Nokia's First Windows Phone For The U.S., The Lumia 710 With T-Mobile
Confirming earlier reports, T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to sell a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Windows Phone in the U.S. — a key market for… Read more »
If Netflix Is In Play, Here's Some Companies That Would Be In The Hunt
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Verizon is getting its full turn in the rumor mill. Last week, word had it that Verizon is looking to launch an OTT subscription service. Ne… Read more »
Post Its $3.6 Billion Cable Deal, Verizon Puts Brakes On FiOS Expansion
Last week, Verizon announced a $3.6 billion deal to buy wireless spectrum from cable operators and resell their pay-TV services. This week,… Read more »
Updated: YouMail App Yanked From Android Market After T-Mobile Complains
Update: YouMail’s app is back in the Android Market after some more communication between the voicemail company and T-Mobile. That revealed… Read more »
Updated: Apple TV Streaming Quietly Goes International
Back in August, we wrote about how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had started to offer U.S.-based users of its Apple TV device the ability to stream sho… Read more »
Verizon Almost Ready To Let Families Share Data Plans For Mobile Devices
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As more and more families find themselves with smartphones, tablets, and data cards for PCs that can sometimes require separate bills, frust… Read more »
Report: Verizon Considering Web-Based Video Service Aimed At Netflix
Verizon plans to offer a Web-video streaming service in places where it doesn’t already operate its FIOS Internet TV service, according to a… Read more »
Motorola, Verizon Try 3G Tablets Again With New Xyboard Android Devices
Tablets haven’t been as much of a boon for wireless carriers as smartphones, with many buyers opting for Wi-Fi only options. Motorola (NYSE:… Read more »
Updated: Galaxy Nexus 'Pure Google' Except For Part Verizon Doesn't Like
For years, Google’s pitch for the Nexus class of Android phones has been that they offer the “pure Google” experience, a version of its soft… Read more »
Verizon Expected To Post Huge Subscriber Increase In Q4 Thanks To iPhone 4S
The launch of the iPhone 4S was a little more interesting than other iPhone launches because for the first time three carriers were on board… Read more »
Report: Verizon To Ask Galaxy Nexus Customers For $299
There’s little doubt that Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, based on the newest version of Android, is the best Android smartphone yet produced. But i… Read more »
Xbox 360 Leads The Way To Engaged TV
photo: Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Interactive TV, a phrase still used but painful to hear, grates like the name of an old girlfriend, conjuring up hopes long since unfulfille… Read more »
Why Both You And Carrier IQ Are Pawns In The Fight For Mobile Data
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There is no question that we love our mobile devices. There’s also no question that we are paranoid about how much of ourselves we pour into… Read more »
Cable Operators To Sell Verizon Advanced Wireless Spectrum For $3.6 Billion
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A big move for Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) today, and something of a seismic shift for the cable industry as it moves away from its fixation… Read more »
Report: Apple To Give 4G A Shot In Arm With Next-Generation iPad, iPhone
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We’ve seen some significant strides for LTE in the past year — with some big names like Verizon and AT&T (NYSE: T) getting behind the fast… Read more »
More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes
Several days into the Carrier IQ story — which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool — an… Read more »
45 Carriers Endorse Mobile Payment Standard, But Will It Make A Difference?
Near-field communications (NFC) is far from being a standard in mobile payments, but the wave-and-pay technology may have gotten its biggest… Read more »
Next Issue Media Expands Digital Newsstand Beyond Samsung Galaxy
Next Issue Media, the digitized magazine and newspaper newsstand, has added several more titles from company backers Hearst and Time Inc. (N… Read more »
Bruised Apple To Sell Unlocked iPhone 4S Just As Sprint Tightens Grip
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Coincidence or design? Today came not one but two developments on the state of unlocked iPhone 4S devices: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will start to… Read more »
Senate Shoots Down Attempt to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules
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The US Senate this afternoon voted against a law to repeal new FCC rules that forbid internet service providers from favoring certain websit… Read more »
A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more »
Mobile Startup Funding: Strangeloop $10 Million; Urban Airship $15 Million
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What will be the most-used medium for consuming mobile content in the future: the web or apps? It’s a question that gets hotly debated, and… Read more »
HTC Led Q3 U.S. Smartphone Sales, Nokia To Wait Until 2012 To Challenge It
Figures out from Canalys tracking smartphone shipments worldwide in Q3 have once again demonstrated that the flood of Android handsets on th… Read more »
Apple Extends iPhone 4S To 15 More Countries, Including Legal Hotspot Korea
Yesterday, figures out from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech underscored how Apple’s share of smartphone sales in several key countries had actuall… Read more »
Verizon Sees Slight Ebb In iPhone Demand But Beats Expectations
Verizon faced the same problem as rival AT&T (NYSE: T) during the last quarter: Apple’s iPhone 4S wasn’t ready until October. Still, the lar… Read more »
Google’s Android 4.0 Development Plan: Make Android Prettier
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) took the wrapping off its Ice Cream Sandwich Tuesday night, unveiled the latest edition of Android on Samsung’s Galaxy N… Read more »
Motorola Launches Two New Android Devices, The Droid Razr and Motoactv
Motorola (NYSE: MMI) took the wraps off two new interesting Android devices Tuesday during an event in New York, unveiling the Droid Razr an… Read more »
NPD: Already, More Than One In Five Smartphones Sold Is 4G-Ready
Some interesting stats out today from the NPD Group underscore just how fast-moving the evolution is in devices today. Although fast mobile… Read more »
NPD: Already, More Than One In Five Smartphones Sold Is 4G-Ready
Some interesting stats out today from the NPD Group underscore just how fast-moving the evolution is in devices today. Although fast mobile… Read more »
@ CTIA: Wireless CEO Showdown Fizzles Amid Buzzword-Heavy Addresses
photo: Tom Krazit
During a morning that featured far less acrimony than the last time they got together in March, the CEOs of three of the leading wireless co… Read more »
Big Apple Indeed: iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million On One Day
We’ve been hearing anecdotal evidence over the last few days, but now some official word from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) itself: the iPhone 4S is pr… Read more »
UK Launches LTE Trial, But Is It Falling Behind In The 4G Race?
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Frustrating news for those in the UK who have eagerly been awaiting the first 4G services. The country, home to some of the most mobile-savv… Read more »
The Show Must Go On: What To Expect At CTIA Enterprise This Week
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The wireless industry’s fall gathering–CTIA Enterprise and Apps–will open Monday with an industry in mourning over the death of a man who… Read more »
RIM, Chasing Its Own iCloud, Buys NewBay For $100 Million
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Here’s an acquisition that has come unexpectedly, but not surprisingly: BlackBerry and PlayBook maker RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has bought New Bay, a… Read more »
Microsoft Shifts Strategies To Expand Xbox Live TV, Go Global
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After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boos… Read more »
Update: Sprint’s Hot $20 Billion iPhone Buy Leaves T-Mobile Out In The Cold
Just ahead of the big news day from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), one more piece fell into place in the distribution game, it seems. A report emerged… Read more »
Sony Ericsson Demonstrates How Clinging To Android Is Not A Silver Bullet
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the joint venture combining the wireless expertise of Sweden’s Ericsson with the branding and media… Read more »
The Rising iPhone Tide Will Lift Some Carrier Boats More Than Others
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Only one day left to iPhone news nirvana, and a lot of leaks are coming through about who will get to sell the device — and what, exactly,… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-30-11
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The Morning Lowdown 09-28-11
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