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CTIA: Mobile Web Still Faces Interference

April 3, 2008
Vendors like Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, and Nokia provided a peek at the mobile Web of the future, but they couldn't say when it would be available.

Quickoffice Ships Office-Compatible Suite On More Smartphones

April 3, 2008
Quickoffice Premier 5.0 adds printer support, more shortcut keys, tighter integration with Adobe Reader, and an improved user interface.

Adware And Mobile Phone Malware On The Rise

April 3, 2008
Even though most malware targets the Symbian platform, Apple's SDK is expected to result in more sophisticated iPhone attacks and infections, researchers said.

CTIA: Yahoo Unveils Voice-Enabled Mobile Search

April 2, 2008
Version 2.0 will introduce voice-enabled searches for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices that deliver more information to queries than just links.

Amazon Intros Purchasing Via Text Message With 'TextBuyIt'

April 2, 2008
Send a text message to Amazon, reply to the response, confirm your order, and your item will be on its way, the company says.

Vodafone CEO Wants Wireless Industry To Standardize On LTE

April 2, 2008
The industry could innovate and deliver better services faster if everyone used one 4G standard, or at least settled on technologies that work well together, said industry leaders at CTIA.

CTIA: Samsung Showcases Second Life Apps

April 2, 2008
The cell phone client, like a mixed blogging platform, lets users post their thoughts simultaneously in the real world and the virtual world.

Survey Reveals Most iPhone Users Were Already Apple Customers

April 2, 2008
Market researchers question whether the handset can entice non-Apple users to step up and acquire an iPhone.

Nokia's Low-End Phones Intended For Emerging Markets

April 2, 2008
Citing rapid growth of replacement market in developing economies, the company prices some of its handsets below $150.

Alcatel-Lucent To Build Mobile WiMax Network

April 2, 2008
The telecom company's first North American WiMax network will be built for Craig Wireless in Palm Springs, Calif.

Microsoft Surface Coming To AT&T Stores In April

April 2, 2008
The kiosks use a special optical tag that recognizes selected cell phones to let customers explore device features.

Undaunted By Muni Wi-Fi Failures, Augusta Sees A Successful Way

April 2, 2008
The state of Georgia has contributed about $600,000 and the city another $281,000 to the project, which is planned to cover a four-square-mile city core center.

CTIA: Mobile Data Use Up, But Voice Remains King

April 2, 2008
Data service revenue in 2007 rose to more than $23 billion from $15.2 billion in 2006.

CTIA: Nokia Shows WiMax-Ready Mobile Internet Tablet

April 2, 2008
The N810 has a 4.13-inch touch screen and WiFi connectivity, in addition to WiMax, and is expected to sell for around $440.

CTIA: Sprint Uses 'Instinct' To Compete With iPhone

April 1, 2008
Sprint hopes to trump Apple and AT&T this summer with a touch-screen smartphone that uses its $99 unlimited voice, data services, and text messaging plan.

CTIA: FCC Chair Dismisses Skype's Open Wireless Network Plan

April 1, 2008
If Skype is successful, device manufacturers and others would be able to offer wireless gadgets and services on cellular networks without the approval of operators.

Microsoft Promises 'Desktop Grade' Web Browsing On Windows Mobile

April 1, 2008
In beefing up the mobile version of Explorer, Microsoft is looking to fend off Apple and Symbian in the lucrative mobile device and software markets.

PGP Adds Encryption To Windows Mobile Smartphones

April 1, 2008
PGP Mobile encrypts Windows Mobile-based data automatically, but still allows mobile data to be shared securely with other mobile and desktop users.

AT&T Makes Stylish Slide With Moto Z9

April 1, 2008
New slider smartphone blends Web access, media player, GPS location services and video sharing.

Microsoft Upgrades Mobile Search With Voice, Maps

April 1, 2008
The expanded features for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices are designed to regain market share Microsoft is losing to desktop search.

Mobile WiMax Pacesetter Xanadoo Plans To Expand

April 1, 2008
Cisco, which supplies the infrastructure to Xanadoo, reported Tuesday that the WiMax provider has signed up more than 14,000 subscribers.

Telecommuting Adoption Up; Security Still A Concern

April 1, 2008
A CDW survey shows that private sector telecommuting adoption is on the rise (14%) and catching up to the adoption rates of federal employees (17%).

Cell Phones Face Extinction As Smartphones Take Over

April 1, 2008
Apple's iPhone, Verizon's open network, and devices based in Google's open source Android mobile platform are expected to put simple cell phones to rest.

IPass Offers Dual 3G, Wi-Fi Hotspot Service

March 31, 2008
The iPassConnect wireless combo is aimed at busy road warriors with a price plan that starts at $29.95 a month.

