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If you haven't heard about the widget wars yet, you are about to. Last week, I moderated a panel at the Open Mobile Summit. The subject was "Apps in the Cloud," which explored the difference between accessing content through applications, which are downloaded to the phone, and content that...
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Cellphone makers are heading straight into a cold, dry winter as sales are expected to drop to their lowest point since the beginning of the decade, WSJ reports . Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) and Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) have all come clean and warned that the outlook looks grim for the...
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The battle for 4G supremacy is now down to two technologies. After floundering, Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) has officially abandoned the development of its own flavor of next-generation cellular technology, Ultra Mobile Broadband, Reuters reports . That leaves LTE and WiMAX as the only remaining competitors...
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MediaFLO USA expects to nearly double the number of markets it serves by the end of next year, and is working hard at developing temporary channels and original content for its mobile broadcast TV service, according to Bob Bradley, MediaFLO USA's Senior Director of Content and in charge of licensing...
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Less than one month after Barack Obama moves into the White House, the FCC will be overseeing a major airwaves transition that will require TV broadcasters to hand over analog spectrum to wireless carriers who are eager to start building out 4G networks. Wireless carriers recently bought rights to the...
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As the economy continues to spiral downhill, more analysts are expecting mobile-phone sales to shrink next year, which will mark the first time since 2001, according to a poll conducted by Reuters . The survey found that 8 out of 22 analysts are even less bullish, and expect the market to decline next...
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Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) said its fiscal fourth-quarter revenues increased 45 percent to $3.33 billion compared to the same quarter a year-ago, and profits fell 22 percent to $878 million, or to 52 cents a share. For the full year, Qualcomm reported profits of $3.16 billion on revenues of $11.14 billion...
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When tapping into the GPS coordinates of a mobile phone, it can be costly, especially when a company is charged each time someone looks up their location. To combat that, the mobile-social network provider Loopt said it is partnering with a Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) subsidiary, which provides GPS data...
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-- THR Box Office Numbers Via SMS: The Hollywood Reporter is launching a mobile box office product this week that will send weekend box office estimates via text message. Pulling from Nielsen data, the publication will push official studio box office tallies to users that sign up for the mobile alerts...
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The International Trade Commission's ban on imports of cell phones made with chips by Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ), a court ruled Tuesday. AP reported that the ITC imposed the ban in June 2007 because it said some of the Qualcomm chips infringed on patent owned by Broadcom, but the court found that the...
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Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. is taking the wraps off its new handset subsidiary, INQ Mobile, this week and hopes to pick up where others have left much to desire. Coming from a carriers' point of view, the company doesn't hide the fact it wants as many customers as possible to access content on their...
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MobUI , a company founded by former Action Engine employees, has decided to buy the assets of its former employer to create applications and mobile Web experiences on new mobile platforms, such as the iPhone and Android. In August, Action Engine mysteriously laid off its employees and closed its doors...
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