings of an effort to implement 2D bar-code scanning via camera phones.; bar-code; cell phone; CTIA; Bullish on smartphone growth and confident of his company's surging market share, Research In Motion Ltd.'s co-CEO Jim Balsillie...
The show got off to a solid start with a well-attended keynote session, anchored by a discussion among the CEOs of Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint. ; CTIA; Yahoo Inc. once again took advantage of the trade-show spotlight,...
Programs like Meet or Delete and Engine Room, which are created for marketers and feature products interwoven into the plots, are becoming more popular among execs at TV networks. Such shows, known on Madison Ave.
CMMB may not be the only mobile TV standard in China for long, as Legend Silicon is rolling out more new digital TV chips based on China's terrestrial digital television broadcast standard called GB20600-2006, designed for both fixed and mobile TV receptions.
Welcome to the RCR Wireless Newscast for the CTIA I.T. show here in San Francisco. The second round of keynotes here were basically just PowerPoint show-and-tell presentations. But perhaps the most interesting came from BlackBerry guru Jim Balsillie;...
CTIA I.T. attendees were treated to a CEO carrier panel discussion, as well as a history lesson from two wireless veterans.; CTIA; carriers; yahoo; CTIA I.T. attendees were treated to a CEO carrier panel discussion, as well as...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners are hoping music lovers will shell out for devices that come with music.
The Finnish manufacturer-cum-Internet services provider last week...
RCR Wireless News reporter Gary Salazar spoke with ADC, which both the Republican and Democratic Parties hired to help increase wireless coverage during their conventions.; wireless; DNC; RNC; ADC; RCR Wireless News reporter Gary Salazar spoke with ADC,...
