http://www.eweek.com Mobile and Wireless - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:29:50 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:29:50 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:52:27 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/iPhone-3G-S-Tops-Consumer-Reports-Ranking-with-Palm-Pre-Close-Behind-547823/?kc=rss - The Apple iPhone 3GS topped Consumer Reports newest smartphone ratings, according to the blog of the no-nonsense magazine that Americans have trusted for its unbiased reviews since 1936. The iPhone 3GS was not, however, a runaway winner, with the keyboard-boasting Palm Pre following clo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/iPhone-3G-S-Tops-Consumer-Reports-Ranking-with-Palm-Pre-Close-Behind-547823/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:09:49 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Is-the-BlackBerrys-Advantage-Over-the-iPhone-Ubiquity-236052/?kc=rss - Research In Motion announced earlier this week that it plans to bring the BlackBerry Tour, the latest in its lineup of BlackBerry devices, to Verizon Wireless customers on July 12. The phone will go on sale for $200 after contract and rebate. Verizon Wireless claims it will allow owners to make ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Is-the-BlackBerrys-Advantage-Over-the-iPhone-Ubiquity-236052/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:51:14 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-Quarterly-Results-Could-Provide-Guidance-on-iPhone-3G-S-748272/?kc=rss - Apple will announce the financial results of its third fiscal quarter of 2009 in a conference call on Tuesday, July 21, at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. On April 22, Apple announced revenue of $8.16 billion for the second quarter, and a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.33 per diluted share. Tha...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-Quarterly-Results-Could-Provide-Guidance-on-iPhone-3G-S-748272/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:05:54 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Labs-Gallery-Nokia-N97-is-One-FeaturePacked-Smartphone-427734/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Labs-Gallery-Nokia-N97-is-One-FeaturePacked-Smartphone-427734/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:59:31 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Nokia-Lenovo-HP-Roll-Out-Latest-Gadgets-at-Digital-Experience-458038/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Nokia-Lenovo-HP-Roll-Out-Latest-Gadgets-at-Digital-Experience-458038/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:19:52 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Some-iPhone-3G-S-Overheating-Apple-Offers-Temperature-Warning-469192/?kc=rss - Everyone knows the Apple iPhone 3GS is hot, but some users are finding it unbearably so. Some white iPhones are reportedly overheating to the point of causing pink or brown discoloration on the back of the device. The French tech site Nowhere Else first reported the story on June 26, includin...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Some-iPhone-3G-S-Overheating-Apple-Offers-Temperature-Warning-469192/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:16 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/BlackBerry-Tour-Also-Arrives-on-Sprints-3G-Network-July-12-651561/?kc=rss - The BlackBerry Tour “world phone,” scheduled to arrive on the Verizon Wireless network July 12, will also be available on the Sprint network starting that same day. The Sprint version of the Tour operates on 2,100MHz UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GSM/GPRS networks. Sprint customers will be ab...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/BlackBerry-Tour-Also-Arrives-on-Sprints-3G-Network-July-12-651561/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:34:48 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-Updates-iPhone-31-SDK-for-Developers-Reports-Say-353723/?kc=rss - Sometime in the wee hours of July 1, Apple reportedly pushed out iPhone OS 3.1 beta software and its software development kit to developers. The update comes just two weeks after Apple made the free iPhone OS 3.0 download available on June 17. According to multiple reports, iPhone OS 3.1 off...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-Updates-iPhone-31-SDK-for-Developers-Reports-Say-353723/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:44:34 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/BlackBerry-Tour-Arrives-on-Verizon-Network-July-12-255208/?kc=rss - Research In Motions new BlackBerry Tour will arrive in Verizon Wireless stores July 12, the carrier has announced. The Tour is a 3G “world phone,” which Verizon says will enable customers to make calls in 220 countries and access e-mail and the Internet in the 175 countries where Verizon o...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/BlackBerry-Tour-Arrives-on-Verizon-Network-July-12-255208/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:37:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/A-New-Wave-of-Smartphone-Platforms-Attracts-New-Corporate-Usersand-IT-Concerns-835324/?kc=rss - The release of the Palm WebOS mobile operating system on the new Pre, along with recent upgrades to both Apples iPhone OS and Googles Android operating system, has drawn another sizable wave of new consumers to intelligent smartphones. Given the obvious computing potential of these platforms, t...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/A-New-Wave-of-Smartphone-Platforms-Attracts-New-Corporate-Usersand-IT-Concerns-835324/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:37:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/REVIEW-Nokia-Takes-KitchenSink-Approach-to-Smartphones-with-N97-847258/?kc=rss - Nokia's N97 may be the world's most feature-packed smartphone. At least, if there's a mobile device festooned with as many radios, input options, software sources and configuration menus as Nokia has managed to cram into the N97, I've never encountered it. Take the unit's input options, which in...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/REVIEW-Nokia-Takes-KitchenSink-Approach-to-Smartphones-with-N97-847258/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:49:20 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-Pre-Sales-Reportedly-Top-370000-Smartphones-637909/?kc=rss - Toot, toot. That would be Palm on its own horn, and why not on June 30, the Palm WebOS blog announced that Palm has sold an estimated 370,000 Palm Pre smartphones and is churning 15,000 Pre units off the assembly line each day. Citing Barron's and Charter Equity Research Principal Analyst Ed...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-Pre-Sales-Reportedly-Top-370000-Smartphones-637909/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:35:36 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Microsoft-Palm-RIM-Need-Better-Mobile-Apps-to-Catch-Apples-iPhone-258249/?kc=rss - A host of online publications are reporting that Microsoft is planning to launch its Windows Mobile Marketplace this fall. According to published reports, the store will have 600 applications at launch. Microsoft plans to roll out even more applications as its store grows. The applications down...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Microsoft-Palm-RIM-Need-Better-Mobile-Apps-to-Catch-Apples-iPhone-258249/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:26:49 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Is-Dell-Really-Tinkering-with-an-Android-Mobile-Device-318587/?kc=rss - Dell may or may not be working on a mobile Internet device that may or may not use ARM-based chips, according to The Wall Street Journal. People who saw early prototypes said it would run Googles Android operating system, while other witnesses said Dell may begin selling the device later this...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Is-Dell-Really-Tinkering-with-an-Android-Mobile-Device-318587/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:19:19 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Universal-Mobile-Phone-Charger-Offers-Savings-Reduces-eWaste-702405/?kc=rss - Are old mobile phone chargers cluttering your desk drawers? The European Commission, along with the major handset makers constituting 90 percent of the European mobile phone market, has agreed to standardize on micro-USB phone chargers for all data-enabled phones so that with each new phone...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Universal-Mobile-Phone-Charger-Offers-Savings-Reduces-eWaste-702405/?kc=rss