2008

After much waiting and wondering, Android developers finally got a real response to their gripes about the mobile phone OS’s lack of direction: Google released an Android SDK beta update to all developers, not just a chosen few , along …

Privacy advocates’ concern over what Apple will do with iPhone user data may be overblown, industry experts say

Nokia and travel information company Lonely Planet said Tuesday they are joining forces to sell maps and city guides that can be accessed on mobile phones.

Luxury retailer becomes the first of its kind to try on mobile-shopping capabilities in its quest to satisfy the impulses of every Silicon Valley CEO.

The electronics retailer continues to consider various options for the future, as it remains committed to its plan to restore the company to profitability.

Companies give insufficient focus to the mobile Web, according to Hugh Griffiths, director of mobile at Microsoft. “At the very least, brands have an opportunity to create a great experience for users,” he says.

Google has launched another round in the PR battle over American white space, with a new website asking visitors to sign a petition to convince the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the spaces between TV channels.

Enterprise demand for broadband access will continue to grow with China and India leading the way, a report from research firm Ovum said.

Those tunes that play while you wait for someone to pick up are expected to generate $4.7 billion in revenue for mobile operators by 2012, according to new research.

Ringtone is part of a three-year campaign to normalize condom use in India. And it’s actually quite catchy.

Synchronica said it will fork over roughly $5 million in new shares to acquire fellow mobile e-mail provider AxisMobile.A U.K.-based firm that provides over-the-air firmware update technology based on open industry standards, Synchronica targets business users and “prosumers” with mobile …

Mimicking a recent move by rival T-Mobile USA Inc., Verizon Wireless is now offering “more-control” options for parents. Verizon Wireless’ new service, dubbed “Usage Controls,” acts as an online tool that allows customers to set limits on their children’s minutes …

Online ad networks are booming as publishers scramble to place marketing messages on a glut of unsold advertising space. And that may be good news for their mobile counterparts.The use of ad networks – companies that essentially serve as inventory …

More than 3 billion people own a cellphone. It’s arguably the hottest consumer electronics product ever. But that success also can lead to a lot of waste in landfills-and worse-around the globe.; wireless; environment; green; mobile; Welcome to the RCR …

The first Bluetooth headsets were simple mono devices, designed to sit in one ear as you took a call on your mobile phone. However, as handsets has developed into sophisticated entertainment devices that can play music and video, so headsets …

Many people are familiar with the coffee shop’s Wi-Fi, while others even know how to set up a simple home network. Pretty much everyone, however, knows that Wi-Fi is what makes it all possible. That ubiquity is what many venture …

An annual University of Michigan survey drops Yahoo to the second spot. Google’s customer satisfaction improved 10.3 percent over last year.

A study from ABI Research predicts the market for femtocell semiconductors could top $1.8 billion 2013, from $72 million this year, growing at an annual compound growth rate of more than 300%. The lucrative market is attracting more and more …

Here’s the good news: Some of you mobile players are among the most progressive corporations around when it comes to being gentle to Mother Earth.The bad news? Well, yeah, there’s plenty of that on the green front, too.Infrastructure vendors have …

The ecological impact of the most ubiquitous consumer-electronics device in history – yes, mobile handsets – may be likened to a coin. On the coin’s face is the easily recognized topic of recycling, as familiar to most Americans as a …

Now more than ever, policymakers and the wireless providers they regulate are finding it easier – indeed, politically and socially fashionable – to make peace with the latest iteration of the green revolution. Green has become sexy in corporate America. …

The wireless industry must continue its leadership role in addressing consumer-electronics waste, not just because it’s good corporate citizenship, but because it’s good business – for individual companies and the planet.Indeed, the world’s most popular device, the cellphone, is merely …

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. To quote Bob Dylan. mobile networks are a-changin’. As more …

Wireless network infrastructure is becoming more green – and saving operators some greenbacks at the same time.While interest has been pushed to a higher pitch in recent months due to higher energy and transportation costs, the shift toward greener infrastructure …

As businesses examine energy and fuel costs as well as worker productivity, wireless companies have an opportunity to support the greening of the economy – and make money at the same time – by running applications over their networks that …