Of the wireless providers around the country, the biggest are Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-mobile. Those may be the largest and best-known providers in the country, but there are also a number of other providers in the country as well like MetroPCS. MetroPCS announced today that it is adding new features to its unlimited flat rate plans that require no contracts. ... continued »

We already talked about the new report from Strategy Analytics on the mobile phone market for Q2. Another research firm has also published a report on the state of the mobile phone market. The other report is from analytics firm IDC. IDC reports that the global market for mobile phones declined 10.8% from the same quarter a year before. Despite the ... continued »

With the bad economy we are becoming used to reports from various manufacturers in high technology industries that are reporting loses and decreases in shipments. Some firms have been able to grow in the current economy, but those firms are rare. Strategy Analytics has published reports that shows global shipments for mobile handsets has dropped 8% compared to last year during ... continued »

Klipsch has been a big name in home theater audio for years and years. The company makes some of the best home theater speaker systems you can buy. The big catch is that their products are very expensive typically. Klipsch has announced a new set of in-ear earphones with a 3.5mm headphone jack that will work with all smartphones sporting 3.5mm ... continued »

I know many people that have their mobile phones packed with music and other content. These same people also prefer to stream music from applications like Pandora and Sirius radio. I can see the desire for streaming apps, your own music gets tired after a while. Stitcher announced a new app is now available for the Blackberry 8800 and 8820 on ... continued »

I'm not sure I get the reasoning for calling a mobile phone a rugged PC. I guess the tenuous connection is the fact that you can surf the Internet and on Windows Mobile devices you can work Office documents. Intermec has announced a new device called the CN50 rugged mobile computer that uses technology from Qualcomm. The CNB50 is called a ... continued »

Smartphones like the iPhone aren’t cheap and they live a hard life being carried around in a pocket where keys can scratch and being dropped while talking and walking. To keep your iPhone working at its peak you want to protect the device and keep it safe. The best way to do that is with a hard case like the new ... continued »

I am not a huge fan of gambling when you can actually win money, I always seem to lose. I do like to play a poker game that uses dice on my iPhone and have spent my share of time with solitaire and other poker games. If you like casino action on your mobile phone Handmark has announced a new Astraware ... continued »

The global handset market is down in but a few categories like smartphones. Firms that once made the bulk of their profits off more basic handsets are finding that profit can be hard to come by today. Motorola has announced its financials for the last quarter and has posted a profit of $26 million. That's not bad considering that some mobile ... continued »

I was never a big fan of soccer, but in other parts of the world the sport is as big as the NFL here in America. AT&T has announced that it will now become the official communications services sponsor for Major League Soccer in America. AT&T will be the title sponsor for the 14th annual MLS All-Star Game and the logo ... continued »