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The Consumer Electronics Association has confirmed plans to host a Mac-centric area at CES 2010, but Apple has still not commented on whether it plans to participate.

LAS VEGAS-Following a one-on-one meeting with Palm Inc. executives today and a chance to play with the company’s new Pre device, I found the new operating system to be pretty well baked. For instance, the accelerometer worked very quickly to …

A number of iPhone owners out there have chosen to jailbreak their devices, and although Apple hasn't done much to stop the practice, it's unclear what the legal situation related to jailbreaking looks like.

Palm Inc. pulled off a high-wire act this afternoon, publicly resurrecting the company’s fortunes in front of a live audience at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Proof? A packed ballroom at the Venetian Las Vegas Hotel ooh’d and …

Editor’s Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of November. Rankings were provided by AvianResearch L.L.C. The firm derives its ranking via its Monthly Retail Store Survey, which is based …

Apple Inc. used its final Macworld Expo appearance to tout new iTunes features including long-awaited support for 3G over-the-air song downloads to the company’s iPhone device.Phil Schiller, Apple’s SVP of marketing, wrapped up his keynote in San Francisco with several …

Looking to turn around its struggling handset division, Motorola Inc. unveiled three new handsets it plans to show off at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.The company, which has had to cut its workforce amid a company restructuring, …

The holidays are over and that usually calls for a sigh of relief. Unless of course you’re a retailer who lost money. Each year, from Black Friday until the end of December, retailers in the wireless industry shove products, rate …

For those watching the wireless industry over the past decade or so, the branding emphasis has always been squarely on the carrier. You purchased service from your carrier, you purchased phones from your carrier (in some cases carrier-branded phones), and …

The first half of 2009 may see alarmingly slow handset sales worldwide and, even if the back half of the year improves markedly, all sources point to negative growth for the coming year. Forecasts for the magnitude of the anticipated …

Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health.

The iPhone world has been clamoring for this one for awhile. And what better way to start the new year then by playing around with the Dev Team’s newest creation–an official unlock for the iPhone 3G.

Struggling cellphone maker Motorola Inc. said it will cut an additional 400 jobs beyond those announced in late October. The latest round of cuts will come from all of the company’s segments; the previous actions primarily affected the company’s mobile …

Apple continues to draw flak for keeping a tight rein on its App Store, but T-Mobile USA is learning that Google’s free-for-all marketplace can be a dangerous place to play.The latest offering to get the boot from Apple is a …

Three people with a healthy obsession for cellphones; that’s all it took to start Rentobile, a young company that rents popular handsets to U.S. consumers who want a shiny new device, but are stuck in the middle of a lengthy …

In 2009, the wireless industry is apt to suffer many of the same consequences exacted upon others by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression: layoffs (likely giving way to stepped-up outsourcing), reduced capital spending, lower revenues and slimmer …

AT&T Mobility has put refurbished Apple Inc. iPhone 3G handsets on sale for $99 and $199, respectively. A potentially eye-popping offer of an additional $50 off the price of the device was available on the carrier’s site Monday, and a …

“Service traffic” was running normally again tonight after a power failure at an AT&T facility in Michigan resulted in intermittent mobile service outages for customers in some Midwest states, the company said.

Vermont has been one state that has been left out of the iPhone craze, given AT&T didn’t operate there. But given the recent asset swap we mentioned earlier this week , it looks like AT&T has acquired Vermont networks formerly …

MacRumors has uncovered a nifty new patent application that discusses swipe gestures for touch-based, onscreen keyboards. The idea is that, instead of being limited to touches of specific keys, that the iPhone could detect a general swipe movement and interpret …

There’s a chill in the air, the malls are packed and my daughters are taking Christmas ornaments off the tree and breaking them like there’s money inside. So in the spirit of the season – and in light of the …

It’s no secret that numerous companies have joined the Open Handset Alliance, which promotes Google’s Android handset platform.Specifics are harder to come by. But it appeared this week, from various media reports, that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Garmin are …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today it will fight for its takeover bid for Certicom Corp., an encryption firm, after the latter sought a court injunction to thwart RIM’s purchase. Certicom said it would weigh RIM’s bid -RIM is offering …

IF A VOICE-CENTRIC HANDSET anchors the left end of an imaginary arc and a wired PC anchors the right end, the middle is increasingly populated by mobile Internet devices, ultra-mobile personal computers, netbooks and e-mail-only devices. And there’s more to …

If our googling serves us right, NPR Mobile is the first NPR application for the iPhone. So who wants to experience the unique sensation of falling asleep while jogging? (We kid, we kid.) NPR Mobile allows you to browse and …