Wireless and Mobile Technology

RESTON, Va. - Dan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint Nextel Corp. for less than five months, faced tough questions Tuesday about the company's continued trouble keeping wireless subscribers.

Apple's red-hot iPhone is currently unavailable from the company's online stores in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, fueling speculation that the company is reducing its inventory in advance of the rollout of a new 3G model. Some industry observers speculate that the slowdown is intended to help Apple avoid customer complaints about buying an older model just before the new 3G iPhone hits store shelves.

PHILADELPHIA - EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a national model.

EarthLink next month will shut down its Philadelphia Wi-Fi network, the flagship of its now-dashed municipal wireless...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp faced multiple questions about how it would turn the company around and stop customers from fleeing its cell phone service at its annual shareholder meeting, where voters only narrowly rejected one proposal that would have let them call special meetings.

Business travelers and consumers who subscribe to iPass will be able to get on Aircell's upcoming U.S. in-flight Wi-Fi service...

Small businesses can get fiber connections from AT&T as fast as 10 Mbps downstream for $100 per month, and receive a Wi-Fi gateway and Wi-Fi hotspot access as the cherry on top.

Nokia's upcoming Maps on Ovi service will let you do your planning on a desktop browser and automatically sync everything to your GPS-enabled Nokia handset.

InformationWeek - The newsreader offers many of the same features as Google's desktop version, but optimized for smaller mobile phone screens.

iPass partners with likely first in-flight broadband firm over U.S. for what could be a highly affordable fixed monthly service plan, including Wi-Fi hotspots, for frequent travelers.

TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. unveiled Tuesday a mobile phone it said was designed make web-browsing as easy as making phone calls, with the device seen as a rival to Apple's upcoming iPhone2.

TORONTO (Reuters) - More than one-third of workers would choose their mobile phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and could take only one item, a new survey has found.

Microsoft is aiming to capture 40 percent of the smartphone market with Windows Mobile by the year 2012, an executive said...

Nokia is extending its mobile navigation system to the Web via its Ovi.com site, where people will be able to save map...

LOS ANGELES - Will people remember three-second video ads on their mobile phones? Do high-definition commercials on big screens get people's hearts racing more than other pitches? Is the sports ticker crawl distracting or does it add value to the 30-second TV spot?

InformationWeek - In its quarter ended March 31, Apple sold 1.7 million of the devices, which combine a mobile phone, iPod media player and Web surfing.

Shares of Research In Motion hit an all-time high on Monday as the company unveiled a new cell phone it hopes will dissuade business customers from buying Apple's upgraded iPhone.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talks are underway to settle a dispute over financing the $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc, the company said in a statement on Monday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Dan Hesse had little good news to share Monday on the eve of addressing his first shareholder meeting as chief executive of the troubled wireless carrier.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp., iPCS Inc., said Monday it is seeking to block Sprint from forming a wireless broadband company with Clearwire Corp.

InformationWeek - BlackBerrys aren't just for business messaging anymore, and Microsoft isn't depending only on Windows Mobile for its mobile strategy.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - What do you want your cell phone to be able to do?

The Finnish mobile tech giant decided not wait for its ultra-savvy concepts to hit the market and do something about the mounting pile of e-waste now.

InformationWeek - The latest handset features Wi-Fi, QWERTY keyboard, Intel XScale 624 MHz processor, microSD external card slots, and can sync with Apple's iTunes.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp , the No. 3 U.S. wireless service provider, said on Monday it may seek changes to its credit agreements, raising questions about how long it will take to turn around the business.

BlackBerry has gone bold and high-speed. On Monday, Research In Motion (RIM) announced the BlackBerry Bold, a new mobile device that it said will give business users "unprecedented functionality and performance" as the first BlackBerry to support tri-band HSDPA.

Microsoft and Resource in Motion on Monday made a joint announcement at RIM's Wireless Enterprise Symposium that will make Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail available on RIM BlackBerries.

DENVER (Billboard) - Perhaps no single device has had more impact on mobile music than Apple's iPhone. While only 6.7 percent of overall mobile customers use their phone to listen to music, rising to 27.9 percent for smartphone users, a full 74.1 percent of iPhone owners reported using the device as an MP3 player, according to M:Metrics.

When Jim DeBello launched his technology career two decades ago, a mentor told him that on top of getting an education, he'd also get bloodied and bruised.

An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale knocked out mobile phone service in the western Chinese city of Chengdu...