Carriers, handset makers vie for interface control
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A Macromedia executive says wireless carriers are demanding specific menus, buttons and functions. Could Flash be the answer?
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At the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the big themes were touchscreens (nearly every phone manufacturer had one), software and attempts to create a more unified user experience.
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It will be years before the  much-hyped blending of services that run seamlessly over both  fixed and cell phone networks will allow consumers to  communicate freely on any device, industry executives say.
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Handsets better for cooking than talking
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Forget Windows Mobile 6 -- these open-source handsets might succeed while Linux-on-the-desktop flounders. In Gadget Lab.
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BetaNews begins its countdown to next week's Consumer Electronics Show: From dual-mode handsets to a new technology dubbed Femtocell, hardware vendors and service providers are doing their best to meet a strong desire among consumers for seamless device connectivity across the growing tangle of networks.
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United States cellphone operators are flirting with selling handsets that feature their names exclusively.
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Optical sensors and touch screens are  the leading technologies that cell phone makers are likely to  use as improvements to the tiny keypads on many of today&#39;s  handsets.
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At Computerworld's Mobile & Wireless World conference, IT managers from Marriott said theyre evaluating the possible use of dual-mode phones supporting both Wi-Fi and cellular services.
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The handset giant has announced an operator-brandable end-to-end content distribution system in an effort to satisfy the needs of developers, carriers and end users.
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An adapter made by Siemens allows phones to make calls using the Internet or the traditional phone network.
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Two carriers plan hosted, IP-based services that provide automatic call distribution, interactive voice response, call control, monitoring and customer-history databases.
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A group of mobile phone operators and handset vendors is developing a 3G (third-generation) mobile phone platform that combines many standard hardware and software components in an effort to reduce phone development time and costs.
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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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InfoWorld - Telephones with touchscreen displays that occupy most of their front face are starting to looking like the next big thing in the cellphone market.
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NEW YORK - Ever get frustrated because you can't figure out how to use all the features on your cellphone? You're not alone. Manufacturers have become so enamored of cool features - including cameras, recording devices and video-streaming capabilities - that they have lost sight of the fact that many consumers just want good voice reception, according to a survey by the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME).
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Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn&#039;t like using them to surf the Internet, rarely took pictures with them and couldn&#039;t stand scrolling through seemingly endless menus to get the functions to work.