Reuters - Mobile phone makers and operators risk
losing thousands of their most profitable customers as
financial havoc whacks the global banking industry.
Reuters - Mobile operator T-Mobile and
Nortel Networks have successfully tested a new
high-speed wireless technology designed to make mobile
connections as fast as fixed fiber links, T-Mobile said.
Investor's Business Daily - SIM-only marketing has roiled Europe's wireless phone market, as consumers shy away from signing long-term service contracts often required in cell phone purchases. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:17:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Investor's Business Daily - More and more firms are atwitter about the marketing and customer-relations potential of Twitter. Twitter is a micro-blogging service that allows users to send 140-character text messages via e-mail or cell phone. Comcast, Dell, JetBlue and General Motors are among the companies that are keeping track of when their names are mentioned by Twitter users. The companies say they're using Twitter to identify customers who might need help with a cable connection, a flight delay or some other service. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:40:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - The first mobile phone to use Google
Inc's Android mobile operating software will cost $199, the
Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Wednesday.
Reuters - Apple's iPhone 3G has won a public vote
to find the year's best gadget, beating strong competition from
three games consoles, a budget laptop and a balloon-shaped iPod
speaker system.
NewsFactor - T-Mobile is expected to be the first carrier with a Google Android-based cell phone, with an announcement Sept. 23. And HTC says it will be the first handset maker to use the open-source mobile-phone operating system. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:50:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
PC Magazine - Buying a new Zune today? Then you should rush over to Mickey D's afterward, buy some fries, grab several napkins so you don't grease up the media player, and try the free Wi-Fi. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:15:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit slid 19 percent as it spent money to boost cell phone sales by completing the rollout of its Best Buy Mobile concept to nearly 1,000 North American stores.
AP - T-Mobile plans to show off the first wireless phone powered by Google Inc.'s much-anticipated Android software system at a Sept. 23 news conference. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:12:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
PC Magazine - Buying a new Zune today? Then you should rush over to Mickey D's afterward, buy some fries, grab several napkins so you don't grease up the media player, and try the free Wi-Fi. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:21:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - An Illinois judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to halt Sprint Nextel Corp.'s plan to create a next-generation wireless network. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:04:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit slid 19 percent as it spent money to boost cell phone sales by completing the rollout of its Best Buy Mobile concept to nearly 1,000 North American stores. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:08:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - Apple iPhone users have have a new way to send photos. They can now use Flutter, a free application that allows users to take a photo and send it to another cell phone. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:50:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - Building on the mobile mapping capabilities that Google rolled out last November, the search giant is launching a new location-awareness capability called Search with My Location. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:50:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
