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VZW, Alltel, AT&T: Portfolio push as Black Friday nears: Samsung Omnia, Motorola Hint on tap

Carriers are putting the finishing touches on their portfolios this week as the traditionally hottest shopping day of the year draws close. That's Black Friday, this Friday.The new Samsung Omnia touchscreen smartphone will land at Verizon Wireless on Wednesday at $250, after a $70...

Apple sued over iPhone Internet-navigation technology

A Los Angeles real estate developer filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. claiming the company's iPhone violates a patent he was awarded last month. Elliot Gottfurcht, a land developer and managing director of EMG Technology L.L.C., claims the iPhone's Internet-navigation technology infringes on the...

HTC’s Touch Diamond: Sprint Nextel adds to its high-end offerings

The growing consumer embrace of smartphones - and the willingness to pay for heavily subsidized gadgets and data plans that promise fun and functionality - faces uncharted territory this holiday season. But plans for this quarter were hatched a year or more ago, as...

LG gets smart at AT&T Mobility

Looking to catch a wave, LG Electronics Co. delivered its first smartphone for the United States market to AT&T Mobility today. The "Incite" is a touchscreen, 3G device running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 6.1 with productivity and entertainment features, including a 3 megapixel camera...

Seattle firm Artefact joined HTC on Touch Diamond: Designing the user experience

Attention to the "user experience" has become a fervid mantra since the iPhone reached market last year and in one recent case, a specialty firm has been involved in assisting a large client to bridge a gap for an even larger firm. Translated, that...

Qualcomm SDK includes support for Flash, Web

Qualcomm Inc. has released a software development kit for its BREW Mobile Platform, enabling developers to "bridge the gap" between writing for mobile applications and the Web, the company said today. The SDK includes enhanced support for native applications and incorporates technologies such as...

And now, for the good news: J.D. Power finds smartphone sales and ‘satisfaction’ growing

Amid the macro-economic slowdown that threatens typically brisk sales in the crucial fourth quarter, there's at least one silver lining. Smartphone sales are up (you knew that) and that has increased consumers' satisfaction with their wireless experience. And that satisfaction comes despite the higher...

RIM’s Storm hits Verizon Wireless at $200

The new BlackBerry Storm from Research In Motion Ltd. will be available Nov. 21 at Verizon Wireless for $200, with two-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate. The Storm's subsidized price comes in at the same price point as Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G with 8...

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia smartphone arrives in U.S. for $800, sans carrier distribution

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced its high-end, touchscreen smartphone, the Xperia X1, will be available to U.S. shoppers in time for the holiday season - but the device will carry the staggering price tag of $800. The announcement appears to reflect Sony Ericsson's inability...

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,...

Regional carriers eye visual voicemail as differentiator

Visual voicemail is still in its infancy - it's only available on a handful of devices from the nation's top four carriers - but as the service becomes more prevalent, smaller wireless providers may see it as a way to separate themselves from the...

Worst of the Week: The full draft of Obama’s inauguration speech (he mentions wireless!)

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....

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...

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’s slow turnaround: A difficult maneuver takes time, innovation

Turning around Motorola Inc. will be akin to making a K-turn in a stretch limo on a frontage road. You gotta downsize to a vehicle that's easier to maneuver. Many passengers will have to get out, while new navigators are needed to ride shotgun....

Worst of the Week: A vote for the smart folks in wireless

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....

Handset horserace loses cachet: Margins and profits now the most critical metrics

Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry - handset vendors' aggregate volume growth in the third quarter appeared to be stagnating - the situation calls into question the health of the horses.No major competitors are likely...

Samsung plays mailman, delivers nearly 52 million phones in Q3: Oppenheimer: Samsung market share grows to 16.7%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. beat expectations on handset shipments in the third quarter, and gained market share partly through aggressive pricing. Handsets drove the Korean conglomerate's revenue in the quarter as the company's semiconductor business lagged. The results appeared to reflect Samsung's push into...

3D user interface gets prime placement during TI keynote: Futuremark shows off latest UI efforts

BOSTON - Futuremark Corp. is hoping to topple the bar set by Apple Inc.'s iPhone by taking the mobile user interface into the third dimension. The software company announced a new graphics software engine, dubbed Kanzi, that it said will allow handset makers to...

A growing diet for obese phones

BOSTON - The American waistline isn't the only thing expanding. The latest crop of high-end wireless devices have been testing consumers' size-and-shape boundaries, and it seems today's shoppers are prepare to go big or go home.New numbers from AvianResearch show the BlackBerry Curve at...

Intel hopes ‘Moorestown’ MID wishes evolve into reality: Exec outlines chipmaker’s vision of mobile Internet future

BOSTON - The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically rich, touchscreen-based interfaces, at least according to a glimpse of the future provided by Intel Corp.'s Anand Chandrasekher.Chandrasekher, VP and...

Samsung touchscreen lands at AT&T Mobility

AT&T Mobility announced a new touchscreen smartphone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., dubbed the Epix. The device will cost $200 with a two-year contract, positioning it as an option for those considering similarly priced devices at the carrier, which include the iPhone 3G, Razr2...

LG strong in U.S., hit in Europe, India

Korean vendor LG Electronics Co.'s market share slid as it was hit by a slowdown in Europe and India, but the mobile devices company remained strong in the United States, according to results released today.LG's strength in the U.S. sets the table for Apple...

Sony Ericsson challenged financially, but holding ground: Firm ships 25.7 million units in quarter

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications posted solid unit shipments for the third quarter, but reported financial metrics that illustrated the company's struggles with its portfolio in the current market. Revenue for the seven-year-old, Japanese-Swedish joint venture reached $3.8 billion, down 10% from the year-ago quarter...