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@ LATV Fest: Will 4G networks support the flood of content to come?

LOS ANGELES — A recurring theme kept cropping up here at the LATV Fest yesterday whenever discussion broached upon the topic of professional content on mobile networks: will 4G actually deliver on 3G's promise?“I remember having the same discussion when we were on 2G...

Analyst Angle: The smart phone impact on consumer mobile usage habits

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.We live in the digital age. That’s a fact that shouldn’t astonish anyone. But the...

Reality Check: Business applications, you are clear to land

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.Greetings from Kansas City, home of the baseball team with the best batting average in the majors...

Fluid new interface or seasickness? Blackberry OS 6

RIM is showing off yet another sneak peek of its BlackBerry 6 operating system today, releasing a YouTube video monday filled with tons of tweetery and far too much Facebook for a traditionally enterprise phone

Google gives wannabe app developers a new tool

How often do you hear your friends tell about their can't-fail app idea? All too often, once someone first gets their hands on a smart phone running on one of the more modern and flashy operating systems like Google Inc.'a Android operating system, Apple...

Consumers tapping into smartphones' potential

Consumers are increasingly tapping into the advanced features of their mobile devices, according to a new report released by Compete Inc. as part of its Quarterly Smartphone Intelligence Survey.The firm noted that during the first quarter of this year nearly one in three smartphone...

Sidekick kicks the can

T-Mobile USA Inc. (DT) closed a chapter on its Sidekick franchise last Friday as the industry’s No. 4 carrier stopped selling the iconic device, though it said it will continue to support product services and support.The carrier hinted that while the current lineup of...

@ Uplinq: Verizon Wireless more flexible with BREW developers

SAN DIEGO--Verizon Wireless is changing how it manages its BREW services in order to spur higher takeup rates from BREW customers and to encourage more developers to write applications for the operating system, Verizon Wireless CMO John Stratton told the audience during Thursday’s Uplinq...

@ Uplinq: Qualcomm entices developers with augmented reality SDK, peer-to-peer support

SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...

Alcatel-Lucent buys ProgrammableWeb as part of app enablement strategy

Alcatel Lucent (ALU) continued its strategy of connecting operators, enterprises and developers, buying ProgrammableWeb, a repository for more than 2,000 application programming interfaces, for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition will give Alcatel Lucent access to ProgrammableWeb's developer community, as well as the company's...

Updated: Motorola, Verizon Wireless set to expand Droid lineup

Mere hours before Apple Inc. is set to officially unleash its latest iPhone 4 on the public, Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. were set to offer up their latest Droid variation powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The nation's No. 1 carrier was...

How Apple is making distinctions over user privacy control

The proverbial gauntlet was thrown earlier this year when mobile analytics firm Flurry Inc. bragged about spotting 50 unspecified devices on Apple Inc.'s campus. Those devices were iPads, in all likelihood, and Apple wouldn't formally announce the product until days later.Apple CEO Steve Jobs...

Nokia downgrades outlook as developers flee

Nokia Corp. continues to buckle under the increasing might and will of its competitors in the smartphone space. In a note to investors , the company downgraded the financial outlook for its devices and services division for the second (current) quarter and full...

Reality Check: Searching for the Android Disneyland

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.I have spent a week with my new Sprint Evo. Admittedly, outside of the small screen size,...

Android shines in latest mobile Web report from Quantcast

Android's share of mobile Web consumption has hit overdrive in the past few months, according to a new report from Quantcast Corp. While other operating systems are losing share to Android as well, the biggest loser appears to be Apple Inc.Shares for Google...

Verizon Wireless to expand Skype mobile reach

Verizon Wireless is set to strengthen its lineup of devices compatible with its exclusive Skype Ltd.'s mobile offering, saying that it will soon expand the platform to its so-called “3G Multimedia” phones. These phones are slotted in below the carrier's smartphone offerings and offer...

Phone.com adds wireless capabilities to virtual telecom services offering

Phone.com added two wireless features to its virtual PBX offering, one for Android users that enables small business owners to use their cellphone as a virtual business line, and another for iPhone users that connects calls using the iPhone's Wi-Fi capabilities. Both applications...

Sprint Nextel backs off original Evo 4G sales claims

Sprint Nextel Corp. yesterday backed off previous claims that sales of the HTC Corp. Evo 4G device on its launch day of June 4 were three times higher than the combined sales of the carrier's previous best sellers, the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Instinct...

More devices with Android OS likely to hit market in 2009

A handful of forces appear to be shaping a year to come that is likely to include numerous device launches featuring the fledgling Android operating system. Whether that will spell success for the license-free, Linux-based, open source OS is far from assured, though at...