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Reality Check: Android Nation?

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 Kansas City, where playoff hopes are alive – for our professional soccer team. August...

Analyst Angle: RIM faces bans, trapped between competing security imperatives : But banning BlackBerry may not be an easy call for most nation-states

It is no small irony that the very feature that has made Research In Motion the darling of the enterprise – its security architecture – has now become the company's biggest headache as it seeks to expand its footprint in high-growth emerging markets. The...

RIM unveils Torch, latest OS

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) upped its game today unveiling its latest smart phone, dubbed the BlackBerry Torch and available initially exclusively in the United States through AT&T Mobility (T). The device sports the device makers latest BlackBerry 6 operating system highlighted by increased...

Smart phone shipments jump 43% in Q2

There's no argument about the feverish pace of smart phone and handset sales of late, but it's always good to have some fresh hard numbers from Strategy Analytics to back it up.Smart phone shipments jumped 43% year-over-year to 60 million units globally in the...

Reality Check: Whistling two different (i)Tunes

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 have yet to learn of the bottom-line successes of the iPhone 4 or Droid X launch...

Movers and Shakers: Adsmobil, Highwinds and more

Adsmobil – The mobile advertising company has expanded its sales division, adding Thomas Anderson, formerly of JumpTap, and Wandrill Pruvot, formerly of Buzzcity. Anderson will serve as sales director, Americas, while Pruvot will act as sales director, EMEA.Highwinds – Steve Lidell has been...

@ Uplinq: Jacobs hints of sale of FLO TV

SAN DIEGO – During a press conference with reporters at Qualcomm Inc.'s Uplinq developer's conference, CEO Paul Jacobs said Qualcomm's relationship to its subsidiary, FLO TV, likely will change in the next year.Jacobs was touting the data-caching capabilities of FLO technology, which he said...

Reality Check: Searching for the Android Disneyland

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.I have spent a week with my new Sprint Evo. Admittedly, outside of the small screen size,...

Sprint Nextel backs off original Evo 4G sales claims

Sprint Nextel Corp. yesterday backed off previous claims that sales of the HTC Corp. Evo 4G device on its launch day of June 4 were three times higher than the combined sales of the carrier's previous best sellers, the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Instinct...

Photo Guide: Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference and the iPhone 4

SAN FRANCISCO—Below is a photo guide of Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' debut of the iPhone 4 Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.If there was any less excitement or anticipation for Apple's game-changing mobile device since the device had been...

Sprint Nextel begins selling HTC Evo, a 4G handset first

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s HTC Evo 4G handset went on sale today, accompanied by an advertising campaign that focuses on “first” inventions, starting with the wheel and including gramophones, trains, planes, rocketships, TVs, laptops and of course, cellphones.The dual-mode smartphone, built by HTC Corp., works...

Opinion: Why RIM should have bought Palm

RIM brings to the table strong carrier distribution channels across the world, successful mobile industry management, and ultimately consumer confidence that the brand will still be around in the foreseeable future.

Palm Pre set for May 16 launch at AT&T Mobility

Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...

Palm Pre set for May 16 launch at AT&T Mobility

Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...

Palm Pre set for May 16 launch at AT&T Mobility

Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...

Palm Pre Plus on AT&T launches May 16th

According to a post by AT&T on its Facebook page,the Palm Pre Plus is set to hit both retail and online shelves on May the 16th The Pre Plus is a slightly updated version of the earlier Pre model which has been available on Sprint...

Palm Pre Plus on AT&T launches May 16th

According to a post by AT&T on its Facebook page,the Palm Pre Plus is set to hit both retail and online shelves on May the 16th The Pre Plus is a slightly updated version of the earlier Pre model which has been available on Sprint...

Nexus One vs. iPhone 3G – the comparison

As a mobile pundit, something I'm asked a lot recently is whether the Nexus One is a good substitute for the iPhone. To answer the question properly, I decided to test both phones for a week to see what the major differences were and...

Palm set for European launch

Palm Inc.'s European plans for its Pre Plus and Pixi Plus devices received a date today as the company said French operator SFR would begin offering the company's smartphones through SFR's online store on April 27 and in its retail locations beginning May 11.Palm...

Worst of the Week: Further proof that life isn't fair

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....

Worst of the Week: Resistance is futile

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....

Worst of the Week: Fun with words

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....

VZW slashes Palm prices

Well, you can’t blame its carrier partners for not trying to help out Palm Inc.The latest bone thrown to the struggling smartphone maker was from Verizon Wireless, which today drastically slashed the price of the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to $50 and...

@CTIA: Palm dishes on strategy and the carrier role

Fresh off its announced plans to bring the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus to AT&T Mobility, RCR Wireless News met with Palm Inc. to discuss its ongoing strategy in the face of an increasingly crowded smartphone market. While there has been stronger...