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Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, public health, Wireless, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
Verizon Wireless netbook expected this week
News Wireless industry blog reports Verizon Wireless will begin offering a Hewlett-Packard netbook this week, but will consumers find the service plan too pricey?
Tags: Handhelds, Hewlett-Packard Co., Verizon Communications Inc., Device, Cell Phone, wireless service, Wireless, Verizon Wireless, phone, AT&T Corp.
Acer execs downplay Android, hint at Verizon netbook deal
News Acer executives say Android isn't ready for prime time on netbooks and say another U.S. operator will soon be offering its netbooks with its 3G wireless service.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Open source, Operating systems, Verizon Communications Inc., Acer Inc., Smart Phone, Wireless, Windows Netbooks, operating system, AT&T Corp.
Yahoo's mobile home page cutting back on reloads
News Yahoo reveals an enhanced mobile home page that offers more stories that require you to reload the Web page fewer times.
Tags: Browser, Mobile/Wireless, Yahoo! Inc., partnership, mobile, Video, CTIA, movie, Apple iPhone, strategy
Report: BlackBerry app store to launch next week
News BusinessWeek reports that Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World mobile application store will be open for business next week during the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas.
Tags: Applications and tools, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Developer, CTIA, trade show, software, Apple iPhone
Gore: Wireless access to info means power
News Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's address at CTIA 2009 covers many of his usual themes regarding need for environmental change, but it also provides a history lesson on communications.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Leadership, Green IT, North Korea, wireless industry, Wireless Access, Wireless, CTIA, Al Gore, wireless technology
Report: Yahoo CEO search narrowing
News Yahoo is close to narrowing the field of candidates down to a few, with former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin among the mix, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, PDA phones, India, Yahoo! Inc., InfoSpace Inc., Bay Area, CTIA, Washington, CEO
The Google Android party has begun
News Two years after Google announced Android, phone manufacturers are launching new devices sporting the mobile operating system and mobile operators are lining up to sell them.
Tags: Google Android, Google Inc., Phone, Operating System, Motorola Inc., U.S., mobile, Google Android, Device, Wireless
Report: Dell to launch Android phone with AT&T
News Rumors have built all year about Dell's plans for the smartphone market, and the company might finally be ready to show off what it has developed.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Google Inc., Phone, Operating System, Motorola Inc., mobile, Google Android, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile
Two Verizon Android phones coming in 2009
News Verizon and Google make partnership official with promises to collaborate on Android-based phones and other devices over the next several years.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Google Android, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Phone, software, network, partnership, mobile
Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market
News Software maker, looking to get back into the cell phone conversation, is launching a big marketing push Tuesday touting the arrival of phones powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Phone, Operating System, iSuppli Corp., Microsoft Corp., mobile, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
Mobile just one leg of Microsoft's three-screen strategy
News Most of what Microsoft discusses at CTIA 2009 is old news, but the company reiterates its plans to stay relevant in mobile computing.
Tags: Windows Mobile, Business applications, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Wireless, Wireless Network, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile
Opera Mobile's business build hints at Flash video
News The software maker is offering carriers and device manufacturers an update that includes support for Web standards like Ajax and Flash. Flash means YouTube, and YouTube means video.
Tags: Browser, Mobile, Web Browser, Cell Phone, Graphics, Video, Opera Mobile, phone, mobile browser, Opera Software
Report: Skype coming to the iPhone
News GigaOm said Thursday that Skype will announce an application for the Apple device at the CTIA Wireless tradeshow in Las Vegas next week.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Apple Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile, Cell Phone, computer, phone, software, Wi-Fi
The once and future app store
News Third-party applications are the future of the smartphone business, but there are varying--and valid--theories on how those applications should reach the world.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Carrier, Symbian Inc., phone, AT&T Corp.
