Makers Ready Fancy Handsets      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Cell phone makers used this month's 3GSM industry gathering in Barcelona to recharge the market for handsets with advanced applications such as mobile television, music downloading and location services.
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Today's hottest cell phones feature full keyboards.
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Major U.S. carriers have long suffered from a blindness about what people want in handsets, but one thing they should know is that two companies that announced "customized phones" this week are on to something.
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Investor's Business Daily - With the cell phone market shifting from voice-focused handsets to multi-featured smart phones, Nokia has reorganized its business units to target multimedia and other data services.
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Investor's Business Daily - Until recently, hearing aid wearers had to manually switch modes on their devices when they used a cell phone.
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Company expected to reveal plans for mobile phones, announce a new consortium of some 30 heavy hitters in the wireless industry, sources tell CNET News.com.
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Investor's Business Daily - Philips Electronics  , Samsung and Sony   are among the big companies at this week's Consumer Electronics Show showing off products like HDTVs and mobile phones that emphasize style and elegance as differentiators.
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Mobile-device makers are coming under scrutiny as traders brace for earnings reports next week.
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Investor's Business Daily - The maker of routers and other networking gear is betting that more small businesses and even homeowners want higher-end storage systems once reserved for larger corporations.
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(InfoWorld) - As IT investors brace for a wave of financial reports next week, mobile device makers are attracting attention as Asia becomes an increasingly important battleground for handset sales. For example, Motorola preannounced part of its quarterly report, due July 19, on Wednesday, saying thatÂ second quarter sales would be $8.6 billion to $8.7 billion, instead of $9.4 billion as previously forecast. The company expects a drop in handset sales in Asia, where vendors are vying to get the lion's share of the market in growing national economies, as North American and Europe become saturated with mobile phones. Despite the revised forecast, Motorola enjoyed a spike in the price of its shares caused by rumors that CEO Ed Zander might resign. Motorola shares jumped Wednesday by $0.33 Wednesday to close at $17.95, and rose again Thursday to close at $18.08. Zander attracted criticism from heavyweight investor Carl Icahn earlier this year and now has come under attack from well-known activist shareholder Eric Jackson. Zander's departure would indicate that a serious restructuring was under way at the company, which has been outflanked on several fronts in the handsets wars by rivals like Apple. Meanwhile, investors saw Motorola's quarterly weakness as Nokia's gain. Brokerage Oppenheimer & Co. reiterated a "buy" rating on Nokia after Motorola's announcement. Nokia shares rose $1.08 Thursday to close at $29.95. The mobile phone market has come under increasing scrutiny lately in the wake of the June 29 launch of Apple's iPhone in the U.S. Apple is now reported to be in talks with carriers to launch the device in Europe, Finland-based Nokia's home market. A report from a JP Morgan Chase analyst Tuesday thatÂ Apple will also launch a cheaper version of the iPhoneÂ in the fourth quarter drove up Apple shares. JP Morgan analyst Kevin Chang said the new model could sell for less than $300, basing his report on Apple patent filings and component supplier sources. A cheaper iPhone would put it within reach of younger customers. Apple shares rose by $1.68 Thursday to close at $134.07. Technology companies for the most part are riding high on general confidence in corporate earnings. The technology-heavy Nasdaq has hit several six-and-a-half year highs over the last 10 days. General economic conditions have helped. For example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record Thursday on positive news from retail sales data and continued mergers and acquisitions announcements. But IT vendors themselves are coming off a string of quarters that have generally been good for earnings overall. The torrid pace of M&A in IT also continues unabated: Just this week, for example, Google beefed up security offerings with itsÂ planned $625 million buy of Postini. Next week will provide key information for forecasts for the rest of the year as a string of IT bellwether reports quarterly sales and guidance for the rest of the year. Among those due to report: IBM, Google, Yahoo, Motorola, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, and SAP.
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Security and enterprise, offerings are taking new priority for the handset maker.
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Investor's Business Daily - It turns out the rumors were false. Vodafone  , the planet&#39;s largest wireless-network firm, denied that it wanted to buy Verizon Communications   for $160 billion.
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Investor's Business Daily - Femtocells sounds like the next big thing in biology, but it actually could shake up wireless phone services.
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Plus: Alltel profit, revenue rise...SanDisk earnings top estimates...SAP revenues solid, outlook moderate...Phone sales boost Nokia profits past forecasts.
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Investor's Business Daily - Nokia, Pioneer and Garmin International sell different types of consumer products -- cell phones, high-definition TVs and personal navigation devices.
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Handset manufacturers unite to develop TV-enabled mobile phones, but donât expect to tune in on your cell phone anytime soon. In an attempt to make cell phones smarter and more expensive, the top five mobile
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This month's pick of Asia's coolest new toys is heavy on handsets.