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Google Inc. unveiled its answer to Apple Inc.’s App Store, outlining a distribution system for applications built on its Android platform.Android Market will serve as an unrestricted storefront where registered …

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. It feels …

Real-estate startup Trulia.Inc expanded its mobile offerings, adding downloadable mobile applications for agents, home owners and house hunters.A 4-year-old site that claims 5 million monthly users, Trulia.com directs users to …

Passengers on coast-to-coast American Airlines flights can now sit back and surf the Web.The world’s largest airline said it has teamed up with Aircell to provide Internet access to passengers …

Divergent strategies for handset vendors are reflected in two launches announced today. Palm Inc. will sell its Treo Pro device unlocked and unsubsidized through its online stores and resellers in …

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. …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 …

Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility just added nearly another 1,000 retail outlets for the iPhone 3G by hooking up with big-box retailer Best Buy. That’s likely to gin up iPhone …

Three things you need to know about the handset market in the United States last quarter, courtesy of Strategy Analytics: 1) Overall unit sales reached nearly 42 million, up 5.3% …

Google Inc.’s Internet dominance has grown in recent years as the competition – well, what passes for competition – continues to plod along. But for the long list of Web-based …

The maturing U.S. handset market continued to chug along in the first half of the year – though slowing relative to years past – and analysts offered an array of …

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.Along with every …

Just in time for the 2008 Olympics set to kick off in China later this week the nation’s two largest carriers expanded their international data plans.AT&T Mobility introduced two new …

Sanjay Jha, formerly COO at Qualcomm Inc., will lead efforts at Motorola Inc. to turn around the beleaguered company’s handset division, the companies said today.Jha will be co-CEO of Motorola, …

Centennial Communications Corp. put out results for its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year that ended May 31, with a consolidated annual revenue exceeding $1 billion.Consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter totaled …

Motorola Inc. says its troubled handset business is improving and will be stronger by the end of the year, but CEO Gregory Brown isn’t willing to say when he expects …

More than 550 million GPS-enabled mobile phones are expected to ship by 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research.“While most CDMA handsets are already GPS-enabled and GPS is …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 …

VERIZON WIRELESS MAY LAG BEHIND larger rival AT&T Mobility in total customers, but the industry’s No. 2 players continues to hold a financial lead.Verizon Wireless posted an 11.8% increase in …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. solidified its position as the world’s No. 2 handset vendor in the second quarter, with less than half the volume of Nokia Corp. but nearly twice …

As analysts and pundits scoured the tea leaves in the wake of Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhone launch, a few issues emerged.Who, besides Apple, will get a boost from iPhone mania? …

Apple suffered a case of the hiccups last week with the launch of the iPhone 3G and MobileMe, but Google is struggling with a serious developers’ revolt months ahead of …

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.With the launch …

Consumers are shelling out big money for high-end phones with hi-resolution screens and eye-popping features. But mobile gaming is still all about casual.More than 7 million smartphones were sold in …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Palm Inc. are pushing hard for enterprise customers with their new Treo 800w, the first Palm device to offer Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity, with broadband speeds.In …