Wed May 13, 2009 10:35 pm
Troubled U.S. phone maker Motorola today announced the W7 Active Edition, a motion-enabled slider that senses the body's motions to perform tasks such as launching its built-in pedometer, silencing incoming calls or controling the music player.
Wed May 13, 2009 9:10 pm
A week after rival Verizon Wireless announced plans to offer a compact Wi-Fi device, Sprint said that it would launch its own "Mobile Hotspot" gadget, a similar portable unit that creates a localized Wi-Fi cloud to share high-speed Internet with wireless electronics like laptops, netbooks, cameras and music players.
Wed May 13, 2009 2:47 am
Internet search giant Google has rolled out an update to its "Sky Map" application to aid Android users figure out which constellations they are looking at in the night sky.
Wed May 13, 2009 2:19 am
The long-awaited SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone application will be hitting Apple's App Store in the next 24 hours -- but it will only stream video over Wi-Fi, not AT&T's 3G data network.
Tue May 12, 2009 7:00 pm
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia said that it plans to revamp its services strategy and stop investment in Ovi Share, its photo and video sharing site.
Mon May 11, 2009 12:11 pm
Verizon Wireless has launched the Samsung Alias 2, a dual-hinge clamshell with a morphing keyboard that uses the same display technology found on the Amazon Kindle.
Sat May 09, 2009 7:53 am
Verizon Wireless is giving smaller rural carriers a better chance to sell up-to-date phones by offering to cut the period in which it demands exclusive rights to new handsets from Samsung and LG.
Sat May 09, 2009 7:14 am
Verizon Wireless plans to launch the MiFi 2200, a new portable hotspot device that creates a personal Wi-Fi cloud to share high-speed Internet with gadgets such as laptops, netbooks, cameras, gaming devices or portable MP3 players.
Sat May 09, 2009 6:08 am
AT&T, the second-largest U.S. wireless provider, plans to offer prepaid users the ability to pay $3 to make unlimited local and long-distance calls for one day.
Sat May 09, 2009 3:04 am
AT&T said it will buy the bulk of Alltel Wireless assets from rival Verizon for $2.35 billion, and will sell some Centennial Communications assets to Verizon Wireless for $240 million.
