Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology

Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans (Reuters)

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:06 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/tc_nm/korea_coupons_life_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t074920_322x450_us_korea_coupons_life.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=vetMnEpcVu7wzVKJQkJW0g--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A mobile phone user shows off a coupon in Seoul April 29, 2008. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead.

LG Unveils 3G Prada Phone in Japan (PC World)

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:50:09 GMT

PC World - They say everything comes to those that wait. A year after it went on sale in the rest of the world customers in Japan will...

Free Wi-Fi Expands with AT&T, Cablevision (PC World)

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT

PC World - Two giant offers for free Wi-Fi extended, one from AT&T to iPhone users, and another from Cablevision for its millions of home territory broadband subscribers.

Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:49:45 GMT

Investor's Business Daily - New software for cell phones can analyze documents and extract key phrases. Viewing documents on a cell phone's small screen can be difficult, but software created by Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Lab enlarges images and section headers to make documents more legible. When a user taps on a paragraph, the text is enlarged. If embedded photos appear too small, the software automatically zooms in on them.

JavaFX Set To Jazz Up Mobile Devices (NewsFactor)

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:20:50 GMT

NewsFactor - Anyone who still doubts there is a bright future for technologies that create hybrid, online/offline applications need only consider Sun's JavaFX announcement at JavaOne this week. The Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:JAVA) event demonstrates that JavaFX, which was announced last year, is closing in on, or at least gunning for Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight, as a developer's tool for producing new applications.

Cablevision plans wireless broadband network (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:41:45 GMT

AP - Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region.

Best Buy teams up with leading European cell phone retailer (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:19:58 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_bi_ge/best_buy_carphone_warehouse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.4edad524f3734e2ca205a8cffcea60b5.britain_best_buy_carphone_warehouse_xag101.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=k4GOwvf0h_Yh0feLpsMQjA--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Charles Dunstone, CEO of the Carphone Warehouse, looks on, following a joint press conference in London with Brad Anderson, Vice Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Thursday, May, 8, 2008. Best Buy Co. Inc., the biggest U.S. electronics retailer, is paying 1.1 billion pounds (US$2.1 billion euro1.4 billion) to take a 50 percent stake in the European retail operation of The Carphone Warehouse, the companies announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Consumer electronics chain Best Buy Co. Inc. is establishing a foothold in the European market with a $2.1 billion investment in the continent's largest cell phone retailer, allowing the American company to roll out its trademark big box stores in Europe, the companies said Thursday.

Cablevision Plans Wi-Fi Network in NYC (PC World)

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:00:12 GMT

PC World - A day after Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced investments in a WiMax joint venture spearheaded by Sprint and Clearwire...

T-Mobile USA adds nearly 1 million customers in 1Q (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:46:45 GMT

AP - T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the country, said Thursday it added 981,000 customers in the first quarter, which along with an acquisition brought its total to 30.8 million.

Google Cuts Price, Rebrands Postini Security Service (TechWeb)

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:39:00 GMT

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Google has slashed the cost of its security service by 40% and added an optional protection feature for public Wi-Fi users in its continued efforts to lure businesses to Google Apps.

Best Buy puts $2.1 billion into European cell phone retailer (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:53:40 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_bi_ge/britain_best_buy_carphone_warehouse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.4edad524f3734e2ca205a8cffcea60b5.britain_best_buy_carphone_warehouse_xag101.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=k4GOwvf0h_Yh0feLpsMQjA--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Charles Dunstone, CEO of the Carphone Warehouse, looks on, following a joint press conference in London with Brad Anderson, Vice Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Thursday, May, 8, 2008. Best Buy Co. Inc., the biggest U.S. electronics retailer, is paying 1.1 billion pounds (US$2.1 billion euro1.4 billion) to take a 50 percent stake in the European retail operation of The Carphone Warehouse, the companies announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Best Buy, the largest U.S. consumer electronics chain, has moved into Europe with a $2.1 billion investment in the continent's largest cell phone retailer, the companies announced Thursday.

WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world (AFP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:47:38 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/tc_afp/uscompanytelecomitwimax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.ncu39.080508194623.photo00.photo.default-512x366.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=0556RjotSUlbj9euHME2xg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Visitors walk past the WiMAX stand at the 3GSM congress in Barcelona, in February 2007. As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)" border="0" /></a>AFP - As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use.

T-Mobile's 3G Rollout Lags Behind Competitors (NewsFactor)

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:24:21 GMT

NewsFactor - T-Mobile USA is now joining the 3G club. Earlier this week, the telecommunications company announced that it has begun the commercial rollout of its third-generation wireless network, starting with New York City.

T-Mobile Begins 3G Roll Out, Adds Nearly 1 Million Subscribers (TechWeb)

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Earlier this week, T-Mobile said it plans to deploy the new high speed network across 20 to 25 of the major U.S. cities it currently serves.

Nokia Says To Sell 35 Million GPS Phones In 2008 (TechWeb)

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:44:43 GMT

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, expects to sell 35 million Global Positioning System equipped phones this year, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor (PC World)

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:18 GMT

PC World - Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations...

China 3G System to Grow After Olympics (PC World)

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:30:11 GMT

PC World - China's 3G (third generation telephony) system will expand service to 10 cities after August's Olympic Games, the nation's...

Carphone Warehouse ties up with Best Buy (AFP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:02:50 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/bs_afp/britainustelecomsdivestventureretailcompanycarphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080508/capt.cps.ncr93.080508110037.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=n4oxYd2CgJdHT2xVAbKykA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Carphone Warehouse shop is pictured in Cambridge, eastern England. The Carphone Warehouse Group, the mobile phone retailer, has said it has agreed to sell 50 percent of its retail operations to US electronics group Best Buy for £1.1 billion in cash as part of an overall tie-up.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Carphone Warehouse Group, the mobile phone retailer, said Thursday it has agreed to sell 50 percent of its retail operations to US electronics group Best Buy for Â£1.1 billion in cash as part of an overall tie-up.

Softbank's annual net profit surges to record high (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:31:27 GMT

AP - Softbank Corp.'s net profit nearly quadrupled to a record high last fiscal year on the strength of its rapidly expanding mobile business, the technology and Internet company said Thursday.

Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:44:55 GMT

AP - In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year.