Apple didn't include near field communication technology in the iPhone 5, a decision that one NFC backer said the company might come to regret. But several mobile payment experts said Apple probably made a good choice for now, given the ...
Tags: NFC, Apple, communication technology, iPhone 5
Which shared data plans are better -- those from AT&T's Mobile Share, which arrives on Aug. 23, or Verizon Wireless's Share Everything plans that debuted in June? If you look at cost alone, your price will be somewhat lower with AT&T -- ...
Tags: shared data plans, Mobile Share, Verizon Wireless's Share
HTC and Microsoft, have introduced Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones that will be the signature devices for the software maker’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS. The Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones will have 4.3-inch screens and ...
Tags: HTC, Microsoft, smartphone, Windows, windows phone
Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites affected in the hardest-hit band of the country between Virginia and Massachusetts, ...
Tags: Hurricane, Sandy, Storm, Verizon, Wirelines, mobile, phone, cable service
Are the nation's LTE wireless carriers prepared for the video chat data crunch expected to come with the next-generation iPhone and other devices that are expected to launch this fall? The answer: It depends on whom you ask. Both AT&T ...
Tags: LTE wireless, video chat data, facetime, iphone 5
Virgin Mobile consumers can now purchase iPhones on the carrier's prepaid wireless plans. Consumers will have to pay full price for the phones -- $649 for a 16GB iPhone 4S and $549 for an 8GB iPhone 4 -- but pay less for service than they'd ...
Tags: Virgin Mobile, consumers, iPhones, prepaid wireless plans
HTC, along with Microsoft, Wednesday introduced Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones that will be the signature devices for the software maker's upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS. The Windows Phone 8X smartphone in California Blue. The ...
Tags: HTC, Microsoft, Windows Phone 8 OS, smartphones
AT&T's Samsung Galaxy Note users can access the latest Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich, operating system upgrade starting Tuesday. In a special link on its Website, Samsung noted that the Galaxy Note upgrade will not be provided ...
AT&T announced voluntary wireless data sharing plans on Wednesday that don't require new and current customers to enroll, a marked distinction from the Verizon Wireless' forced Share Everything plans for new and upgrading customers. The ...
Tags: voluntary wireless data, Mobile Share plans, customers
Intel is working on LTE network support for its Medfield system-on-chips, which may finally open the door for Intel-powered smartphones in the United States. Sumeet Syal, Intel’s director of product marketing, told TechCrunch that ...
Tags: Dual core processor, Intel, LTE, Motorola, Qualcomm, smartphone, TechCrunch
Analysts are sounding a proverbial death knell for e-readers,which have declined 36%in 2012 as buyers turned instead to multi-use tablets. Both IHS Suppli and IDC recently issued dire warnings,if not obituaries,for e-readers.IHS said ...
Specialty insurer Assurant Solutions and Jiangsu Five Star (Five Star), a wholly owned affiliate of the US based Best Buy have earmarked an agreement, pursuant to which the former will serve as the exclusive provider of extended protection ...
Tags: Assurant Solutions, Five Star, agreement, mainland China
US-based OtterBox has announced the acquisition of Wrapsol and its family of protective film solutions for mobile devices for an undisclosed value. OtterBox president and CEO Brian Thomas said the product of Wrapsol aligns with the ...
Tags: Protective Film, mobile devices, Wrapsol
The combination smartphone-tablet Samsung Galaxy Note II has proven more popular than analysts had expected. Samsung has sold 5 million of the so-called"phablet"mobile devices worldwide in two months,the South Korean company said in a ...
Tags: South Korean, Samsung, smartphone, Galaxy Note II, phablet
Computerworld-Wireless smartphone and tablet users helped both presidential candidates raise funds and support in 2012,while mobile computing contributed directly to President Barack Obama's edge in Tuesday's presidential election. Most ...
Tags: Obama, Smartphone, tablet users, presidential election