BROWSING: Android
Motorola a tough competitor: Nokia CEO
Nokia Corp.'s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, isn't counting out rival Motorola Inc. Although Nokia has benefited as much as any company from Motorola's stumbles in the cellphone business during the past two years, Kallasvuo didn't gloat Tuesday when he addressed the Executives' Club of Chicago....
G1 backers tout Android’s openness: Exec comments draw line between Android Market and Apple App Store
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new G1 phone will serve as a kind of one-stop shop for Google Inc.'s mobile offerings, but the device's prospects may hinge on the success of Android Market. The phone will integrate Google Maps (with Street View), Gmail with Contacts, Google's...
Google, HTC create a contender with G1: Analyst: Device can go ‘head-to-head’ with iPhone, BlackBerry
The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. - dubbed the G1 - debuted today and its pre-launch reception appeared positive.Timed for release on Oct. 22 at $180 with a two-year voice and data contract, the touchscreen-and-QWERTY device may...
VIDEO: T-Mobile USA raises curtain on G1, world’s first Google Android phone : ‘It’s more of a consumer device; not an enterprise device’
At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by HTC Corp. that features Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The phone, which sports a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and Wi-Fi and...
Analyst Angle: Foreboding cloud coming ‘off the deck’
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.Another CTIA show has come and gone. There was plenty of talk of new applications...
Worst of the Week: The Google Android hammer
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
T-Mobile USA hits the gas on its 3G rollout: Carrier aims for 27 markets by the end of the year
T-Mobile USA Inc. said it's adding seven cities to its list of 3G markets in the next few weeks. And the industry's No. 4 player said it plans to offer its UMTS/HSDPA-based service, which uses its recently acquired AWS spectrum, in 27 markets by...
Google and T-Mobile USA to showcase first Android phone next week
The first handset to feature Google's Android operating system - an HTC Corp. model destined for T-Mobile USA Inc. - will debut at a media event in New York next week, on Sept. 23, according to T-Mobile.Google and T-Mobile will provide "details" on the...
Google continues mobile push, brings Street View to mobile maps
Google Inc. has taken its Street View service to mobile.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company launched a new version of Google Maps for mobile that includes the same street-level photo images it offers on desktop computers. Google also added a beta version of walking directions...
Mobile gaming still alive: Hype around iPhone bolstering market
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Cottle is pimping his ride with eye-catching rims, fancy hood art and those cool hydraulic things that can bounce a car like a basketball at red lights. And he's doing it all with one finger.The SVP and GM of EA...
The (new) American handset market: Fall brings debut launches, large displays, hot competition
American consumers may well be treated to "a moveable feast" this fall. Unlike the sketches of 1920s Paris by Ernest Hemingway by the same name, however, this one is more akin to a mobile smorgasbord for buyers: more choice, cutting-edge models, attractive prices and...
Carriers, retailers woo developers as they court customers
The carrier deck is still the most valuable real estate in mobile content, but the future of downloadable wireless goodies may just lie in third-party storefronts. And for now, at least, developers are the key to success.Apple Inc. stole headlines two months ago with...
Google outlines Android answer to Apple App Store: Search engine giant boasts of ‘open and unobstructed environment’
Google Inc. unveiled its answer to Apple Inc.'s App Store, outlining a distribution system for applications built on its Android platform.Android Market will serve as an unrestricted storefront where registered developers can offer their wares simply by uploading their applications and posting descriptions. Google...
Google drops Bluetooth, GTalkService APIs from Android 1.0
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 .
Themes from the ‘OS wars’
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 system wars" and who...
Palm, LG take different paths with new handsets
Divergent strategies for handset vendors are reflected in two launches announced today. Palm Inc. will sell its Treo Pro device unlocked and unsubsidized through its online stores and resellers in the United States for $550, while launching it in Europe with Vodafone and O2,...
Google says thanks for Android petition
After 219 developers signed a petition asking for more information about Android 's progress, Google offered a two-sentence reply saying, in essence, "thanks."
Internet players’ move to mobile is new frontier for all
Google Inc.'s Internet dominance has grown in recent years as the competition - well, what passes for competition - continues to plod along. But for the long list of Web-based players moving to the new platform, wireless is the wild, wild West.The Mountain View,...
Linux group adds more members, embedded handsets hit markets
The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan. The organization is a leading proponent of an open-source, Linux OS for handsets, and said that its latest members represented...
Worst of the Week: All hail Google
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Analyst Angle: Mobile content providers beware, the iPhone is a Trojan iHorse
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.The introduction of the iPhone was the most significant event in the 2007 wireless industry....
Will developers leave Google’s Android high and dry?
Apple suffered a case of the hiccups last week with the launch of the iPhone 3G and MobileMe, but Google is struggling with a serious developers' revolt months ahead of Android's scheduled launch.Android developers began getting antsy a few weeks ago due to the...
Sprint Nextel wades into targeted-ad waters: Operator cautiously approaches idea of targeted mobile advertising
U.S. CARRIERS ARE EVER SO SLOWLY BEGINNING TO SHARE consumer demographics and other coveted information in an effort to deliver highly targeted wireless ads. And Sprint Nextel Corp. - very quietly - appears to be leading the way.Advertising agencies and high-profile brands have long...
Executive Interview: Cheng Wu
The term "serial entrepreneur" gets tossed around a lot in the technology world, but few executives can match Cheng Wu's resume when it comes to building - and then selling - startups. During his 20-year career, Wu founded Arris Networks (which was acquired by...