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.
Contract plans came to dominate the wireless industry in the United States (unlike the rest of the...
Fairchild Semiconductor today announced the availability of its long vaunted mobile speaker amplifier, the FAB1200 stereo as well as the FAB2200 audio subsystem with stereo Class-G headphone amplifier and 1.2W Class-D mono speaker amplifier.
The little device features a charge pump which generates a negative supply voltage allowing...
In this week's Mobile News Weekly, our team looks at the new smartphones and tablets entering the market and provides the latest updates on phone bill fraud and ads on your phone. This news show from RCR TV also features stories on how firefighters...
The smartphone war is being waged on many fronts. Of course there's the never-ending price war and battle for customers at the retail or carrier level, but smartphone makers are treading just as deep into the legal department. Patent disputes abound in the wireless...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Ericsson | July 15, 2011 | Press Release
Highlights:
Supply chain constraints from the Japan earthquake significantly impact Q2 results
Smartphones account for more than 70 percent of total sales
Android-based Xperia(TM) volume up 150 percent year-on-year
The consolidated financial summary for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Ericsson)...
DigiTimes | July 15, 2011 | Daniel Shen, Steve Shen
HTC has appointed its incumbent president of North America and Latin America Jason Mackenzie to the newly-created position of president of global sales and marketing, effective immediately.
Read the full article here via DigiTimes
BBC News | July 15, 2011
The mobile phone maker said the quake last March had caused "supply chain constraints", which meant that about 1.5m phones were not ready for sale.
Read the full article here via BBC News
BBC News | July 15, 2011
The mobile phone maker said the quake last March had caused "supply chain constraints", which meant that about 1.5m phones were not ready for sale.
Read the full article here via BBC News
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said his firm would likely go public over the next year or so but had not yet started the process, as it continues to grow its mobile following.
“We haven’t started the process, we haven’t chosen bankers, it’s something we’re going...
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said his firm would likely go public over the next year or so but had not yet started the process, as it continues to grow its mobile following.
“We haven’t started the process, we haven’t chosen bankers, it’s something we’re going...
PCWorld | July 13, 2011 | Mark Sullivan
PayPal this morning announced a new mobile phone widget that will let smartphone users tap their phones together to exchange money.
Read the full article here via PCWorld
PCWorld | July 13, 2011 | Mark Sullivan
PayPal this morning announced a new mobile phone widget that will let smartphone users tap their phones together to exchange money.
Read the full article here via PCWorld
Bloomberg-Businessweek | July 13, 2011 | Weiyi Lim
HTC Corp. shares fell for a second day after Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones was accused of infringing Apple Inc. patents in a case that may halt U.S. imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and...
Reuters | July 13, 2011 | Tarmo Virki, Miyoung Kim
Samsung Electronics and HTC are predicted to be the big winners in the global cellphone market in the second quarter, benefiting from booming demand for their smartphones running Google's software.
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The first model of smartphone to carry a dedicated Facebook button on the keypad is launching this week from AT&T Mobility (T), which is taking pre-orders for the Android Honeycomb-powered HTC Status and marketing the device as the inaugural phone to be integrated with...
T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) said it has expanded the availability of its 42 megabit per second HSPA+ coverage to more than 170 million potential customers across 152 markets. That speed claim is of course the theoretical maximum downlink, with customers experiencing real-world speeds on...
Virgin Mobile USA is set to refine its rate plans and data speeds, moves that align the company with its direct rivals and could provide a peak at the future of parent company Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) plans for data services.Citing the increased data...
The first model of smartphone to carry a dedicated Facebook button on the keypad is launching this week from AT&T Mobility (T), which is taking pre-orders for the Android Honeycomb-powered HTC Status and billing the device as the inaugural phone to be integrated with...
Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Emi Emoto, Taro Fuse
Elpida Memory Inc plans to raise nearly 80 billion yen ($992 million) through new shares and convertible bonds as it shifts production away from DRAM memory to more profitable smartphone chips.
Read the full article here...
Bloomberg Bussinessweek | July 12, 2011 | Susan Decker, Tim Culpan
HTC Corp., Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones, was accused of infringing Apple Inc. patents in a case that may halt U.S. imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and its new Flyer...
It may be the height of summer, but MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) is running back-to-school promotions on two new handsets as well as some of its existing models. The flat-rate operator is selling Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s M835 device for $79, and Samsung Electronics...
