The iPhone AppStore has sparked a slew of new mobile application stores from just about everyone in the mobile space. Samsung is no exception. The South Korean mobile phone maker had already entered the mobile app market with a web-based app store, and today they’ve announced that the handset-based Samsung Mobile Applications Store will go…
AT&T moves 3G to 850Mhz band in NY, NJ
Metro New York and New Jersey areas should now be getting enhanced 3G wireless service from AT&T. The No. 2 US wireless carrier has announced that it has deployed 3G spectrum in the high-quality 850Mhz band. AT&T’s 3G network has been under fire recently for poor service quality, and today’s announcement of 3G support on…
Virgin Mobile USA launches LG Rumor2
Here’s a bit of good news for text message power-users out there on a budget. The texting-friendly QWERTY slider LG Rumor2 is now available from prepaid carrier Virgin Mobile USA. Sprint already offers the LG Rumor2, and now that it plans to acquire Virgin Mobile USA, the two carriers will give customers a choice when…
ODROID Android gaming handheld packs iPhone 3GS processor, boatloads of fugly
What happens when a little-known manufacturer tries their hand at creating an Android-powered handheld gaming device? You get the ODROID Android “entertainment device” from Hardkernel. You also get a handheld device that not even its mother could love – because it’s so fugly (just to be clear). On the bright side, the feature-set is decent…
Global wireless infrastructure market retracts, despite strong 3G growth
Growth in the mobile infrastructure market has been declining in 2009, despite strong growth in the 3G (WCDMA) market. The decline in growth of the 2G (GSM) wireless market has caused sales of wireless infrastructure equipment (cellular towers and base stations) to decline some 12% in the second quarter, compared to Q2 2008. China and…
Palm looking to push location-specific advertising to WebOS?
When it was made public that Palm’s WebOS was periodically phoning home to update Palm and its affiliates with Palm Pre user location data, there was a lot of talk about “Big Brother” and concerns for privacy. Today, BGR has uncovered a patent application that might take the WebOS’s location-tracking technology even further into your…
AT&T offers WiFi HotSpot access to Windows Mobile smartphones
If you’ve been feeling a bit burned by AT&T’s decision to give iPhone customers free access to its network of 20,000 WiFi hotspots across the US, today is a good day for you. AT&T has announced that it will be giving its Windows Mobile smartphone customers the same access to AT&T WiFi HotSpots in the…
Boingo Wireless joins Symbian Foundation
Boingo Wireless announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation. As a member of the Nokia-led group, Boingo gains the “immediate right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees; participate in the governance of the foundation; and take part in joint marketing and branding campaigns.” As an end users,…
Windows Mobile 6.5 Launching October 6
Microsoft has announced October 6th. as the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch date. We’ve seen the touch-friendly user interface, the new Marketplace, updated Internet Explorer and My Phone content cloud – now it’s time to to see how it all pans out with manufacturers and carriers. It’s still going to take awhile to get used to calling…
Button: The iPhone game about one addictive button
I have to admit, when my blogger buddy Greg from MobileCrunch told me he had an iPhone game that was based on a single button that lights up every now and again, I was skeptical. But, I figured I owed it to him to check out the game – hell, it’s free. But, I’m glad…