2008

Sprint is lining up partners to help localize the WiMAX experience it plans to roll out this fall. Sprint users will get local news, weather, restaurant reviews, and other features on the XOHM 4G network through “geobrowsing.”

Triple-tapping continues to explode, according to new figures from VeriSign Inc.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it delivered 95.4 billion inter-carrier text messages in the first half of 2008, establishing a new record for text messaging activity during the period. …

An Irish comic publisher is lobbying Apple Inc. to embrace content ratings after its graphic novel was dropped from the company’s App Store.Infurious Comics is pushing for a ratings system after Apple rejected “Murderdrome,” which the publisher describes as a …

Klausner Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics Co. Ltd., claiming the carrier’s recently launched visual voicemail service for the LG Voyager handset infringes on its voicemail patents. Anticipating the lawsuit, Verizon Wireless filed a …

T-Mobile USA Inc. has been hit with a new class-action lawsuit over early termination fees, the complaint coming amid costly, high-stakes litigation in California and a fierce debate over whether federal regulators should set a national policy that pre-empts state …

Newswires have been buzzing with reports that Apple’s 3G iPhones might not be selling as briskly in Poland as they are in the U.S., noting that the company’s telecom partner in the country, Orange, has hired people to stand outside …

LG Electronics will launch in October a netbook-class laptop PC based on Intel’s Atom processor that also includes 3G wireless, it said Wednesday at the IFA show in Berlin.

Just when you thought no one could possibly launch yet another search engine along comes Viewzi .

Apple has been forced to withdraw an advert for the original iPhone after its claims that the device could access “all parts of the internet” were deemed inaccurate.

A new mobile plan offers customers a 65 percent monthly discount for customers who agree to receive mobile advertisements. Australian telco ComTel, who runs on the Vodafone network, launched the new service this week.

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates on Sprint Nextel despite the fact that the carrier made small improvements during the …

As you may know, this week’s Democratic National Convention – right here in RCRWireless.com’s beautiful, mile-high backyard – is very much a wireless affair.Barack Obama’s campaign set a high bar for mobile with a much-publicized effort to notify supporters via …

Barack Obama has added one more record to his historic bid for the White House.Nielsen Mobile estimates that 2.9 million mobile subscribers received the Democratic Illinois senator’s text message announcing Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), as his choice for VP, according …

The design of HTC’s latest slider handset may hark back to early smartphone formats, but the S740 still packs in all the technology necessary to make it a leading contender in the modern mobile market, its maker claims.

This morning Nokia officially announced the N85 and N79 handsets, which are targeted at the North American market. Both run S60 3rd Edition with Feature Pack 2 and house tri-band HSDPA 3G and quad-band GSM/EDGE radios for world-wide roaming.

Nuance Communications Inc. played the litigation card in its latest attempt to swallow Zi Corp.A giant on the speech-recognition playground, Nuance two weeks ago was rebuffed by Zi after offering an unsolicited $40 million bid for the Canadian software developer. …

AT&T Mobility is set to expand international data plans for 3G iPhone owners – but they’ll pay a pretty penny for it.Beginning tomorrow the carrier will release two new, international data plans for Apple Inc.’s uber-device: 100 megabytes of data …

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 …

RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce it has hired a new reporter. Gary Salazar will cover the enterprise and technology beats.Salazar has 10 years of experience as a journalist. He spent five years with the Albuquerque Journal as a …

Google dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile phone OS, Android 1.0, according to the Android Developers Blog .

I’ve been playing with a free iPhone application called Loopt (Web site, App Store ). It allows you to stay connected to your friends, colleagues and relatives who are also members of the service.

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. It feels like every day we are seeing articles about the “operating …

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.WiMAX–Malaysia: Motorola Inc. said it has …

Real-estate startup Trulia.Inc expanded its mobile offerings, adding downloadable mobile applications for agents, home owners and house hunters.A 4-year-old site that claims 5 million monthly users, Trulia.com directs users to listings on agent and broker Web sites. The outfit unveiled …

MediaFLO USA Inc. expanded its live news coverage with three new channels of 24-hour-a-day content.The Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary added CNBC and MSNBC from NBC Universal as well as News Corp.’s Fox News. All three channels offer simulcast programming – delivering …