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Some 25 million households in the nation have a wireless network, and that number is growing. So, too, is the number of home networks without a lick of security on them, according to a report released last week by ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y. That's because, for most consumers, activating the se...
Businesspeople and consumers are becoming more reliant on handheld devices for the obvious conveniences they offer. "We are starting to see users do more with their handheld devices than simply check e-mail," noted Jack Gold, a principal with market research firm J. Gold Associates. "Increasingly, t...
As states and other government jurisdictions continue to enact -- and enforce -- restrictions on the use of cell phones while driving, consumers are suddenly demanding more, easy ways to access their mobile phones and improve their safety. A new survey demonstrates that more than 75 percent of cell ...
WiFi equipment suppliers are reaching a crossroad: more users are purchasing their products, but at the same time, pricing is declining. To try and prop up their profit margins, suppliers are experimenting with various packaging techniques, such as bundling or unbundling value-added features. For us...
A new chip material -- silicon-on-sapphire -- is starting to make an impact on the way mobile phone handsets are produced, helping to fuel a technological "arms race" in the mobile industry, recent research suggests. A report by the Boston-based research consultancy Strategy Analytics examined wheth...
Higher data rates and sophisticated features such as digital cameras, mobile video and advanced gaming mean that more on-the-go functionality is now available to cell phone users. These advances come with a dark side, however, as consumers are struggling to make sure that their phones have enough ba...
Motorola's popular Razr phones are cutting off some callers. Now, the company's stock prices are taking a slashing. Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile last week stopped selling the Motorola model because of a defect in some handsets that causes calls to disconnect when the flip phones are opened. The gl...
Europe is feeling pressure to boost its efforts to speed the global adoption of radio frequency identification, a wireless technology already used by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart for much of its merchandise and shipping operations. European Commission officials indicated at the CeBIT technology confer...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to demonstrate the company's first wave of Ultra-Mobile PCs at the CeBIT information and telecommunications trade show in Hannover, Germany, on Thursday. Developed under the code name Origami, the portable devices will be available next month at prices rangi...
Cingular Wireless on Tuesday launched an on-demand streaming video service with a selection of content from providers including Fox and HBO. Consumers can now watch video clips of their favorite television shows, sports, news and weather, entertainment and premium content on their high-speed 3G-capa...
Samsung Electronics on Monday unveiled the world's first 8GB hard-disk embedded smartphone. Dubbed the SGH-i310, the model breaks the storage limit in mobile phones. As such, Samsung believes the new handset will change the way people manage and use mobile phones. Its three new models that come equi...
Two new Trojan horses are being billed as "first-of-their-kind" bugs. Security alerts are warning of a "crossover" virus that leaps from one device to another; in addition, a new Java Trojan has been detected that could infect almost any cell phone. The Mobile Malware Researchers Association on Mon...
Sony Ericsson and Google have introduced a phone aimed at a rapidly growing segment of Internet users -- bloggers. The phones will integrate Google's Blogger and Web search features on Sony Ericsson's mobile phones. The blog application will be tightly integrated to the camera and provide automatic ...
More mobile video is slated to come to the consumer marketplace via a service dubbed "Mobizzo" announced by News Corp.'s Fox Mobile Entertainment this week. The service will offer games, music, mobile phone wallpaper and ringtones, including Fox programming such as episodes of "Family Guy" and films...
EarthLink and Google submitted a joint request for proposal this week to bring San Francisco workers and residents free citywide wireless access. As part of the deal, EarthLink would pay most of the projected US$15 million cost to build the wireless municipal network and would recover some of those ...
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