mobile phones

Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase

NYT > Business  Fri, 02/26/2010 - 21:04

Some retailers plan to turn applications on mobile phones into information displays and devices for ordering.


 

Motorola posts quarterly profit, but outlook is low

Topix - Business News  Fri, 01/29/2010 - 03:56

Motorola, maker of the Droid and other mobile phones, showed progress in its turnaround efforts Thursday but a disappointing profit forecast sent its shares sliding.


 

Mobile Phones Become Boon to Holiday Shopping

NYT > Business  Thu, 12/17/2009 - 17:53

Using powerful software applications on their smartphones, consumers can search for bargains across a range of retailers.


 

Mobile Service (and Costs) Around the World

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 08/28/2009 - 23:40

Trends in use of mobile phones around the world vary as much as the people carrying them. Looking at some of the key factors, including pricing, usage and prevalence within a country, highlights these differences.


 

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Small Business News From 24-7 Press Release  Mon, 07/20/2009 - 01:30

5 babies are born every second worldwide, but 30 new mobile phones are subscribed to every second. There are 2,000 times as many mobile phones as ATMs in the world.

We Are By Definition A Category Creator.


 

Last Man Standing

NYT > Business  Fri, 07/17/2009 - 18:20

Best Buy is focusing on fast-growing products like mobile phones and low-cost laptops and moving away from CDs and DVDs.


 

Unified phone plugs at last

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Mon, 06/29/2009 - 11:04

This just has to be one of the best pieces of news ever - there is agreement for a standard for mobile phones.

It's really as simple as that. Here's the story, on the BBC's junior site, would you believe. I just can't work out why it has to be mobile phones only, though.

Of course there are voltage issues but there are voltage issues between different phones. I'm convinced you could do something clever at an electronic item's end rather than at the adapter end so that my new Apple MacBook (arrived ten minutes ago) could have the same adapter as my wireless earphones - or my mobile, or my...


 

The IRS Considers Taxing Company-Issued Mobile Phones

Topix - Business News  Thu, 06/11/2009 - 21:50

I doubt this will do much to close the budget deficit, but who knows? The Internal Revenue Service is considering taxing the use of work-issued mobile phones, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.


 

Intel Adopts an Identity in Software

NYT > Business  Sun, 05/24/2009 - 21:31

The Linux programmers at the chip maker are at the center of its foray into netbooks and mobile phones.


 

In China, Knockoff Cellphones Are a Hit

NYT > Business  Mon, 04/27/2009 - 15:14

An industry building look-alike mobile phones for as little as $35 is tickling China’s national pride in rebellious creativity.