10/22/2009
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The Apple iPhone continued to drive wireless growth for AT&T, helping the telco post record subscriber growth for the third quarter.
Ma Bell activated 3.2 million new iPhone customers in the quarter, and netted a total of 2 million new mobile phone customers including 1.4 million post-paid contract customers. And despite the [...]
10/21/2009
Thomson Reuters – Boston Bureau
* Fund to focus on technological development
* GE making changes to employee healthcare plan (Adds details)
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – General Electric Co (GE.N) is launching a $250 million investment fund intended to spur development of new technologies in the healthcare industry, the chief executive of the largest [...]
10/21/2009
Computerworld
Arms race: firm says new Cortex chip maintains edge over Intel’s upgraded Atom
Computerworld – Arm Holdings PLC today introduced a processor for smartphones and other devices that it says will be cheaper, and more powerful and energy-efficient than the two ARM processors it will supplant. The company expects that the new chip will also [...]
10/21/2009
USA Today
Jeff Smith is a diligent social-networking user, but he doesn’t own a PC.
“I prefer a cellphone and a service for a cellphone,” says Smith, 40, a postal worker in Detroit who served as an Army Ranger in Desert Storm and Somalia.
For about a year, Smith has used MocoSpace (for “mobile community space”) to [...]
10/21/2009
Forbes – Online
Barnes & Noble knows that if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
Launched Thursday and shipping in November, the retailer’s highly anticipated e-reader, known as “Nook,” certainly seems to have been done right–even compared to the two other reading devices that have recently been announced as selling books [...]
10/21/2009
InformationWeek – Online
If you were wondering what Motorola (NYSE: MOT)’s third Android handset will look like, wonder no longer. New images have appeared that show a simpler handset that won’t match the CLIQ or DROID when it comes to specs.
This Android handset from Motorola has been masquerading under the codename “Calgary” for some time [...]
10/20/2009
Wireless Review/Telephony
If you’re a foreign infrastructure vendor looking to gain ground in the highly competitive 4G market, the thing to do is open up up a long-term evolution (LTE)–preferably somewhere on the outskirts of Dallas. ZTE is the latest equipment supplier to do just that, joining Nokia Siemens Networks (NYSE:NOK, NYSE:SI), Huawei and Fujitsu in [...]
10/20/2009
New York Times
arnes & Noble, which has long left open the possibility of introducing its own electronic reader, is expected to unveil on Tuesday at a news conference in Manhattan what it is calling the Nook.
The device features color touch-screen controls and a gray-and-white reading display. It will cost $259, matching Amazon.com’s most recent price [...]
10/20/2009
TheStreet.com
Exclusive: Google Plans Its Own Android Phone
Scott Moritz
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Move over Apple (AAPL Quote), Research In Motion (RIMM Quote) and Motorola, (MOT Quote) Google (GOOG Quote) is jumping into the smartphone market with a Android phone of its own.
In what is likely to be seen as disruptive to the wireless status quo, Google [...]
10/20/2009
BusinessWeek
There are rumors that the PC maker plans to enter the smartphone market, but it may have a hard time muscling its way into the crowded field
By Roger L. Kay
Now that Dell is signaling its intention to vault into the smartphone market, industry watchers are asking whether the company can make a serious run. [...]
