Worst Of The Week

So according to Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse, the nation’s No. 3 wireless operator is not interested in a price war and somehow thinks it can compete against its rivals on a level playing field populated by unicorns, teddy bears ... Read More »

So the word du jour for 2009 seems to be “touchscreen.” This is bad news because no one trusts me with anything related to touching. Indeed, the whole touch thing appears to have smeared itself all over the Mobile World Congress ... Read More »

So the Mobile World Congress is just around the corner, and I for one can’t wait. Yes sir, those of us with CDMA phones just love heading over to Europe, where GSM rules the day and dinner is not served until 9 p.m. (Seriously?!?! ... Read More »

Over the course of about a year or so, Motorola has tumbled from the No. 2 to the No. 5 position among global cellphone vendors. The slide coincides with the company’s massive financial and product failings. And now, in the ... Read More »

So, it looks to be official. The iPhone is a full-blown epidemic of American Idol proportions. You can’t defeat it, you can only hope to contain it. And even that seems to be pointless. Just ask any domestic carrier not named ... Read More »

So now that I’ve officially graduated from the ranks of feature-phone owners and into the proud aristocracy of smartphone possessors, I have finally come to understand the potential of the cellphone to change the way people carry ... Read More »

So, I managed to survive another Consumer Electronics Show in that wonderful locale of Las Vegas. And while the reported number of attendees was down from previous events, there were still about 100,000 too many people swarming ... Read More »

So normally I use this space to write general nonsense about the events of the day. For example, this week I would probably write about Verizon Wireless’ search deal with Microsoft and how it’s really pretty lame and unimportant ... Read More »

Welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2008 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that have happened in the wireless industry, we can’t help but wonder how things will look a ... Read More »

So we’re in the middle of the race to 4G, and I for one am giddy with excitement. This race pits underdog Sprint Nextel against rival CDMA patron Verizon Wireless. ... Read More »

(Insert witty column here.) So … I guess there’s some funny, interesting stuff going on somewhere, but I’m certainly not sober or awake enough to figure out what it is. So, since I really am that lazy, let’s just skip to some ... Read More »

We at RCR Wireless News receive our fair share of new devices, sometimes before they are released to the public and sometimes after. (Occasionally, we don’t receive a product at all. We are looking at you Apple/AT&T Mobility. ... Read More »

One of my favorite television shows of the ’90s was Mystery Science Theater 3000, also known as MST3K. The basics of the show were that a man and his two robot friends were being forced to watch terrible B-movies and they would ... Read More »

So election night has come and gone, and the biggest and most important race in the country remains undecided. Yes, the Minnesota Senate battle between Norm Coleman and Al Franken (Stuart Smalley) rages on, and all of America ... Read More »

So I think there’s a presidential election coming up in the next week or so? There seems to be some rumblings about it on the TV nowadays. I keep hearing about it during the commercial breaks for “America’s Next Top Model.” ... Read More »

I would like to start this week’s WOTW with a little song, though not sung by me as to leave your ears blood-free: ... Read More »

I like to think I’ve become hardened to the hype in the wireless industry. I don’t fawn over glitzy new phones, and I try to evaluate new products and services with a cynical, calculating eye. ... Read More »

The air is beginning to get crisp here in Denver, and we all know what that means: the start of the critical, fourth-quarter holiday shopping season, when handset makers flood the market with their latest creations and carriers ... Read More »

So the holiday shopping season is rapidly approaching and, as has become a yearly tradition, wireless handset manufacturers are slowly unveiling details of their latest and greatest devices. ... Read More »

So the G1 has gotten me thinking, which is both difficult and dangerous. But that’s beside the point. ... Read More »

So the world’s first Google phone is supposed to be released next week by T-Mobile USA during an event in New York. I for one am very excited about this news, because if there’s one thing I know, it’s that we need more mobile- ... Read More »

Spectrum is a funny thing. Not fall-on-the-floor-laughing funny, but more of a what-were-those-people-in-charge-of-assigning-spectrum-thinking sort of way. ... Read More »

So, if you are like me — and if you are, can you explain to me why sometimes the bottom of my right foot itches — you have a keen interest in what types of cellphones those around you (me) use. ... Read More »

So the president of cable company Cox earlier this week gave a speech about the company’s plans for wireless. ... Read More »

So I recently purchased a smartphone. I happily upgraded to it from the Moto Razr. I’m very happy with my new smartphone because it can do amazing things that feature phones can’t, like quickly access e-mail, run a range of third- ... Read More »

So, I hate to come down on wireless consumers, seeing as they kinda contribute to my paycheck and I am one of them, but thenews last week that Sprint Nextel was fined more than $70 million in a California court for its early ... Read More »

So I think I finally understand Google’s Android effort. I mean, I know it’s about providing an operating system for cellphones, that’s pretty simple (I am a high-school graduate, after all). But I think I actually understand the ... Read More »

“Openness” is one of the best buzzwords to hit the wireless industry in a while. Two years ago it was “MVNO,” and last year it was “mobile TV.” Now, it’s all about being “open.” I’m sure openness is an excellent trait for those ... Read More »

So, wireless carriers have been going berserk over the past week with outrageous claims of the power and scope of their wireless networks. ... Read More »

So, this week’s Worst of the Week column will be briefer than normal on purpose as I suspect nearly everyone reading this will be standing in line at their nearest Apple or AT&T retail location in hopes of being one of the first ... Read More »

So Motorola isn’t doing too hot lately. In fact, the troubles seem to be seriously mounting for the company that basically invented the cellphone and — up until a few months ago — was the second-largest handset maker in the ... Read More »

So Nokia announced plans to acquire Symbian this week. Nokia said the move would improve Symbian’s position in the market and smooth the process for Symbian application development. Yup, I’m sure everything for developers will ... Read More »

So I try not to pay attention to what happens in Washington; it generally makes my head hurt. ... Read More »

So Apple announced a 3G iPhone. Aren’t you excited? I sure am. I like everything about the iPhone, including the fact that it’s the “phone that changed phones forever,” at least according to Mr. Jobs. Not that he’s bragging, of ... Read More »

Editor’s Note: We get a lot of e-mails in response to our weekly Worst of the Week columns, and we read and enjoy each one (at least, the ones that agree with us). ... Read More »