Written by Bruce Lipski In the last 25 years, the cell phone has gone from being an business tool to a common place personal communications device used by almost everyone. Most countries call it a mobile phone but in the United States it is more generally known as a cell phone. In some parts of [...]

Written by Christine Peppler As cell phones continue to shrink and their functions expand, they become increasingly inaccessible for millions of those with even a mild decline in vision, motor skills, or hearing. In addition, the associated cell phone plans are so complex that anyone who would benefit from having a cell phone for limited [...]

Written by James Burns Cell phone use in schools has dramatically changed since 911. When I started out as an administrator pagers were forbidden in school because they were associated with drug trafficking. If a student didn’t want to turn over their pager it was considered a fourth degree disorderly conduct offense, and the principal [...]

A company called Bsquare recently announced that it has been charged with bringing Adobe’s Flash technology to the Android platform. In a press release, Bsquare said a global tier 1 carrier made the request. At the moment, Android is only available from T-Mobile USA, and will soon be available from Vodafone. Flash will permit richer [...]

Nokia issued a statement regarding the 5800 XpressMusic NAM variant. The statement reads, in part, Following the introduction of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in North America, some consumers reported difficulties connecting with the local 3G network… We have concluded this was an isolated situation related to a configuration change in the North American variant. We [...]

Today Nokia and Qualcomm announced a new joint partnership to develop advanced mobile phones, initially for the North American market. The phones, which will run Symbian S60, will use Qualcomm UMTS chipsets and should be available by mid-2010. According to Nokia, the devices will be compatible with the future version of Symbian from the Symbian [...]

Samsung Telecommunications America announced that it will be joining the ng Connect Program. The ng Connect Program is a new initiative focused on driving the development of next generation broadband services based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) and other ultra-high bandwidth technologies. Ten other companies, including Alcatel-Lucent, are participating in the program. Read more from [...]

Twelve new companies, including HP, Qualcomm and MySpace, are joining the Nokia-led Symbian Foundation. Nokia bought Symbian in 2008 and plans to create a new, open-source base for the mobile platform. It has gathered 78 member companies into the Symbian Foundation. Other firms joining today are Atelier, Bank of America, Gemalto, Imagination Technologies, Mobica, Nanoradio, [...]

Members of the Communications Workers of America voted in support of a strike against AT&T Mobility, which employs about 20,000 of the union members. The CWA is renegotiating its contract with AT&T and there are concerns over how changes in compensation and working conditions requested by the CWA are being/not being met by AT&T. The [...]

Today HTC announced a new Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone, the Touch Cruise. The Cruise has the TouchFLO user interface and a host of other features, including quad-band GSM/EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, GPS/a-GPS, and a 3.2 megapixel camera with fixed focus. The display spans 2.8 inches, rating QVGA resolution, and the Cruise has a slot [...]