Ina Fried in Mobile on December 10, 2010 at 9:29 am PT
Looking to move on from its painful foray into mobile television, Qualcomm says it will offer rebates to those who bought its FloTV mobile TV units. It had previously announced it would shut down the service in March.
John Paczkowski in News on June 23, 2010 at 10:50 am PT
If you haven’t already, it’s probably best to resign yourself to Apple and its new iPhone 4 sucking all the air out of the news cycle this week. That said, there is another big mobile device launch today: Verizon’s introduction of Motorola’s Droid X.
John Paczkowski in News on June 22, 2010 at 3:00 am PT
Intel and the Federal Trade Commission may end up settling their differences out of court. In a statement issued late Monday, the chip maker said the two parties have filed a joint motion to suspend administrative trial proceedings while they negotiate a settlement of the FTC’s suit, which accused Intel of “a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly.”
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on May 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm PT
The EVO 4G has a front-facing camera for video chatting, can serve as a Wi-Fi hotspot and offers the highest consistent downstream data speeds around—until the battery runs out.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 10, 2010 at 12:51 pm PT
How will Palm’s Pre Plus fare against Apple’s iPhone on the latter’s home turf? We’ll soon out. AT&T said today that it will begin peddling the Palm Pre Plus on May 16. Price: $150 after contract and mail-in rebate, which seems a bit high given the device’s bargain-basement pricing on other networks.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 23, 2010 at 5:50 am PT
After plunging last week to their lowest level in more than a year, Palm’s shares have come back slightly on news of the company’s distribution deal with AT&T. Investors, it seems, are hoping the deal will revive Palm’s flagging smartphone sales and ease the nasty inventory problem that has developed over the past few months. But analysts aren’t so sure.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 22, 2010 at 8:04 am PT
Palm’s partnership with Verizon hasn’t done much to bolster flagging sales of the company’s smartphones. Perhaps they will fare a bit better with AT&T. Against the backdrop of the CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas, Palm this morning said AT&T is adding the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus to its handset lineup.
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on March 9, 2010 at 2:47 pm PT
The Motorola Backflip smart phone has a unique design: Its QWERTY keyboard is on the back of the device, so the screen appears to be doing a “back flip” when it opens up for use.
John Paczkowski in News on February 18, 2010 at 7:36 am PT
AT&T has finally added an Android smartphone to its lineup–the Motorola Backflip. The first of five Android smartphones AT&T has promised to deliver in 2010, the Backflip will arrive at market in March at a price of $99–after a $100 mail-in rebate and a commitment to two-years of AT&T data and voice service.