Nokia Siemens, Sprint Launch LTE Endeavor

March 31, 2008
The Nokia service will be rolled out for Sprint's WiMax network, which is being tested in Chicago and the Baltimore-Washington area.

Verizon Debuts Smartphones For Multi-Taskers

March 31, 2008
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 and Moto Q 9c are both optimized for business users that rely on keeping in touch via QWERTY keyboards.

Arch Rock Builds Internet Protocol Links Into Wireless Sensors

March 31, 2008
By combining nodes with Internet Protocol capabilities, wireless sensor nets get the same addressing, naming, and management as the rest of the enterprise network.

GPS Buyer's Guide To Car Navigation Systems

March 29, 2008
Find an auto GPS for your car with our expert's tips on buying and using personal navigation devices from TomTom, Garmin, and Magellan.

EU Wants More Time Examining Nokia-Navteq Deal

March 28, 2008
Nokia has been evolving from being a handset maker to also being a Web services company focused on mobility.

CTIA Wireless: An Industry In Transformation Gathers In Vegas

March 28, 2008
Look for a wave of new devices and services when the wireless industry gathers for a major industry conference.

AT&T To Debut Mobile TV In May

March 28, 2008
The service, which initially will launch on two handsets and with two exclusive channels, utilizes Qualcomm's MediaFLO technology.

Transcard Adds Apps For Mobile Banking

March 28, 2008
Transcard Mobile was built for payroll card members with text-enabled cell phones and gives them full bank account access using their mobiles.

Consumers Want Cheaper, Faster, Clearer Mobile Media

March 28, 2008
An industry survey found 51% believe subscription content costs too much, while nearly half predicted poor image quality.

Verizon Wireless' Phones To Feature Loopt's Location Service

March 28, 2008
Utilizing GPS features on more than 20 Verizon mobile phones, Loopt will be offered at $3.99 a month and is aimed at the youth audience.

Apple Releases iPhone SDK Beta 2

March 27, 2008
The update includes an interface builder, the Xcode IDE, the iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, and the Shark analysis tool.

Leap Wireless' Cricket Adds Two Samsung Phones

March 27, 2008
The MyShot camera phone is equipped for use on emerging CDMA Advanced Wireless Services spectrum.

BMI Predicts Decline In Ringtone Market, Jump In Ringbacktones

March 27, 2008
The company that licenses music is bullish on mobile audio and TV, but says ring tones have lost their novelty and cheaper alternatives are available.

Future Mobile Phones Will Have Blazing Speed, Biochips To Diagnose Ailments

March 27, 2008
DoCoMo said it has been able to demonstrate a mobile phone with a molecular delivery system for molecular communication, among other advances.

Cellyspace Tool Converts RSS To MMS For Mobile

March 27, 2008
Content is presented in a slideshow format of up to eight slides. Each slide can contain an image, 300 characters of text, and an optional URL.

Gartner Clarifies 3G iPhone Reports

March 27, 2008
The technology research firm says it doesn't know whether Apple has actually ordered 10 million iPhones that support 3G networks, as was reported on the Web.

Turn Your Car Into A Traveling Wi-Fi Hotspot

March 27, 2008
AutoNet and Novatel rally around outfitting automobiles with CDMA EV-DO Rev. A technologies, after testing the system in Avis rental cars last year.

Washington State Gov. Signs RFID Privacy Protection Law

March 27, 2008
The law applies to RFID chips in identification cards, cell phones, and even running shoes, like those that Nike coupled with iPods so runners can log their mileage, pace, and calories burned.

Motorola Adds Touch-Screen To Mobile TV Device

March 27, 2008
The DH02 features a touch-screen user interface with intuitive click, drag, and scroll icon-based menus.

Palm Adds Voice Commands For Smartphone Messaging, Browsing

March 26, 2008
Application software from Nuance offers hands-free access to mobile applications and content.

Motorola's Breakup Provides Opportunities For Competitors

March 26, 2008
One of the ripple effects of the Motorola announcement likely will be the continued ascendance of Asian device makers like HTC and UTStarcom.

Comcast And Time Warner May Fund Clearwire-Sprint WiMax Effort

March 26, 2008
Reports say that the cable operators would contribute $1.5 billion to help deploy the wide area wireless technology.

Under Pressure, Motorola Breaks Itself Into Two Companies

March 26, 2008
The company will split itself into two units in 2009, one to handle mobile phones and the other to handle just about everything else.

Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance

March 26, 2008
If you think the Google Phone is all talk, you're wrong: Here are eight technologies--GPS, multimedia, mobile Web browsing, gaming graphics, and more--which Open Handset Alliance members will bring to the upcoming mobile handset.

