Wireless and Mobile Technology

As Verizon Wireless and AT&T square off in federal court today, speculation is swirling that Verizon's new Droid phone isn't selling as well as expected, and that the Palm Pre will soon join the Droid on Verizon's 3G network. Full Story »

Google's new YouTube Direct allows amateur journalists (meaning anyone with a camera in their mobile phone) to upload video clips for a shot at their 15 seconds of fame. The broadcast news media seem to have learned the wrong lesson from the fall of print media and embracing 'citizen journalists' may expedite the extinction of traditional news as we know it. Full Story »

T-Mobile announced Wednesday that the BlackBerry Bold 9700 with Wi-Fi Calling is now available. Full Story »

The European Union published findings of an 18-month investigation Tuesday finding that 301 Web sites that sold mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and other services had "serious breaches of EU consumer law," according to a statement. Full Story »

Sony started taking pre-orders for its 3G wireless Daily Edition e-reader on Wednesday, but consumers might have to wait until January until they have the device in hand. Full Story »

The 3G network of the world's largest mobile phone network operator will cover 70 percent of China's cities by the end of this year, the company's chairman said Wednesday. Full Story »

The world's largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom started selling the handsets there last month. Full Story »

Japan's biggest wireless service provider plans to shut off its 2G mobile phone network in March 2011 because most of its customers will have moved on to 3G, the company CEO said Wednesday in Hong Kong. Full Story »

HONG KONG (AFP) - India could have more than one billion mobile phone users by 2015, with the bulk of that growth in rural areas, one of the country's top telecom executives said Wednesday. Full Story »

HONG KONG (AFP) - Leaders of Asia Pacific telecom giants meet in Hong Kong Wednesday for the industry's top trade show in the region as they vie to dominate the world's fastest-growing and most diverse mobile market. Full Story »

A startup is now offering to take the hard work out of creating mobile applications and even of porting them to the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms, all through an online service that gives novice developers simple templates for various types of businesses and organizations. Full Story »

Verizon Wireless has filed a legal response to a complaint before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in which AT&T claims that its wireless rival's "There's a Map for that" ad campaign has been distorting facts about AT&T's wireless coverage. The dueling lawsuits demonstrate that the smartphone battle lines are being sharply drawn around the issues of 3G coverage, speed and reliability. Full Story »

Observers say T-Mobile's resumption of sales of the Sidekick -- which had been sidelined since last month's massive loss of customer data -- is a good start. But, they say, the incident has proven costly and points to a risky tactic that the carrier's competitors have stopped using. Full Story »

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - Wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter revenue between $75 million and $76 million, which falls slightly below Wall Street's expectations. Full Story »

Social networks such as Facebook and MySpace have invaded families' living rooms, corporate offices, and mobile phones. Now they are making their mark on the New American Oxford English Dictionary. Full Story »

Microsoft has extended the availability of the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store to include Windows Mobile 6.0 and Windows Mobile 6.1 devices. The broader availability is a benefit for both users and developers, but it may not do much to help the Windows Mobile platform capture market share. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Wireless carrier United States Cellular Corp. said Tuesday its board has approved a new program to buy back up to 1.3 million shares per calendar year. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - A employee of mobile phone operator T-Mobile is facing prosecution after selling personal details of thousands of British customers to rival companies in an alleged major breach of data protection laws. Full Story »