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RadioShack To Run Target's Mobile BizBy Alan Wolf, October 30, 2009Minneapolis - Target has outsourced its mobile phone operation to RadioShack. More
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Motorola Posts Q3 Profit On Lower Handset LossesBy Joseph Palenchar, October 29, 2009Schaumburg, Ill. - Motorola posted its second consecutive quarterly net and operating profit in the third quarter on significantly lower losses by the company's wireless-handset division, which reduced its operating losses for the fourth consecutive quarter. More
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SonyEricsson Cellphone Connects To PS3By Joseph Palenchar, October 28, 2009
San Diego - SonyEricsson's Aino 3G multimedia phone, which uses Wi-Fi and 3G to place-shift content stored on a remote PlayStation3, made it to U.S. shores as an unlocked $600 phone available in Sony Style stores and SonyStyle.com.
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Verizon Reveals Motorola DroidBy Joseph Palenchar, October 28, 2009
New York - Verizon Wireless's first Android-based smartphone, the Droid by Motorola, will go on sale Nov. 6 backed by the largest marketing campaign in the carrier's history, Verizon executive VP/CMO John Stratton announced.
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Carriers Reveal Storm2, PixiBy Joseph Palenchar, October 26, 2009New York - Verizon Wireless priced the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone at $179.99, and Sprint priced Palm's Pixi at $99.99. More
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Carriers Target Multiple Cellular Niches In Q4By Joseph Palenchar, October 21, 2009
New York - New cellphones livening up fourth-quarter competition include a restyled BlackBerry Bold for T-Mobile and AT&T, a new Pantech quick-messaging phone for AT&T and phones for senior citizens from MVNO Consumer Cellular.
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Cellphone Supplier PCD Adding Converged DevicesBy Joseph Palenchar, October 16, 2009Hauppauge, N.Y. - Personal Communications Devices (PCD) is expanding beyond cellphones and cellular modem to offer netbooks, mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and other converged devices with embedded cellular. More
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Walmart To Stoke Q4 Cellular CompetitionBy Joseph Palenchar, October 15, 2009Bentonville, Ark. - Walmart, which already sells TracFone-branded prepaid cellular on a nationwide basis, will now add Straight Talk-brand prepaid services, also provided byTracFone, on an exclusive basis beginning Oct. 18. More
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AT&T Adds Monthly Unlimited PrepaidBy Joseph Palenchar, October 9, 2009Dallas - AT&T plans an Oct. 12 launch of its first monthly unlimited-use prepaid plan for cellular users. More
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CTIA Sets Voluntary StandardsBy Joseph Palenchar, October 8, 2009Washington D.C. - The CTIA-The Wireless Association is encouraging further standardization of inputs and outputs on cellular phones. More
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Samsung Expands Android Selection To 2By Joseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009
Dallas - Samsung announced its second Android-based smartphone, this one intended for the Sprint network.
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FCC: U.S. Faces Cellular Spectrum GapJoseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009San Diego - "The biggest threat to the future of mobile in America is the looming spectrum crisis," the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told the wireless industry during a trade show here. More
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AT&T Readies Cellular VoIP For iPhone By Joseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009Dallas - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hailed AT&T for reversing its position and allowing the iPhone to use VoIP applications that run on AT&T's cellular network. More
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Verizon To Offer Android Handsets In Q4Joseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless will begin offering Android-based smartphones in the coming weeks, joining T-Mobile and Sprint in the Android market in time for the Christmas selling season. More
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Samsung Adds Android Phone Via T-MobileJoseph Palenchar, October 5, 2009
Dallas - Samsung will enter the U.S. Android-cellphone market with the launch later this year of the touchscreen-only Behold II through carrier T-Mobile, whose Android selection will grow to four models.
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Verizon Adds 2ND Netbook, 3G WorldphoneBy Joseph Palenchar, October 2, 2009Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless expanded its wireless-netbook and worldphone selections as part of five-device announcement. More
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Cricket Jumps To TargetBy Joseph Palenchar, October 2, 2009San Diego - Target has joined the list of new national retailers selling Cricket-branded prepaid cellular service from Leap Wireless. More
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mSpot Turns On Mobile Movie ServiceBy Joseph Palenchar, September 30, 2009Palo Alto, Calif. - mSpot Mobile Movies, a movie-streaming service for cellphones, launched today with a selection of 350 full-length movies available to select phones operating on any major carrier's network. More
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AT&T Plans Hybrid Satellite/Cellular PhoneBy Joseph Palenchar, September 30, 2009
Dallas - AT&T will market a hybrid satellite/cellular smartphone beginning in the first quarter of 2010, followed sometime later by a hybrid phone for consumers.
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Survey: Pre, Android Threaten iPhone LeadBy Joseph Palenchar, September 30, 2009Ann Arbor, Mich. - The iPhone is the unsurpassed leader in customer satisfaction among U.S. smartphone users, but Android-based smartphones and the Palm Pre are narrowing the gap, and more recent BlackBerry smartphones "pose a bigger threat" to the iPhone than earlier versions, a survey concludes. More
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