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TECHNOLOGY Wed Feb 25, 2009 @ 12:00pm neoform

rss.cnn.com -- (Fortune) -- While traveling in China, Genevieve Bell figured she'd have no trouble getting a cell phone. With cash, a passport and official documents from her employer, she went to a local shop where phone packages lined the walls, and asked for one. I.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Sep 23, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

rss.cnn.com -- Google plays defenseMore VideosRideshare software on your iPhoneMore VideosNEW YORK (AP) -- Google Inc.'s announcement last year that it would give away software that could run cell phones was met by dizzy accolades from analysts who thought it would let.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Fri Jun 27, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

money.cnn.com -- Smart phones beyond BlackBerryMore VideosNEW YORK (AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S. market. Virgin Mobile said Friday it.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Mar 11, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- DALLAS (AP) -- Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips used in about half the world's cell phones, lowered its range of expected profits and sales in the first quarter, citing a key customer's decision to cut orders. Company officials on Monday declin.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

money.cnn.com -- VideoMore video WSJ: Motorola and Nortel in talks over $10B joint venture of network equipment units. Play video SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The company that makes the ubiquitous, addictive BlackBerry smart phones said Tuesday it was still looking into wha.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Wed Jan 23, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

money.cnn.com -- SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday posted an 18 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit on strong demand for cell phones that surf the Internet and download music and video. The world's second-largest maker of chips for cell phones.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Wed Jan 23, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

money.cnn.com -- VideoMore video CNN's Veronica De La Cruz reports on how an angry phone message is making its rounds on the Internet. Play video NEW YORK (AP) -- Glu Mobile Inc., a leading U.S. publisher of games for cell phones, offered to buy British rival Superscape.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Qualcomm said Wednesday that a federal judge's order to stop selling chips for cell phones that infringe on rival Broadcom's patents will have an immediate impact on its business. U.S. District Judge James Selna of Santa Ana ruled Monda.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Dec 18, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- VideoMore video CNN's Veronica De La Cruz looks at some of the year's best bets in cell phones. Play video WASHINGTON (AP) -- With Americans cutting the cord to their land lines, 2007 is likely to be the first calendar year in which U.S. households spen.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Fri Dec 14, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- Photos Field Test: Musical cellphones You don't have to spring for an iPhone to stuff a stocking with a cellphone that can carry a tune. Stores are filled with affordable mobile phones that have access to a growing library of digital music. View photos.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Dec 11, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- VideoMore video Fortune's David Kirkpatrick talks about what makes Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, the most powerful person in business. Play video DALLAS (AP) -- Texas Instruments, which makes the chips used in about half the world's cell phones, narrowed its f.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Nov 27, 2007 @ 3:01pm neoform

money.cnn.com -- NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Verizon Wireless will break with the rest of the cell phone industry and become the first mobile operator in the U.S. to let customers use any phone on its network, the company announced Tuesday. The No. 2 U.S. wireless operato.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 12:00pm neoform

money.cnn.com -- SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) -- Nokia's $8.1 billion acquisition of digital maps provider Navteq marks a sea change in the mobile industry as software and services become as important as the phones themselves. The Navteq acquisition was announced just two mon.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- (Fortune Magazine) -- You've probably been hearing a lot about unlocked mobile phones lately, especially in the context of the new Apple cell phone and AT&T, the device's sole service provider. Most iPhone owners seem to love the sleek device, but are les.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

money.cnn.com -- SAN JOSE (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard has unveiled two new cell phones, pushing deeper into the lucrative mobile phone market and broadening the array of equipment it can sell to large companies. The phones were launched Wednesday during a celebrity-studded g.. Read More