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• Motorola to Cut Jobs and Delay Spinoff

  The beleaguered cellphone maker lost $397 million in the quarter and warned investors that there was no quick fix to its problems. Posted Oct 30 2008, 10:27 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Company Reports, Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Motorola Inc|MOT|NYSE

• Motorola Warns That a Turnaround Will Take Time

  The beleaguered cellphone maker lost $397 million in the quarter and warned investors that there was no quick fix to its problems. Posted Oct 30 2008, 09:20 AM by NYT > Technology Filed under: Company Reports, Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Motorola Inc|MOT|NYSE

• Amos E. Joel Jr., Cellphone Pioneer, Dies at 90

  Mr. Joel was perhaps best known for a 1972 patent that allows a cellphone user to make an uninterrupted call while moving from one cell region to another. Posted Oct 27 2008, 06:12 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Wireless Communications, Deaths (Obituaries), Cellular Telephones, Joel, Amos E. Jr

• Sales Down, but Nokia Offers a Positive Outlook

  The cellphone maker reported weaker-than-expected third-quarter sales and profits, but its outlook reassured jittery investors. Posted Oct 16 2008, 06:56 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Company Reports, Cellular Telephones, Nokia Oyj|NOK|NYSE

• Sales Are Down, but Nokia Offers a Positive Outlook

  The world’s top cellphone maker, Nokia, reported weaker-than-expected third-quarter sales and profits, but its outlook on the cellphone market reassured investors. Posted Oct 16 2008, 03:54 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Company Reports, Cellular Telephones, Nokia Oyj|NOK|NYSE

• Verizon Wireless Plans to Charge Companies Sending Text Messages

  Verizon told companies that send out text messages that starting Nov. 1 it will impose a fee of 3 cents for each message it delivers to the phones of its subscribers. Posted Oct 10 2008, 09:53 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Cellular Telephones, Verizon Communications|VZ|NYSE, Text Messaging

• Freescale Considers Options for Cellphone Chip Unit

  Freescale Semiconductor said it was exploring strategic options for its cellphone chip business and intends to complete a sale or joint venture in the coming months. Posted Oct 02 2008, 11:12 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Computer Chips, Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Motorola Inc|MOT|NYSE, Freescale Semiconductor, Incorporated|FSL,FSLB|NYSE

• Drilling Down: Letting Our Fingers Do the Talking

  In the fourth quarter of 2007, American cellphone subscribers for the first time sent text messages more than they phoned. Posted Sep 28 2008, 05:24 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Surveys and Series, Text Messaging

• With Google Phone, HTC Comes Out of the Shadows

  For much of the past decade, the Taiwanese manufacturer operated in relative obscurity as a contract manufacturer for many carriers. Posted Sep 22 2008, 11:14 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Cellular Telephones, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Google Phone, HTC

• Profit Falls 19 Percent at Best Buy

  The profit fall came as the company completed the introduction of its Best Buy Mobile concept to nearly 1,000 North American stores, intended to increase cellphone sales. Posted Sep 16 2008, 05:21 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Company Reports, Stocks and Bonds, Wireless Communications, Retail Stores and Trade, Sales, Cellular Telephones, Electronics, Best Buy Company Incorporated|BBY|NYSE

• Essay: Internet in the Sky: Surf but Don’t Call

  New technology lets you get broadband Internet service while in flight, but airlines have erected technological barriers to block VoIP, as the debate over public cellphone use continues. Posted Sep 13 2008, 02:06 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Wireless Communications, Airlines and Airplanes, Delta Air Lines Inc|DAL|NYSE, Cellular Telephones, Travel and Vacations, American Airlines, Skype Technologies, Air Canada|AC.A,AC.B|TORONTO, Amtrak, Internet Telephony

• Novelties: Capturing the Moment (and More) via Cellphone Video

  Some early adopters of technology are now using their mobile phones to send not typed words or photographs, but live video broadcasts. Posted Sep 13 2008, 11:33 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Recordings and Downloads (Video), Twitter, Text Messaging, Smartphones, Nokia Oyj|NOK|NYSE, KCRW, Rose, Kevin

• Cost of Living: Justifying the Cost of an iPhone

  I don’t know how any of this stuff works, and I don’t want to pay for it. Yet, I am on the brink of buying an iPhone. Posted Sep 05 2008, 10:27 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, iPod, iPhone, Digital Audio Players

• Nokia Lowers Forecast for Market Share

  The world’s biggest cellphone maker said that its third-quarter global market share would decline because of aggressive price cuts by its rivals. Posted Sep 05 2008, 03:13 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Company Reports, Cellular Telephones, Nokia Oyj|NOK|NYSE

• Europe Weighs Caps on Roaming Fees for Text Messages

  The price control would substantially cut the roaming fees that individuals are charged to send text messages and limits that could reduce the cost of surfing the Internet. Posted Sep 03 2008, 05:12 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Wireless Communications, European Union, Cellular Telephones, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Text Messaging