If it seems like the mobile world has been talking nonstop about the potential for mobile payments all year, it’s because we have been. There are simply too many corners of the technology and financial worlds that want to see it happen, and even if consumers and retailers are skeptical,…

Bob Galvin, who oversaw Motorola’s invention of the cell phone and helped change the way the world communicates, has died at the age of 89. Galvin led Motorola (NYSE: MMI) as CEO and later chairman as the company developed the first cell phones in the 1970s and 80s, ushering in…

During a morning that featured far less acrimony than the last time they got together in March, the CEOs of three of the leading wireless companies in the U.S. took the CTIA stage to say very little of substance regarding the pivotal events that will define the next year of…

The wireless industry’s fall gathering—CTIA Enterprise and Apps—will open Monday with an industry in mourning over the death of a man who didn’t quite care for such events but who had a profound impact on every major company planning to attend. Still, life must go on, and after a surprise…

People that have been gearing up for the launch of Google’s newest Android iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Samsung’s latest signature device for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), the Nexus Prime, may have to wait a little bit longer. The companies, which had been expected to launch the device and new OS…

»  T-Mobile announced its expansion of 4G products, including the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) G2x smartphone. It’s also rolling out the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, Sidekick 4G and its second 4G tablet, the Google/LG (SEO: 066570) G-Slate. The carrier is also doubling the speed of its 4G network to a theoretical…

The wireless industry is gathering in Orlando for CTIA 2011, a showcase of some of the latest and greatest tablets and phones as well as furtive debate over how the future of the wireless industry should evolve. Wandering the show floor at the Orange County Convention Center found lots of…

With little choice but to press ahead in what promises to be a weird year for the wireless industry, Sprint (NYSE: S) introduced two new Evo devices in hopes of keeping existing customers on board and perhaps picking up a few new ones. The Evo 3D phone and Evo View…

Just days after AT&T’s stunning announcement of its intent to purchase T-Mobile, the men who would lead the three remaining dominant U.S. wireless carriers exchanged barbs Tuesday over the planned purchase and each other’s business models. Nothing exceptionally new emerged from the discussion, but the battle lines are clearly being…

While everyone else was waiting for news that Sprint (NYSE: S) was about to merge with T-Mobile USA, AT&T (NYSE: T) had a different deal in mind. In a startling Sunday afternoon announcement, AT&T said it is acquiring the fourth-largest carrier in a deal valued at $39 billion:  Deutsche Telekom…

Now that the week-long CTIA Enterprise & Applications is far behind us and we’ve gotten over the post-conference flu, here’s our recap on everything worth remembering from the 2010 show. The high-level summary is that show delivered as advertised. Conversations were largely about apps (a subject we actively engaged in)…

Ford offered this proposition to mobile developers today at CTIA’s keynote: Come up with the next set of ideas that can link the car to the Internet through innovation in applications. Derrick Kuzak, a group VP of global product development, said: “We are looking for your ideas. Right now access…

So far, the biggest news of the relatively sleepy CTIA is Verizon’s announcement that its high-speed 4G network is coming soon to 38 markets. The process is more than three years in the making. In 2007, it paid $9 billion for then spectrum, and have since been working in close…

Sprint (NYSE: S) unveiled a new service today at CTIA called “Sprint ID,” which bundles packs of applications together around a theme, so that first-time smartphone users don’t have to search tirelessly through the Android Market. But Sprint’s real interest is not only about increasing smartphone adoption, but also about…

We’re live at CTIA at Sprint’s press conference to get briefed on the latest from the carrier. Introducing the new service is a video about consumers complaining about how difficult it is to find apps and change settings on the phone. Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse walks out on stage to…

Verizon Wireless has unveiled some of its 4G launch plans this morning at CTIA’s keynote, but not saying exactly when it will go live or how much it will cost. Instead, it teased us by focusing on where it will be available.

Norway-based Opera Software (OSL: OPERA) has come up with a plan to monetize the mobile web more easily and make browsers more attractive compared to the rapidly growing interest in applications. A key component of that plan is using AdMarvel (NYSE: DIS), the mobile ad network it purchased back in…

Less than a week before Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is set to launch Windows Phone 7, it gathered a small group of reporters together at CTIA in San Francisco to show off three music applications, revealing that while Microsoft will include its Zune music portal on the platform, it values a…

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has unveiled a barrage of smartphones on the eve of CTIA that will push the Android operating system into the low-end of the market and into the enterprise. The most significant of all devices announced today is the Droid Pro, which is clearly going after the BlackBerry…