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A spotlight on Nokia: Seeking America, exiting Japan: Verizon Wireless’ move toward LTE could provide boost

All eyes are on Nokia Corp. for the handset maker's Capital Markets Day tomorrow in New York.With nearly 40% global market share, the Finnish giant's perspective is given substantial credibility, particularly in volatile economic times. And it comes on the heels of today's warning...

Nokia to sell $70 smartphone through AT&T Mobility

AT&T Mobility will begin selling Nokia Corp.'s 6650 smartphone on Friday for $70, with two-year contract and a $50 mail-in rebate, a Nokia Corp. executive said. The 3G flip-style phone runs the Symbian platform and offers "industry-leading talk time," an HTML browser, AT&T Mobility's...

Dexterra targets enterprise users at carriers, businesses

Dexterra Inc. today unveiled two new editions to its mobile development platform and new field service solutions geared to help businesses operate more efficiently and reduce costs.For its Dexterra Concert platform, the company is offering editions for the enterprise and for carriers. The new...

Motorola’s path: in flux

TO OBSERVERS, MOTOROLA INC.'S GLASS is either half-full or half-empty. "Ringing Start for Motorola Chief," declared Barron's last week after the ailing American vendor reported steep losses.Barron's had chosen to hail the straight talk and frank acknowledgements by the company's new co-CEO, Sanjay Jha,...

On the smartphone playground, where is Microsoft and Windows Mobile?

You know that dusty smell you experience when you open a book that hasn't been picked up in decades? That's the feeling I get lately when I think of Microsoft's Windows Mobile.Smartphones - and the applications that run on them - are at the...

‘Patrons and politics:’ Mobile OS choices raise questions

NEWS LAST WEEK THAT MOTOROLA INC. HAD SETTLED ON Windows Mobile and Android as handset platforms in an effort to simplify, focus on innovation and manage costs underscored the unknowns involved in such choices. Because leading OSs come with "patrons and politics," with unknown...

Handset OS market shares shifting

The "OS wars," as some would have it, are alive and well - at least in the data on the various contenders' shifting market share."Symbian is still by far the most popular operating system for smartphones, with about 50% global market share," said analyst...

LG to deepen relationship with Microsoft for ‘mobile convergence’

LG Electronics Co. said today it will work more closely with Microsoft Corp. on converged devices, likely smartphones the Korean vendor is pursuing. The two parties announced the signing of a "memo of understanding" for "strategic collaboration in mobile convergence" on the occasion of...

Moto down on handset losses, delays spinoff : Dumps Symbian, selects Android platform, due in late ’09

Motorola Inc. lost $397 million on $7.5 billion in revenue across all its businesses in the third quarter and said today it would delay its plan to spinoff its handset division until sometime after 2009.And in a move to cut costs, the company said...

Android founder makes the case for Google’s mobile strategy

BOSTON - A day after the release of the first cellphone powered by Google Inc.'s Android software, the founder of the startup that initially developed the software took the Mobile Internet World keynote stage to explain the reasons behind the search giant's much-hyped effort."It's...

Three firms set to capitalize on new requirements for text, IM archiving: Wireless communications fall under same guidelines as e-mail

Financial institutions must now monitor and archive text and instant messages sent by employees through company-issued handsets much like they do with corporate e-mail. However, only a handful of companies offer compliance software. A recent requirement by the Financial Industry Regulation Authority has created...

A silver lining for developers

Like gold bullion, Treasury bonds and the booze industry, the new mobile application stores that are beginning to surface may actually benefit from Wall Street's implosion.Like many of the rest of us, application developers are gnawing fingernails as they watch the financial meltdown and...

25 YEARS: Mobile content history scores lots of hits and misses

Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.The history of mobile data teems with unrestrained hyperbole and...

Nokia’s first touchscreen to face stiff Q4 competition: 5800 XpressMusic to feature Comes With Music, arriving in U.S. next year

After months of hinting at the device, the world's largest handset maker unveiled its answer to Apple Inc.'s iPhone with the inspiringly named 5800 XpressMusic. The Nokia Corp. gadget features a touchscreen and, starting next year, will ship with the company's Comes With Music...

So you want to open an “app store”? : What does the plethora of app store announcements mean to the world of smartphone content distribution?

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. By far and away, the most popular question I was asked at CTIA earlier this month...

Worst of the Week: Loyalty and smartphones

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Analyst Angle: Foreboding cloud coming ‘off the deck’

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.Another CTIA show has come and gone. There was plenty of talk of new applications...

Worst of the Week: The Google Android hammer

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Yahoo details Blueprint development platform, oneConnect

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. once again took advantage of the trade-show spotlight, using CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 to plug an iPhone version of its oneConnect offering and an expansion of its Blueprint development platform.OneConnect, which was introduced at the Mobile World...

More companies join Symbian Foundation: New members: Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corp., Ixonos, KTF, Opera Software, Sharp, TapRoot Systems and UIQ Technology

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation as its group members work toward developing an open and complete mobile software platform that will be free for its members.Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corp., Ixonos, KTF, Opera Software, Sharp, TapRoot Systems and UIQ...

Symbian: We’re relevant: Symbian Foundation supporters defend phone platform

SAN FRANCISCO -- Symbian Ltd. and Nokia Corp. defended the relevance of the two companies in today's market Wednesday during a roundtable discussion that focused on the creation of the Symbian Foundation.In August, Forbes.com reported that some in Silicon Valley aren't too keen of...

SEVEN showcases integrated messaging platform

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California company believes e-mail shouldn't be just for smartphones and the application should be compatible with voice and text messaging.As the annual CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 kicks off today in San Francisco, SEVEN is unveiling its new Integrated...

Themes from the ‘OS wars’

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 like every day we are seeing articles about the "operating system wars" and who...

Linux group adds more members, embedded handsets hit markets

The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan. The organization is a leading proponent of an open-source, Linux OS for handsets, and said that its latest members represented...