Cell Phones News

Has Google found the final piece of its voice-calling puzzle? Rumors have it that the acquisition-happy search giant has acquired Gizmo5 , a Skype-like VoIP startup.

Because what the world needs now is yet another mobile operating system , Samsung has announced its foray into the field with Bada.

Google Android Is Already Getting Confusing Nov. 6, 2009, 12:55 PM 1,077 The good news for Google's Android mobile operating system: It's finally getting a lot of good support from mobile phone manufacturers and carriers.

DeviceFidelity, Inc. today announced the availability of its patent-pending In2Pay solution, a microSD-based technology that transforms any mobile phone with an available memory card slot into an interactive contactless transaction device.

Google Inc is acquiring mobile advertising company AdMob for $750 million, furthering the company's push into the fast-growing market of Web-enabled cell phones.

Lexington police are searching the digital files of former state Rep. Steve Nunn as part of their investigation into the slaying of his former fiancee.

Nokia Corp. announced Monday that some 14 million mobile phone chargers could be dangerous for users and said it will replace them free of charge.

Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment.

When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed.

Motorola was once king of the cell phone industry. Everywhere you looked people were using those Razr phones made by the Illinois-based company.

India is still adding a staggering 15 million new mobile phone connections a month but the world's fastest-growing cellular market has hit rough waters.

They have been blamed for isolating people and shrinking their circle of friends.

Sprint announced today it will add the new BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone to the wireless industry's best lineup of devices.

Verizon Wireless customers with "advanced" cell phones, will see a much higher early termination fee when they renew their contracts.

Photo: Giancarlo Yerkes, a 30-year-old advertising employee, crosses a street in downtown Chicago while text-messaging with his cell phone.

According to comScore, the growth in touchscreen device adoption substantially outpaced the already strong 63 percent growth in US adoption of smartphones.

The telecom giant buys Centennial in a $2.7 billion deal. A sign is displayed in the window of an AT&T store in New York.

Editor's Note: The following article is reprinted from Network World . Wireless plans are a great place to start for companies looking to cut communications costs, with one firm reporting at VoiceCon that it saved $33,000 per month by renegotiating unfavorable contracts.

One of the city's most popular shopping districts has a new way for drivers to pay for on-street parking, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

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