Microsoft Sees Software Possibilities For iPhone

March 26, 2008
With the exception of Apple, Microsoft makes more software for the Mac than any other vendor.

SingleClick Links To Open Source Wireless Database

March 25, 2008
The wireless technology company's adoption of WURFL means content gets served to more than 7,000 mobile devices in a format they can handle.

Bhutan, World's Newest Democracy, Gets Advanced Internet, Cell Phone Deployments

March 25, 2008
A country of fewer than 700,000 inhabitants, Bhutan has resisted change for a long time and only allowed television in 1999.

Google's 'White Space' Plan Could Still Include A Network

March 25, 2008
Despite losing the 700 MHz auction, Google says a combination of geo-location technology and wireless protective beacons will eliminate any remaining interference concerns.

T-Mobile Offers BlackBerry With Voice Over Wi-Fi

March 25, 2008
The BlackBerry 8820 offers voice connectivity at public and private hotspots.

LG Slider Smartphone Emphasizes Style

March 25, 2008
The trim camera phone also automatically adjusts the brightness of the LED screen to help conserve the power capacity of the handset.

Justice Department OKs Sirius, XM Satellite Radio Merger

March 24, 2008
The deal still has to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission, which is unlikely to go against the Justice Department's decision.

Mobile Messaging Set To Grow

March 24, 2008
Global revenue from mobile messaging will reach $212 billion in five years, ABI predicts.

Google Wants FCC To Consider 'White Space' Spectrum For Handset Broadband

March 24, 2008
The company said its Android phones could use the largely unused spectrum that resides next to broadcast TV signals.

Icahn Plans More Legal Action Against Motorola

March 24, 2008
Carl Icahn is seeking documents on the possible spinoff of the company's Mobile Devices unit and any records on the personal use of company aircraft by senior management.

New York International Auto Show: Fuel Cells, Electric Vehicles, & 50 Cent's Performance Pontiac

March 24, 2008
Cars, cars, cars -- we've got pictures -- from Chevy, GMC, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Saturn, Toyota, and more.

Congressional Hearings Planned On FCC 700-MHz Auction

March 21, 2008
Rep. John D. Dingell plans to hold a hearing on the FCC auction and how to create a nationwide, interoperable broadband network for public safety.

Mobile Users To Buy More Smartphones

March 21, 2008
One in three devices sold in five years will be a smartphone, ABI Research says.

LightPole API Makes More Content Mobile

March 21, 2008
The company's publishing system allows publishers, bloggers, and other content generators to engage with mobile users.

Apple, AT&T Re-Sued Over iPhone Voicemail

March 20, 2008
The arguable innovation of the patent, held by Klausner Technologies, is the ability to access voice messages nonsequentially.

Verizon, AT&T Big Winners In 700 MHz Auction

March 20, 2008
The two telecom companies bid more than $16 billion, constituting the vast majority of the $19.6 billion bid in the FCC spectrum auction.

Sprint And IBM Lotus Enhance Mobile Web

March 20, 2008
Sprint is betting that IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.1.2 and its Web 2.0 capabilities will aid developers creating mobile applications.

Mobile Navigation Gets A Double GPS Boost

March 20, 2008
MapQuest, Rand McNally enhance location and traffic services for GPS-enabled mobile phones.

Verizon's Open Network Not A Game-Changer For Enterprises, Yet

March 20, 2008
The company will host a developers' conference later this spring to flesh out the development kit in order to let customers use applications, from any vendor or developer.

Nokia Handset Adds Maps, Video Sharing

March 20, 2008
The N95 includes a 5-megapixel camera and A-GPS capability, which can guide users through all 50 states and 150 countries.

Adobe Backtracks On Building iPhone Flash Player

March 19, 2008
CEO Shantanu Narayen's latest comments about working with Apple cast doubt on whether Adobe is in the process of building the software.

Apple May Offer Unlimited Access To iTunes

March 19, 2008
The company is reportedly in negotiations with record labels to offer iPod and iPhone owners access to the entire iTunes catalog.

Gartner Changes Tune On iPhone For The Enterprise

March 19, 2008
The analyst firm initially rejected the iPhone's suitability for business because of concerns over security.

Sony Ericsson Sees Slowdown In Sales Of High-End Mobile Phones

March 19, 2008
The handset vendor issues a warning on sales and profits because of component shortages and slowness in the high-end replacement market.

The 700 MHz Auction Is Over: What's Next?

March 19, 2008
With the D block in limbo and the C block sold, speculation mounts as to how "open" future cell phone networks will become.

