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January 30, 2009

Smartphone Segment Poised for 2009 Growth

Industry insiders and analysts largely expect the mobile sector to feel the pinch of the global credit crisis, but ABI Research has high expectations for the smartphone market, reports InformationWe... More >

Nortel Done with Mobile WiMax, Eyeing LTE

Nortel, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection , is shedding its mobile WiMax business and re-jiggering its partnership with WiMax base station provider Alvarion . The company's move away f... More >

Dell Smartphone Rumor Gains Momentum

Dell may or may not be releasing two smartphones next month, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal . The report comes on the heels of news that Acer will release one or more smartphone... More >

January 29, 2009

iPhone 2.1 in the Works?

According to Mac Rumors , Apple's iPhone 2.x Firmware has evidence of a next generation iPhone dubbed iPhone 2.1. A new iPhone model was believed to have been discovered in the USBDeviceConfiguratio... More >

Nokia Introduces Three Entry-Level Phones

Nokia unveiled three new entry-level handsets amid recent job cuts and slumping market forecasts .   The Nokia 6700 Classic, Nokia 6303 Classic and Nokia 2700 Classic could be a winning formu... More >

Nokia Buy to Boost Location-Based Services

Nokia looks to bolster its location-based services with its purchase of Berlin-based bit-side GmbH . Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to be complete by the end of the first quarter, w... More >

January 28, 2009

Acer to Debut Smartphone

Acer confirmed that it will unveil its first handset and has begun issuing invitations for a Feb. 16 press event in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress. The announcement comes less than a year... More >

Despite Interest, Netbooks Not Enterprise Ready, Say Analysts

Despite hardware and software vendors making moves to adapt to the increasing popularity of netbooks, analysts are panning their use in the enterprise.   Gartner predicts that less than 1 perc... More >

Gartner: 3G Speeds Not Meeting Customer Expectations

According to Gartner , the big four wireless carriers are failing to meet customer expectations when it comes to 3G speeds.   AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all market their 3G wireless... More >

BlackBerry Curve 8900 the Calm After the Storm

First impressions of Research in Motion's BlackBerry Curve 8900 are mostly positive. Gizmodo calls the smartphone markedly better than its predecessor and predicts that it will be the BlackBerry of... More >

January 27, 2009

Little Guys Poaching Customers from Powerhouse Telcos

Bloomberg reports that telecommunication titans Verizon Communications and AT&T are losing some of their cellular customers to smaller companies that do not require contracts. Companies such as ... More >

T-Mobile Partners with Meru to Offer FMC

A new partnership will bring fixed mobile convergence (FMC) to T-Mobile USA's enterprise customers using unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology. The telecommunications vendor has partnered with WL... More >

Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent, Let the Saber-Rattling Begin

World of Apple reports that the company was awarded a patent number 7,479,949 from the U.S. Patent Office last Tuesday. The patent , which was filed last April, covers much of the multi-touch user ... More >

January 26, 2009

Netbook Trend Forcing Tech Vendors to Adapt

The rising popularity of netbooks is such that it is changing the face of the technology sector, says PC World . As netbook sales increased, the purchase of traditional desktops declined. In additio... More >

January 22, 2009

Obama Gets to Keep His BlackBerry

President Obama will get to keep his BlackBerry after waging a vigorous fight with advisers and the Secret Service over its security, reports PCWorld.com .   White House press secretary Rober... More >

January 20, 2009

Inauguration Creates Anticipated Wireless Chaos

Wireless carriers tried to head off a crush of traffic from the inauguration of Barack Obama, but the networks were strained nevertheless, reports MSNBC .   The story quotes D.C. resident Ma... More >

January 15, 2009

Best Buy Rumored to be Exclusive Retailer for Palm Pre

PC World reports that Best Buy is rumored to be the exclusive seller of the highly anticipated Palm Pre for the first two months of its release. That is of course in addition to the smartphone bei... More >

January 14, 2009

Dell Smartphone Rumors Re-Ignite

Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu says a Dell smartphone is inevitable. Dell's entrance into the mobile market has been a reoccurring rumor for quite sometime, says this Brighthand article. While ... More >

January 9, 2009

Palm Offerings Generate Some Buzz, But Doubts Remain

Palm unveiled its long-awaited webOS and its accompanying Pre phone to much fanfare at the Consumer Electronics Show, which isn't necessarily saying that much since the show apparently was pretty lo... More >

January 7, 2009

China Issues 3G Licenses at Last

They've been a long time coming, but China on Wednesday finally issued licenses for 3G networks to three state-run carriers, reports Reuters .   China's largest carrier, China Mobile, was lic... More >

January 6, 2009

Best Buy Sells Refurbished iPhones

A little more than a week after Wal-Mart began selling discounted iPhones, Best Buy announced that it too is selling refurbished Apple iPhone 3G models.   CNET News reports that devices tha... More >

Motorola to Debut Green Phone

Motorola is set to unveil the first carbon-neutral handset this week at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Renew is 100 percent recyclable and will be available to T-Mobile USA subscribers sometime... More >

January 5, 2009

Palm Set to Unveil New Handset, Mobile OS

Palm will unveil its latest mobile operating system and handset at the Consumer Electronics Show 2009. The much-beleaguered company is hoping its latest offering will put it back in the league with o... More >

January 2, 2009

Android Netbooks on the Horizon?

Thought Android was just for mobile phones? Think again. Matthäus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann needed only four hours to compile Android for the Asus EEEPC 1000H netbook .   According to Ven... More >