Research in Motion

“I strongly believe that next year, in 2008, about 90% of people who walk anywhere in any store to buy wireless will have done their research online before. This changes …

Boost Mobile has tapped Telmap for its branded navigation application, which will run on Java-enabled handsets with GPS.Boost Navigator provides turn-by-turn walking and driving directions as well as information about …

A new survey focused on smartphone operating systems by iGR found that more than half of all respondents use a Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry device, while the majority of …

The smartphone market in North American is in flux, with Research In Motion Ltd. rapidly gaining ground by successfully crossing over into the consumer market from its traditional enterprise role. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …

Movero Technology Inc. is hoping to strike a chord under a new brand name: Maestro.The Austin, Texas-based startup, which offers solutions for businesses looking to deploy and manage mobile devices, …

A mistake in a media report earlier this month suggesting that Nokia Corp. had sold as many as 450,000 units of its high-end N95 handset in the United States during …

Major League Baseball unveiled a widget that gives BlackBerry owners one-click access to its wireless Web site.The application can be downloaded free by visiting MLB.com, and is available free aside …

There’s good news for a beleaguered American handset giant named Motorola Inc.The company’s Razr handset-beefed up on functionality and spun off in customized form in myriad colors for all four …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …

Fixed-mobile convergence products are making their presence known in the enterprise.FMC is taking form by mobilizing private telephone switches used by many businesses, and offering PBX functions that extend to …

Welcome to our new Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on …

Visto Corp. managed to dispense with one of its patent-infringement battles, agreeing to license its mobile e-mail technology to Seven Networks Inc.The two Redwood City, Calif.-based startups ended their three-year …

It’s beginning to look like all that money being poured into mobile search may end up in the pockets of patent lawyers.Shares of Local.com Corp. skyrocketed last week after the …

Powered by brand equity and brilliant media manipulation, Apple Inc. has parachuted into the handset business. Look out below!The company’s first foray into mobile handsets has captured so much attention-the …

Four days after launching the data-centric Apple Inc. iPhone, AT&T Mobility struggled with a regional crash of its EDGE network for several hours on Monday-but the carrier said the problem …

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. saw its stock jump more than 20% in early trading after it reported a 76.5% increase in revenue from the same quarter a year …

The language being bandied about today by iPhone reviewers for consumer publications-think The New York Times and Wall Street Journal-is revealing. The gatekeepers have been seduced. But at least they …

Motorola Good Technology Group this week plans to take its first serious swipe at Research In Motion Ltd’s dominance of the mobile e-mail space.The Motorola Inc. subsidiary is expected to …

MEDIA COMPANIES AND RETAILERS are beginning to target wireless users with free, advertising-supported services. And carriers are slowly tolerating-if not quite embracing-such offerings.USA Today last week launched a mobile search …

The fixed-mobile convergence market took a step forward with Verizon Communications Inc.’s introduction of its Wireless Office, PBX Mobile Extension and Mobile Conference Connection products, which the company said will …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first edition of Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a …

It’s hard not to root for the little guy in epic battles. Maybe it’s because we have been trained by Hollywood that the underdog is always the more virtuous combatant …

Research in Motion Ltd.’s push into the consumer space with video-friendly BlackBerry devices is set to get a boost from QuickPlay Media, which recently unveiled its mobile media package for …

Fans of GPS applications are getting enhanced features at two of the nation’s largest carriers. AT&T Mobility announced four of its newer Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices can now …