Smartphone

While the mobile market is indeed international in scale, don’t think carriers ignore local issues. A perfect example is a prepaid offering Verizon Wireless (VZ) unveiled last week in the …

Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) used BlackBerry World 2011 to unveil two powerful new BlackBerry Bold smartphones on Monday, sporting a touchscreen and a 1.2 GHz processor. RIM hopes the …

Mobile communication is really going mobile according to Juniper Research which says half a billion people worldwide will use their mobile devices as travel tickets on metros, subways and buses …

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 …

AT&T Mobility (T) is set to “4G-enize” a 4G device announcing this afternoon that it was set to begin rolling out an update for the HTC Corp. Inspire smartphone that …

EBay Inc.’s (EBAY) online payment service PayPal has acquired Boston-based Fig Card, a payment startup that seeks to eliminate the use of credit cards in lieu of smartphones. Financial details …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is moving past its competitors with a record-breaking 18.6 million iPhones shipped for the latest quarter, according to analysts at IDC and Strategy Analytics. In the process, …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) announced earlier today that technical issues that had crippled its LTE network have been solved and that the network was “up and running.”The announcement came via the …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S) multitude of networks, brands and wholesale partners lends a convoluted nature to its quarterly financial release, but at the end of the day the carrier managed …

Handset exclusive deals are a regular part of the U.S. wireless landscape. When a handset vendor (OEM) produces an innovative handset, they seek a carrier who will commit to buying …

It would seem now the war of words between Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) over which company is activating the most devices daily has come to an end …

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it is making its OpenPlug Studio toolkit available for free to application developers as the network vendor tries to flesh out the ecosystem for more enterprise end …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) shed some launch light on a pair of handsets that both expect to begin offering over the coming days and weeks.Verizon Wireless …

Lawmakers stepped in to ask operating system companies how they are tracking, using, storing and sharing location information on smartphones after media reports that Apple Inc. (AAPL) automatically tracks and …

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.The telecommunications earnings …

AT&T Inc. (T) late last week filed its petition to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. with the Federal Communications Commission. The detailed document, excluding the lack of detail from redacted information, …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is looking to keep the momentum building for its LTE network announcing today the launch of service in six new markets and plans for a new smartphone.The …

Nokia Corp. (NOK) posted a profit of $502 million on sales of nearly $15.2 billion for the first quarter, but the device manufacturer said this quarter could be more challenging. …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) continued to show strong postpaid customer growth during the first quarter of this year, buoyed by its recently launched LTE service as well as the launch of …

One chip firm not blaming Japan for poor results this quarter is Qualcomm Inc., which beat the street with better than expected quarterly results and a revised optimistic prediction for …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

AT&T Inc. (T) counted on connected devices to drive first-quarter growth, with 1.3 million connected devices added in the period, compared to only 62,000 postpaid retail net additions. The nationwide …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.At …

April 18 2011 – 6:52 pm ET | Sylvie Barak | RCR Wireless News Texas Instruments Inc has blamed the Japanese earthquake for its disappointing financial results, which came in …