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NTT DoCoMo is buying the remaining interest of mobile video innovator PacketVideo from NextWave Wireless in a deal worth $111.6 million. The acquisition comes as a followup to a deal last July, in which DoCoMo bought a 35 percent stake in the company for $45.5 million.
iOS 4 brings a new way to organize apps on the iPhone. Previously, the only organization available was to separate the apps on different pages and flick between them. After a few pages of apps, it became harder to find the one you were looking for.
The news coming out of Palm just gets worse and worse. Analysts are quick to point out what Palm has done wrong to find itself in this untenable position, but the way forward is anything but clear. Is it time for Palm to call it quits?
The Palm (s PALM) Pre feels at times like the Jan Brady of the mobile world — lacking the Marsha-ish confidence and…
Today’s smartphones are full mobile computers, and can handle most functions needed on a short outing. I still find myself asking if I should bring a computer on such trips, in case the phone is not enough should an unexpected work opportunity present itself.
AT&T (s t) isn’t the only operator whose network shortcomings have been exposed by data-hungry iPhone users. O2 — which until recently…
Facebook has released its first official app for the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre and Pixi, but as Engadget Mobile reports, users may be underwhelm…
Market Research group TNS has published the results of a survey that finds the Palm Pre, due to be launched in the…
As we have said before, developers are the kingmakers in the brave new world of the mobile Internet. That sentiment was made…
After months of software updates by the respective companies to disable and enable the Pre syncing with iTunes, the USB Implementers Forum…
Update 2: In a release announcing the Pixi, the latest Palm (NSDQ: PALM) device, Palm confirms that the Pre will be discounted by $50 and wi…
According to Bloomberg, former Palm (s palm) CEO Ed Colligan rejected an offer by Steve Jobs to refrain from hiring each other’s…
So, you launch a brand new product with a lot of publicity into a very crowded market. How do you promote that…
Wireless charging: the Palm Pre, electric toothbrushes and artificial hearts have it. But what would it take for the technology, which uses…
At the Nokia World 2008 conference, Nokia (s NOK) CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo waxed eloquent about the N97 handset, the company’s highest-end phone,…
As the handheld world waits on iPhone OS 3.0, Apple (s aapl) may be planning a pre-emptive strike on “unsupported third-party digital…
The Palm (s palm) Pre is here, and while it hasn’t exactly felled the Goliath of Apple’s (s aapl) iPhone, it does…
Harry McCracken at Technologizer wrote a nice piece about the virtues of hardware keyboards on smartphones. I think one reason a keyboard…
When Skype (s ebay) launched its mobile app on the iTunes App (s aapl) store in March, it quickly rose to the…
Editor’s note: With this post we welcome Charles Hamilton to the WebWorkerDaily team. Charles is the founder and co-owner of CHCS.com Web…
The much-anticipated new smartphone from Palm (s palm), the Pre, went on sale this weekend. As you might expect, Keven C. Tofel…
Palm’s (s palm) been working hard to mastermind the Pre launch this Saturday, but I think they’re getting it all wrong. Now…
A big story recently is how the Palm (s palm) Pre syncs seamlessly with iTunes. It does so by making itself appear…
With the excitement and chatter around the soon-to-be-released Palm (s palm) Pre reaching a fever pitch, the company’s stock ended Friday’s session…
The buzz around the much-awaited Palm Pre has started. The make-or-break device that will define the destiny of the iconic handheld maker will hit the market later this week. Here is my super-quick hand-on review.
Well, this is a fine how do you do. Today Palm (s palm) just kicked Sprint (s s) in the groin while…
One of the nicest things about having an iPod or iPhone is the easy syncing with iTunes, especially for Mac (s aapl)…
In his “Palm Fights Back” article on CNN Money yesterday, Adam Lashinksy speaks glowingly of Palm (s palm) and its imminent return…
Sprint (s S) will start selling the much-awaited Palm Pre on June 6, the embattled carrier said today. The phone, which onlookers…
AdAge recently noted that if Palm (s PALM) wasn’t careful, its new Pre handset ran the danger of bumping up against the…
In case you want a preview of the mud-slinging that’s about to begin between AT&T (s att) and Sprint (s s) over…
The Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre may have managed to muster considerable buzz before its impending launch–the exact date which has yet to be anno…
In a story outlining the challenges faced by Palm’s Pre (s PALM), The New York Times reports: “David Owens, a Sprint (s…
There’s a story going around that some of what Apple (s aapl) may announce today for the iPhone 3.0 OS will be…
Sprint (NYSE: S) and Palm (NSDQ: PALM) co-hosted an exclusive web event today on the upcoming launch of the Palm Pre, the new device being s…
O2, the UK’s exclusive carrier of the iPhone, has also sealed the deal to distribute the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre, according to local press rep…
Palm’s board member and major investor Roger McNamee garnered a ton of attention last week after predicting the day that the Palm (NSDQ: PAL…
Confidence is good, but it can be taken too far… Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners (which has paid $425 million for a 39 percent stake…
Palm (NSDQ: PALM) reported preliminary results today for its third quarter of fiscal year 2009, which ended Feb. 27, saying that revenues ar…
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel CEO Dan Hesse spoke to SFGate, mostly about customer service and churn, but the last question was about how importan…
