Cellphones News

The widespread use of cell phones has altered the American culture and way of doing things in many ways, and teens are embracing it just as much, if not more, than adults.

Android has won attention in the mobile industry lately, with Motorola and Sony Ericsson choosing it for their new top models.

With a handful of new cellphone providers expected to enter the Canadian marketplace early next year, speed is of the essence for existing carriers, and now it's at the centre of a legal dispute between two of the country's largest cellphone providers.

More than a fifth of mobile device users surveyed for a new study said they use the gadgets to access the Internet at least ten times a week, according to a report by BIA/Kelsey and ConStat.

NOKIA, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations.

A woman receives a free swine flu vaccination at a clinic in Beijing yesterday. BEIJING health authorities said yesterday that swine flu shots would continue, dismissing rumors circulating over the mobile phone network that the program would be shut down.

China Mobile, the country's largest wireless carrier, is coming under pressure to shut off access to pornography through its cell phone network.

Gartner, Inc. has identified the top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012. Gartner listed applications based on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration.

Shoppers face a dizzying array of offers of help in the form of new Web sites, services and mobile phone applications as they set out for their holiday shopping this year.

By Jennifer Bosavage , ChannelWeb 11:05 AM EST Wed. Nov. 18, 2009 AT&T is roiling over those cell phone service ads that supposedly show the superiority of Verizon Wireless's coverage.

Apple, Inc. has cleared the final hurdle to sell iPhones in South Korea. The approval is likely to bring increased competition from South Korea-based LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics.

Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally.

The world's largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom started selling the handsets there last month.

Is Google really thinking about making a substantial change to its business model by releasing the fabled Gphone? Would Google really consider derailing Droid momentum with its own phone? TechCrunch sparked the latest round of Gphone rumors Wednesday, reporting that its sources indicate Google is working on releasing a Google-branded Android phone ...

Mobile is again giving its customers -- and prospective customers -- reason to be nervous.

With netbook sales continuing to soar, Dallas-based AT&T Inc. said Monday it will launch its first Windows 7 netbooks later this month.

School bus drivers in Miami-Dade County might soon be facing a ban on texting while they are behind the wheel.

Qualcomm, the world's biggest chip maker, said on Tuesday that it expects to sell its TD-SCDMA chips in mainland China within the next year.

A employee of mobile phone operator T-Mobile is facing prosecution after selling personal details of thousands of British customers to rival companies in an alleged major breach of data protection laws.

You might want to confiscate that cell phone before letting your teenager head out on the open road.