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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-American consumers spent about $4.4 billion on 67 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, according to The NPD Group. Motorola Inc. captured 32-percent market …

Belgian car fanatics can now download a free ringtone that features the revving engine of a Porsche Cayman S. The ringtone is an interactive “mupy” promotion offered by communication agency …

SAN FRANCISCO-Burger King Corp. is letting its customers get their information their way-and more and more, that way appears to be via a mobile phone. Although McDonald’s Corp. and other …

By Alice Z. Cuneo SAN FRANCISCO—Burger King is letting its customers get their information their way—and more and more, that way appears to be via a mobile phone. Although McDonald’s …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—American consumers spent about $4.4 billion on 67 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, according to The NPD Group. Motorola Inc. captured 32 percent …

The Symbian operating system, championed by Nokia Corp. in its smart phones, currently has a majority of OS market share, a state of affairs likely to continue for the foreseeable …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Forget the car charger. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the first to market with a portable charger from Energizer, the Energi To Go, which can charge a cell phone …

Device-based security, which despite competing notions of stored data vs. data-in-motion, has its role. In that case, according to the Tower Group’s Bob Egan, keep in mind that the drivers-both …

ROSEMONT, Ill.-The answer to industry’s and investors’ lingering question-what the heck is Motorola Inc. going to do to follow up its monster handset hit, the Razr?-came last week in this …

Consolidation in the mobile content space remains white-hot, with Motricity Inc. the most recent player to tap the booming off-deck market with the acquisition of GoldPocket Wireless Inc. Terms of …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. expanded the availability of Good Technology Inc.’s Mobile Messaging for its business customers. Cingular customers now can get Good Mobile Messaging for IBM Lotus Domino; the carrier …

The data on mobile devices and data is clear and simple: smart-phone users consume more data because their devices are optimized for games, video, music and e-mail. Even the most …

   SUNNYVALE, Calif.—In a move apparently designed to assuage investors’ concerns, Palm Inc. announced that it would bring its Treo smart phone sporting Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating system to …

The deadline for compliance with the European Union’s laws on hazardous substances in consumer goods came and went on July 1 without much fanfare and little news on whether major …

As if the Texas wireless market wasn’t hot enough-with Leap Wireless International Inc. launching its Cricket Communications service left and right, and T-Mobile USA Inc. responding aggressively-a new, flat-rate wireless …

Now that the dust has settled on news that Marvell Technology Group Ltd. will purchase Intel Corp.’s communications and application processor businesses for $600 million, many observers would love to …

As smart-phone sales go, so go the fortunes of the operating systems that make the hybrid phone/computing devices run for prosumers and enterprise customers. Recent research by Compete Inc., which …

Whether you are aware of it or not (and for most people I am guessing not) July has been deemed wireless etiquette month by none other than Jacqueline Whitmore. That’s …

Diversification, anyone will tell you, is a smart move. Excelling in one area is no guarantee against a changing market. Common sense dictates that you hedge your bets. But even …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. unveiled the IBM Lotus Domino version of its e-mail service, making good on a year-old vow to support the popular enterprise software. Good Mobile Messaging, …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. yesterday reported fiscal first-quarter 2007 revenue of $613 million, a 35-percent jump from the year-ago quarter, but profits for the quarter of $129.8 million were …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Palm Inc. said it will pay Xerox Corp. $22.5 million to settle a 9-year-old patent infringement lawsuit over handwriting-recognition technology. Xerox filed the lawsuit in 1997, claiming Palm’s “Graffiti” …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Intel Corp. will sell its communications and application processor business to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. for $600 million in cash or a combination of cash and Marvell stock, …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. unveiled the IBM Lotus Domino version of its e-mail service, making good on a year-old vow to support the popular enterprise software. Good Mobile Messaging, …

LOS ANGELES—For Helio L.L.C. users who have multiple electronic devices sitting in drawers at home, the mobile virtual network operator is offering a one-time shot to trade in those devices …