If you're feeling a tinge of deja vu all over again, it's because this has all happened before. HTC, long known to be developing a handset running the Android open-source OS, has finally come out in the open and announced that their Android handset will be called the "Dream." Back in the early days of the [...]

Sprint's only hope to retain, or at least partially regain, their formerly successful days as a Top 3 US wireless carrier is to concentrate on becoming the premier wireless broadband provider. That means Sprint will have to focus on the data side of their operations - as I mentioned a while back. So, in a move [...]

Well lookey lookey who came away with the cookie(s). The FCC has just revealed details on the winners of the recently ended 700Mhz spectrum auction, and it looks like industry heavyweights AT&T and Verizon Wireless are walking away with the biggest slices of 700Mhz-cake. As expected, Verizon Wireless managed to wrangle the highly sought-after and talked-up [...]

HTC has announced that its much-anticipated Shift UMPC will be available in the USA through Amazon.com and HTC.com on Monday, March 24th. The U.S. Shift runs Windows Vista and features SnapVUE technology, which provides quick, Windows Mobile like access to contacts, email, and appointments. Read the full story here.

On a flight between Dubai and Casablanca, Emirates became the first commercial airline to allow passengers to use their mobile phones in flight. The Airbus A340 had been equipped with a system designed to stop mobile handsets from interfering with the plane's electronics. Read the full story here.

Verizon Wireless recently held its developer's conference where it gave more details on its 'Any App, Any Device' initiative. Devices and applications will need to be submitted to Verizon for testing and certification before they can be used on Verizon's network. Read the full story here.

Here's something for our readers from India. Local mobile game developer 7Seas Technologies signed up Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra for an ambitious title called Neetu - The Alien Killer. The storyline goes something like this. Following the sever climate change that killed half of the world's population, evil aliens took control over the good ol' Earth [...]

Sony Ericsson Z555 has been spotted passing the FCC hurdle. The stylish device is now legally ready to be sold on U.S. soil. But that doesn't mean you'll be able to get it through one of the carriers — or at least we're not sure that will be the case. On it's website, the Swedish-Japanese [...]

CNetX's Face Contacts is a cool-looking contact management utility for Windows Mobile, which integrates directly into the device's Today screen, giving you quick access to all the people you know. You may be scared of an idea to have all those faces wasting precious space of the home screen. Fear not about it - the [...]

As soon as Google announced its upcoming smartphone operating system Android, HTC, which already builds many Windows Mobile smartphones, announced that it would create an Android handset. The HTC Dream is now rumored to be that handset. Read the full story here.

The future is upon us, as is evidenced by the Polymer Vision Readius's folding 5-inch e-Ink display. The Readius packs in Amazon Kindle functionality into a lightweight and small folding package that can download content on the fly with its built-in cellular radio. We've covered this futuristic device before, and now Brighthand has managed to [...]

Delays are the name of the game when it comes to the wireless industry. Unfortunately, Palm is in no position to delay yet another smartphone. Even with the fantastic sales of the Palm Centro, Palm CEO Ed Colligan announced today that Palm's latest financial net loss amounts  to $31.5 million.  But, the worst news will [...]

Update: Sprint's version of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 will reportedly rock a full 80MB of onboard storage, lightening the load on the microSD card slightly. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Sprint should also change things up a bit with the introduction of black keys. And, it looks like Telus is set to get the BlackBerry Curve [...]

The Celio REDFLY is billed as the Mobile Companion to your Windows Mobile device, but the death of the Palm Foleo, the REDFLY's role as a true mobile computing client is questionable. Nevertheless, Mobility Today has had a chance to review the Celio REDFLY and came away impressed. With no need to do any local processing [...]

Sprint is really looking to expand its data-side services, and it makes sense, given their struggles in the traditional voice-call market. Sprint is apparently going to pickup the CDMA/EVDO version of the HTC Shift. We knew that the HTC Shift was a-comin' in GSMCDMA flavors (thanks, FCC) , and it seems that Sprint will have [...]

What, you're using 3G? That was, like, soo last year (at least for Americans). The truly hip folks at RIM have decided to get with the times and have announced that they are testing a new BlackBerry with 3.5G data capabilities. The Financial Times is reporting that Research In Motion President Mike Lazaridis has confirmed [...]

We'd hold out breath for Motorola to bring the Motorola Q10 and MOTOMING A1600 to CTIA in a week, but then we'd risk asphyxiation. Motorola isn't exactly the go-to company for reliable and timely device launches, but if DigiTimes is on point with their latest info, we could indeed see Moto packing a serious punch [...]

Color us surprised, but AT&T is apparently set to charge $249.99 for a Motorola Z9 - on 2-year contract, of course. We say the asking price is a bit much, but AT&T seems to feel that the pricing is right on point. The media-oriented slider from Motorola should be making an appearance at CTIA, which also [...]

Huawei has upgraded its USB pebble HSDPA modem to include a digital TV tuner. As many of you may already know Huawei is active in a number of areas within Mobile - both as an equipment manufacturer, but also as a channel for other vendors. The Pebble, (otherwise known as the E510) inlcudes HSDPA up to [...]

The Hindu is reporting that Indian engineers in Bangalore have contributed "core technology" behind Monsoon Multimedia's latest place/time-shifting product, called 'Hava'. 'Hava Titanium HD', to give the product it's full name, apparently erases the difference between a PC and TV set, and allows the user(s) to view HD content on TV, laptop, and even Mobile Phone [...]