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The wireless pundits are chattering about a new offer from Verizon Wireless. The nation’s largest carrier is offering a buy-one-get-one-of-equal-or-lesser-value-for-free promotion on the most popular smartphone brand – Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry – in the United States. That’s technically …

Google Inc. launched a mobile version of its book search offering, enabling users with devices such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone and T-Mobile USA Inc.’s G1 to access more than 1.5 million works.The online giant said it formats the titles by …

For all the things the iPhone can do, running Flash – a platform that displays interactive graphics and animations – isn’t one of them. But Greystripe isn’t waiting around for Apple and Adobe, Flash’s maker, to work things out. The …

Nickelodeon is launching a series of iPhone and iTouch applications based on its popular shows “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Dora the Explorer” and “iCarly.” Users will be challenged to match shapes, count numbers and practice the alphabet through a “Dora the Explorer” …

Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI Research.And even though the market is expected to feel a pinch this year, unit sales of …

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Lim, who is in fourth grade, writes applications for Apple’s popular iPhone. His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple’s iTunes store in two weeks, the New Paper reported on Thursday.

Betting that a touchscreen interface and high-resolution camera phone will lead to more photo-sharing – and accompanying data revenue – T-Mobile USA Inc. said today it would soon launch Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Memoir.The carrier has not provided pricing or …

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Now that retailers have honed in on wireless, realizing that it can serve as an integral part of its business, they’ve also begun to notice that customers need more help understanding the new devices. In a recent survey from Mformation …

According to a Wall Street Journal report this morning, AT&T Inc. is very interested in acquiring network assets and customers Verizon Wireless has to divest as part of its acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C. Other reported interested parties include a …

Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. soared as the company announced cost-cutting measures after its wireless business suffered an estimated $368 million charge.The Redwood City, Calif.-based publisher posted a $641 million loss including the pre-tax goodwill charge to its mobile division …

Google Inc. is jumping headfirst into the location-aware social networking space.The Internet titan unveiled Latitude, a Google Maps feature that allows users to share their location information and check the whereabouts of friends who opt to divulge that information. The …

Smartphones are no longer the exclusive domain of high-powered executives and road warriors. But what that means for the mobile e-mail space – which seems perennially on the verge of reaching a tipping point – has yet to be determined.Handset …

Can a clever product name translate to market share? And can an unpopular name sink it? Researchers at Strategic Naming Development say yes. In a consumer study, they found the most-favored cellphone names belonged to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and …

While being the gold standard for wireless smartphones has its advantages, Apple Inc.’s iPhone and exclusive, domestic carrier partner AT&T Mobility may be evolving into a potential gold mine in the eyes of plaintiffs’ attorneys who continue to pile on …

The fourth-quarter slugfest between Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Storm, HTC Corp’s G1 and Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G – all heavily subsidized and marketed exclusives – reflected several major currents running through the consumer-based wireless industry. Carriers need to drive …

Apple Inc.’s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company’s earnings call last month, may not be wise or even have a solid foundation, according to a leading telecom analyst. “Initiating …

An inventory buildup, slowing demand and lack of visibility into how to weigh those two factors is hanging over the wireless chip industry as companies search for a way ahead. As most handset vendors posted volume shipment decreases for the …

Businesses in nearly every industry seem to be adopting a bunker mentality and shedding workers in an effort to weather an increasingly brutal economic storm. But wireless software developers are more bullish than ever on their industry.Evans Data last week …

With full fourth-quarter results in for the top two U.S. wireless providers, one thing is clear, Apple Inc.’s iPhone is still playing a large role in AT&T Mobility’s success. The carrier posted 2.1 million net adds during the fourth quarter …

With the economy in a recession, many Americans are trying to scale back spending. Wireless providers, however, may experience just the opposite reaction: Each carrier has a “hop to it” mantra, whether it is to upgrade the network, recruit more …

ComScore’s report, cited by InformationWeek , said that just 3.8% of mobile subscribers have downloaded a game to their mobile phone, compared to 32.4% of iPhone users.

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 …

London’s Handmade Mobile Ltd. is bringing its Flirtomatic service to the United States. The mobile and online social networking community, which claims more than 1.3 million registered users, launched in the United Kingdom three years ago and recently deployed service …