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Worst of the Week: Honey-apple badger

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....

Apple reveals iCloud pricing

Apple Inc. (AAPL) opened up the iCloud.com interface for developers yesterday and revealed pricing for the service that will launch this fall. Apple plans to offer users up to 5 GB for free and will charge $20 for 15 GB, $40 for 25...

Worst of the Week: No summer Apple

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: Too much of the same

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: Roam wasn't built in a day

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....

@ MWC: Hands on with the LG Optimus 3-D phone

BARCELONA, Spain— LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Optimus 3-D mobile phone takes a little getting used to, reports RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak from the show floor during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last month. Depending on the angle the user is holding the phone...

@ MWC: Hands on with Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet 2

BARCELONA, Spain—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new 10.1 -inch Galaxy Tablet 2 has a nice user interface and is an improvement from its first version, reports RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak from the show floor during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last month. The tablet,...

@ MWC: Elop to make Nokia third competitor in 'three horse game' smart phone market

BARCELONA, Spain – Last night, Nokia Corp. CEO Stephen Elop took the stage at Mobile World Congress to discuss Nokia's partnership with Microsoft Corp. and what it means for the future of both companies in the smart phone space.Elop, who was appointed as CEO...

Worst of the Week: A truth tablet

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....

Top stories of 2010 (Part 3)

Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...

Worst of the Week: Cat fight!

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....

Adobe revives iPhone developer tool

That sure didn't take long. Almost immediately after Apple Inc. eased a series of restrictions on developers and opened a path for Flash-based creations to make their way onto the iOS platform, Adobe Systems Inc. revived its Packager for iPhone.The tool, which Adobe built...

How important is Apple to AT&T's business?

AT&T's strained, outdated network and spotty coverage has long been a sore point for US iPhone users, with many calling for Apple to bring its popular phone to other carriers, thus giving users more of a choice. The rumor mill has even posited that...

How important is Apple to AT&T's business?

AT&T's strained, outdated network and spotty coverage has long been a sore point for US iPhone users, with many calling for Apple to bring its popular phone to other carriers, thus giving users more of a choice. The rumor mill has even posited that...

Potential App Store integration for Facebook

Facebook wants to reduce the “signal to noise” ratio in your mobile life according to the firm's head of mobile products, Eric Tseng.Speaking at MobileBeat 2010, Tseng said the majority of push notifications, especially for current location based services, were “just spam” and that...

Samsung declares year of the superphone

Speaking at MobileBeat in San Francisco this week, Samsung's Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Omar Khan implied that smartphonese were pass

Antenna fix? Apple announces press conference

Apple Inc. yesterday announced it will be holding an iPhone 4 press conference this Friday and, as you would expect, the speculation about what the firm has to say is mounting.Traditionally Apple is a company that likes to arrogantly bury its head in the...

RCR Unplugged: Nokia finally dumps Symbian for MeeGo at high end

It was hardly heart stopping news to discover Finnish phone maker Nokia had decided to dump its antiquated Symbian operating system for future high-end smartphones in favour of its sleeker, Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS.The first phones to get the MeeGo treatment will be the...

RCR Unplugged: In-Flight Broadband revenues to take flight

It used to be that only smokers had a really hard time fighting their obsessive, unhealthy addiction on long haul flights, but these days, us Internet junkies suffer from it too.The shaking, the sweating, the unbearable agitation of not knowing whether or not we...

RCR Unplugged: Intel not dumping WiMax despite Taiwan office closure

A report claiming Intel is closing down its WiMax Program Office in Taiwan has caused a bit of an online storm in a teacup, with some dramatically pointing to the event as a sure sign Intel is distancing itself from WiMax, while the firm...

RCR Unplugged: Siklu promotes radio to solve backhaul problems

The US is pretty fond of its wireline pipes, but Israeli IP radio firm Siklu is trying to change the world's mind, and the wireless game, when it comes to the whole millimeter radio vs. wireline debate.Radio technologies have long been more popular in...

RCR Unplugged: Foursquare waits for investors to check in

Foursquare, the smartphone app which lets one “check in” at various real-life locations, proceeding to use that information to spam ones mates via every social network under the sun, is close to locating a bit of funding of its own, it has been reported.

RCR Unplugged: Nokia blog pokes fun at iPhone 4 reception problems

We love companies with a sense of humor, and Finnish phone maker Nokia had us chuckling this morning with its amusing little dig at Apple and Steve Jobs' arrogant statement that reception problems on iPhone 4 were down to the way people held their...

@Communicasia: The mobile Internet, personalized, intelligent and profitable

The success and profitability of the mobile Internet all hinges on the level of personalization and intelligence it can achieve, according to Amdocs' director for market development and strategy, Michael Breen.Breen, who has been in the mobile industry for a decade, and having moved...