2008

The willingness of business customers to adopt mobile instant messaging has more to do with familiarity with PC-based IM services than with mobility, according to a recent study from ABI Research.“The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose …

Staying up to date with your favorite band, the latest news and online friends should be easier as an Oklahoma company is set to launch a social enterprise platform for mobile users next year.Onesite Inc. is planning to offer its …

Move over YouTube. MySpace lovers can now access video from the social-networking monster on their handsets. MySpace, along with video technology vendor RipCode, announced that MySpace mobile users can view all MySpace video content on compatible phones.“Video is a natural …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–JP Morgan resumed coverage on Clearwire following the close of its deal with Sprint Nextel to combine WiMAX assets. The firm …

Google Inc. continues to dominate the online-search space, but who will win in mobile – and how they’ll get there – is anybody’s guess.The already crowded field of mobile-search providers got a little more packed last week as Proximic, a …

Glu Mobile Inc.’s woes continued as the wireless-game maker said it will slash an unspecified number of jobs as part of an effort to trim operating expenses by $13 million.Company executives declined to disclose the number of positions being eliminated; …

Palm Inc. said yesterday that its revenue for its fiscal second quarter would reach the range of $190 million to $195 million, far below Thomson-Reuters estimates of $331 million. The company’s stock plunged more than 12% to a new low …

The long-term outlook for Sierra Wireless Inc.’s acquisition of machine-to-machine company Wavecom SA is positive, but the company will face some bumps in the short term, according to an Oppenheimer analyst.In a note to investors, George Iwanyc said Sierra Wireless’ …

Nokia Corp. will deliver its second touchscreen handset by June of next year, the company said at the opening of its Nokia World exposition in Barcelona. The N97 is a touchscreen, horizontal slider with QWERTY keypad that will sell unsubsidized …

Nokia Corp. continued to build out its Ovi service with new e-mail and instant messaging solutions as well as an enhanced mapping offering.The handset-maker-cum-Internet-services-company unveiled Mail on Ovi, an online portal that offers 1GB of storage space and spam filters …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn’t. If you wish to …

Mobile virtual network operators will likely join the ranks with most Americans facing a tough holiday season with mixed forecasts as to whether MVNOs will come out strong or gasping for breath.Tole Hart, analyst for Gartner, thinks the next few …

The swirl of events last month and their possible implications for the domestic handset industry are several-fold, analyst said last week. First, despite an outlook tempered by drastic economic headlines, the wireless market in the United States may not be …

Mobile marketing and technology provider Gumiyo in Woodland Hills, Calif., has released a suite of online tools that enable newspapers to offer rich Mobile Web and SMS campaigns to advertisers.

Motorola announced on Tuesday it will soon add the MOTOROKR EM35 handset to its range, which will have an emphasis on superior audio performance during phone calls through Motorola’s now-established CrystalTalk noise reduction technology.

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular–Qatar: Nokia Siemens Networks said it …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. On Nov. 4, the Federal Communications Commission issued a decision that few …

The Bush administration rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s backup-power reporting requirements, possibly increasing chances that controversial regulations opposed by the mobile-phone industry will be struck down by a federal appeals court.The Office of Management and Budget said the FCC ran …

On-the-go consumers are using their phones to stay connected to their social networking communities, according to new data from AOL.The portal said MySpace was the most popular mobile search term this year, followed in order by AIM, iPhone, MocoSpace and …

Similar to its like-named weather phenomenon, the launch of Research In Motion Ltd.’s Storm at Verizon Wireless has left mixed results. Sure, the resulting moisture and strong sales are needed, but the shaken nerves and rattled shoppers are after-effects that …

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become retail mainstays, but Mobile Tuesday? Recent economic woes have eliminated many marketers’ ability to invest in emerging media. Still, aggressive mobile-marketing firms and major retailers are introducing programs meant to entice wary consumers …

With a $3.2 billion in investment from its new partners, Clearwire Corp officially closed on its joint venture with Sprint Nextel Corp. to offer WiMAX services under the Clearwire name.Mobile WiMAX services will from now on be branded as “Clear,” …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Cable operators are market leaders for pay TV and broadband …

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Laptop, cellphone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.