BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) took the wraps off its first ever tablet at a developers conference in San Francisco this afternoon.Packing a 7-inch screen in a half an inch thick form factor weighing less than a pound, BlackBerry PlayBook will run on...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd. has no plans to develop devices for the Symbian operating system. Instead, the device maker appears intent on pushing forward with the Android OS.Sony Ericsson is no new fan to Google Inc.'s OS of choice, but it sure has...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is losing momentum to Google Inc. (GOOG) on the operating system front, but for the time being it appears to be more than making up for it on the advertising front.The maker of all things iOS, including the recently launched iAd...
SAN FRANCISCO — Billy Cripe, VP of marketing at Fishbowl Solutions, talks about the value proposition of mobility in the enterprise and the operating systems which are taking an early lead in next-generation mobile applications for business.
Research In Motion Ltd. might finally unveil its first tablet next week.After scrapping original plans for a tablet launch back in May, the BlackBerry maker is ready to introduce its response to Apple Inc.'s iPad, according to The Wall Street Journal.Despite being written off...
AT&T Inc.’s (T) President and CEO Randall Stephenson could never be accused of not looking at the bright side of life. Speaking at Goldman Sachs Communacopia XIX Conference, Stephenson downplayed any impact the loss of AT&T Mobility’s exclusivity to Apple Inc.’s iPhone as well...
As Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) prepares to finally launch its new Windows Phone 7 operating system it is expanding Zune, its digital media entertainment service, to more countries.Zune version 4.7 is now available in more than 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany...
Nearly a year after being announced, AT&T Mobility (T) is finally offering TerreStar Network Inc.'s dual-mode cellular/satellite Genus smart phone to enterprise, government and small-business customers. Or it could be the answer for those always complaining about AT&T Mobility's coverage.The smart phone, which runs...
Leave it to the little guys to lead in LTE deployments.Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) this morning launched its LTE service in the Las Vegas area offering customers the chance to be the first to sample the technology in a commercial environment....
Maybe time really does heal all wounds. The theory seems to at least ring true for Apple Inc. (AAPL) and its troubled past with Google Voice.The company today approved the first in what many expect to be a series of third-party apps for the...
Samsung Telecommunications America threw its hat officially in the tablet space with the unveiling of its creatively named Galaxy Tab. (Not to be confused with Tab, the diet soft drink.)The device is an expansion (literally) of its Galaxy S smart phone platform that launched...
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is releasing a software development kit (SDK) for mobile advertising on its forthcoming operating system, Windows Phone 7, and the Microsoft Advertising Exchange for Mobile.Hailing it as the "industry's first real-time, bidded ad exchange in mobile," Microsoft hopes it can makes...
SEATTLE — Less than a block from the waterfront and ferry terminal, Swype Inc. is still settling into its new digs near this city's historic Pioneer Square. Having moved in to its new headquarters just a few weeks ago, there is plenty of room...
Greystripe, one of the few remaining independent mobile advertising networks, has expanded its stable of in-app ad formats to now support cross-platform mobile web sites and native iOS, Android and Java applications.The San Francisco-based company is expecting more publishers to eventually focus somewhat less...
Motricity today launched its mCore MobileCast platform, designed to help operators deliver relevant content and services to end users’ smartphones in a real-time, zero-touch environment. “Smartphone user now have access to more content, applications, goods and services than ever before, but it’s often...
UPDATED: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is set to further its wireless ambitions next week with the launch of a branded mobile offering that will run on T-Mobile USA Inc.'s (DTEGY) nationwide network.The plan, dubbed Walmart Family Mobile, will offer unlimited voice calls and text...
Predicting the future in any aspect of technology is mostly a fool's errand, but that doesn't stop virtually every major research firm and analyst group from jumping into the ring. Of course, when it comes to mobile, trying to gauge how things will look...
The executive shuffle continued at Nokia Corp. (NOK) today as the world’s largest mobile handset maker said Anssi Vanjoki, EVP and a member of Nokia Group’s executive board as well as head of Nokia’s Mobile Solutions unit, will resign from the company. The...
Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world’s largest mobile device maker, said current CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will leave the company on Sept. 20 and be replaced by current Microsoft Corp. executive Stephen Elop."The time is right to accelerate the company's renewal; to bring in...
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....
SEATTLE — While demand for mobile ads is growing, supply is exploding, Millenial Media CEO Paul Palmieri said here at Mobile Future Forward on Wednesday.In many ways, it's both a blessing and a curse.“Mobile is more in a growth phase than the online world...
SEATTLE — If you ask the head of mobile at Facebook Inc., he'll tell you we still have a long way to go before social media really spreads its wings in the mobile environment.“We haven't yet even begun to see the true potential of...
You can't blame T-Mobile USA Inc. for not trying.The nation's No. 4 wireless operator unveiled a new promotion dubbed “Kids are Free Until 2012,” that as the name implies allows customers to add lines for their “kids” at no charge through the end of...
SEATTLE — Mobile broadband usage has grown an astounding 5,000% over the last three years on AT&T Mobility's network, Fred Devereaux, the carrier's president for the western region, said this morning at Mobile Future Forward.Meanwhile, the carrier is preparing for mobile broadband connectivity to...