Volantis Opens Up Mobile Content Platform

March 19, 2008
The Intelligent Content Delivery system aims to make it easier to develop content for the thousands of mobile devices on the market.

Lucrative 700-MHz Auction Reveals Flaws In The System

March 19, 2008
Analysts pointed to several possible reasons for the failure of the "D block" to sell, including the specter of recession and uncertainty over FCC requirements of the winner.

Sybase Brings Lotus, Exchange E-mail To iPhone

March 19, 2008
Sybase is adding Apple iPhone support to its mobile middleware to make it possible to use the phone to access IBM Lotus Domino or Microsoft Exchange e-mail servers.

iPhone Owners Big Users Of Mobile Web

March 18, 2008
M:Metrics says 85% of iPhone owners searched the Web for news and information using their phones in January.

ZigBee-Powered Meter Measures Electrical Consumption

March 18, 2008
EOL's plogg device measures consumption and relays it back to management system to help control energy costs.

Annual Mobile Search Ad Revenue To Near $5 Billion In Five Years

March 18, 2008
Juniper Research says data charges from mobile search far exceed revenue from mobile advertising now, but that will change.

Nokia Boosts Photo, Video For 'Storytelling' Smartphone

March 18, 2008
The latest N82 captures images, DVD-quality video, and then tags it with location metadata for mapping and routing.

European Union Urges Members To Adopt Nokia's Mobile TV Standard

March 18, 2008
Nokia's technology competes with Qualcomm's MediaFlo and Korean manufacturers' T-DMB TV technologies.

Google's Online Maps Gets New Jersey Commuters On Time

March 17, 2008
A transportation routing partnership with NJ TRANSIT has its roots in Google's California headquarters.

Motorola Aims For All-Wireless Enterprise

March 17, 2008
With new products and initiatives, executive Sujai Hajela predicts that his division will impress the enterprise in the transition to faster 802.11n networks.

VoiceCon: Nortel Adds Mobility To Unified Communications Mix

March 17, 2008
Networking vendor says a richer interplay of desktop phones, PCs, and mobile handsets will improve efficiency and decision making.

Washington State Closer To Making RFID Skimming A Felony

March 17, 2008
If signed, the proposed law would apply to all forms of the technology, whether it is embedded in credit cards or television sets.

Microsoft Adds Adobe's Flash Lite To Windows Mobile

March 17, 2008
Silverlight 1.0 for Windows Mobile 6 won't be available until the second quarter, Microsoft has said.

VoiceCon: Motorola To Launch Next-Generation Interoperability Effort

March 17, 2008
Motorola intends to provide integrated mobile access to e-mail, calendar, and other apps, as well as ways to extend PBX functionality to wireless devices.

Apple Rolls Out Feature-Packed 802.11n Mobile Base Station

March 17, 2008
The $99 AirPort Express works with both Macs and PCs, connects wirelessly with printers, and can handle up to 10 simultaneous users.

Nokia Has Paid $1 Billion To Qualcomm For Tech Patents

March 14, 2008
Qualcomm may lose clout and royalities thanks to the recently created Next Generation Mobile Networks 4G patent pool.

Oracle Pushes CRM App Into The Field

March 14, 2008
Mobile Sales Assistant helps field reps manage appointments, collaborate with sales team members, and connect with customers.

AT&T Debuts BlackBerry Pearl 8120

March 14, 2008
The new smartphone combines voice, messaging and Web browsing with Wi-Fi access.

Observer Sees Google's Future In Transportation Routing

March 13, 2008
Author Stephen Arnold says the company's patented employee bus routing system could be a model for mass transportation.

Thought-To-Speech Interface Gives Voice To Voiceless

March 13, 2008
Audeo captures neurological information from the brain and translates it into speech.

BlackBerry Gets Crime-Fighting App

March 13, 2008
BIO-key's PocketCop 3.5 sends and receives silent dispatches and turns the smartphone into a thin client.

Spring VON More Than Voice Over IP

March 13, 2008
Look for wireless, video, business apps, and social networking to enter the VoIP lexicon next week in San Jose.

Gates, Mundie Urge More Long Term U.S. Investment In Tech

March 13, 2008
A key Microsoft priority is to encourage investment in math and sciences education, including putting more technology in the hands of schoolchildren.

Google Exec: Android Will Outsell iPhone

March 13, 2008
Rich Miner boasts better performance numbers based on the reach of Google's partners, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, and LG.

Phone Apps Mash Up Voice, Web 2.0

March 13, 2008
The next phase of VoIP development opportunities for interactive companies is to improve applications with voice capabilities, a telecom consultant suggests.