Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/wireless-mobile technology Wireless and Mobile Technology en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/wireless-mobile http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/bs_nf/71576 nf/20100209/71576 NewsFactor business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:43 GMT NewsFactor - Among the 234 million cell-phone users over age 13 in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, Motorola-manufactured hardware dominated the market of all mobile users, according to a comScore survey released Monday. Among operating systems, Research In Motion had the largest smartphone market share. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/gmailgoessocialwithgooglebuzz pcworld/20100209/gmailgoessocialwithgooglebuzz PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:08:00 GMT PC World - Google introduced a social networking tool called Google Buzz Tuesday that allows sharing of status updates, images, and videos via a new Gmail tab called Google Buzz. The Google Buzz features will also be available on Android based phones as well as the iPhone (via a Web-based application) allowing for real-time updates to your Google Buzz feed that can show up on a new version of Google's mobile maps. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/bs_nf/71555 nf/20100209/71555 NewsFactor business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:34 GMT NewsFactor - The 2010 rendition of the Macworld Expo kicked off in San Francisco today, although this time without a major Apple presence. The annual five-day event will showcase hundreds of Mac products and services, expert advice, and demonstrations -- but this year mobile apps may steal the show. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_phone_fee ap/20100209/us_tec_google_phone_fee AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:02:09 GMT AP - Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100209/tc_zd/248264 zd/20100209/248264 PC Magazine technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:04:34 GMT PC Magazine - Google on Tuesday unveiled Google Buzz, a new social networking feature that will be integrated into Gmail and several mobile products. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones pcworld/20100209/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:11 GMT PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/lgsamsunggosocialwithlatesthandsets pcworld/20100209/lgsamsunggosocialwithlatesthandsets PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:11 GMT PC World - South Korea's two biggest cell phone makers previewed on Tuesday handsets they plan to unveil at next week's Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/apfn_us_earns_nuance_communications ap/20100209/apfn_us_earns_nuance_communications AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:10:47 GMT AP - Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday it narrowed its loss in the fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company's two largest divisions, health care and dictation, and mobile and enterprise, increased. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_mobile_phone_market_share ap/20100208/us_mobile_phone_market_share AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:51:57 GMT AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone gained a percentage point of U.S. smart phone market share while BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Inc. lost a point in the last three months of 2009, according to research group comScore Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/ipadsbestinnovationnocontractwireless pcworld/20100208/ipadsbestinnovationnocontractwireless PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:46:00 GMT PC World - Apple's iPad, while getting slammed for lack of innovation in some areas, does something no other device seems to have done before: Offer customers 3G service on a month-to-month, no-contract basis. It's about time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/tc_nm/us_vodafone_oracle nm/20100208/us_vodafone_oracle Reuters technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:50:37 GMT Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, has secured a four-year deal to provide Oracle Corp with voice, data and management services to employees in the EMEA region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100208/tc_zd/248214 zd/20100208/248214 PC Magazine technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:09:30 GMT PC Magazine - On Monday, Sanyo launched the PLC-XU116, the company's latest data/business projector, which it is touting as an ideal unit for both meeting and classroom presentations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_finland_nokia_layoffs ap/20100208/eu_finland_nokia_layoffs AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:07:04 GMT AP - Nokia Corp. said Monday it will lay off 285 people in Finland, as the world's largest mobile phone maker strives to cut costs and streamline operations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia afp/20100208/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia AFP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:14:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265624033528-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=j42a6ePAhE3jR4CGw4TPhw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, October 2007. Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.(AFP/Lehtikuva/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandtelecomequipjobsnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265624033528-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=j42a6ePAhE3jR4CGw4TPhw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, October 2007. Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.(AFP/Lehtikuva/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandustelecomequipnokia afp/20100208/finlandustelecomequipnokia AFP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:36:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandustelecomequipnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265614573222-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=p_1kE_329UBTyOI.T8h7RA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.(DDP/AFP/File/Volker Hartmann)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/bs_afp/finlandustelecomequipnokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265614573222-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=p_1kE_329UBTyOI.T8h7RA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.(DDP/AFP/File/Volker Hartmann)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_bi_ge/us_leap_wireless_mover ap/20100205/us_leap_wireless_mover AP business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:53:39 GMT AP - Shares of Leap Wireless International Inc. took a hit Friday after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded the prepaid wireless service provider, saying a sale of the company would be "very challenging." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_telestone_technologies_outlook ap/20100205/us_tec_telestone_technologies_outlook AP technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:26:53 GMT AP - Telestone Technologies Corp., which sells wireless network services and communications gear in China, on Friday reiterated its 2009 outlook for $70 million in revenue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100205/bs_nf/71499 nf/20100205/71499 NewsFactor business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:13:40 GMT NewsFactor - The trend toward TV anywhere took another step forward Thursday as AT&T announced that it will support Sling Media's mobile application on its 3G network. Sling, whose player app is already in use on the carrier's Wi-Fi network, released a player for the iPhone late last year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_iphone_slingplayer ap/20100205/us_tec_at_t_iphone_slingplayer AP technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:17:30 GMT AP - AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/bs_nm/us_deutschetelekom_tmobile nm/20100205/us_deutschetelekom_tmobile Reuters business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:10:18 GMT Reuters - Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE) is considering an initial public offering or spinoff of its U.S. wireless service T-Mobile USA, the Wall Street Journal reported.