Judy Mottl

Long term evolution technology (LTE) took a small but important step forward this week as Motorola completed the first over-the-air data testing sessions in 700 MHz spectrum, an achievement that Motorola said keeps the 4G technology on schedule to arrive in the second half of 2009. “This testing milestone is proof,” Tom Gruba, senior director, […]

Software applications can be handy — new GPS functionality is helping people find their way everywhere, saving on gas and making travel easier than ever. Now one BlackBerry application is promising to solve the age-old crisis of finding a decent restroom, at least in NYC at this point. A New York city couple, fed up […]

Motorola indicated during its earnings report last week it was continuing to trim staff and this week it confirmed it is laying off 3,000 employees, a “little over two thirds” coming from the handset division. But a Motorola employee, not working in the handset division, has shared with InternetNews.com that employees believe the number will […]

T-Mobile is quietly deploying an over-the-air software patch provided by Google that fixes a Web browsing flaw in the Android G1 smartphone. But the Android software development kit (SDK) still houses the vulnerability. The G1 vulnerability, reported to Google on October 20 by a security researcher, lets hackers control and redirect a G1 user’s Web […]

IBM is pushing out three new products that promise greater control and stronger management of unstructured data and provide faster data search and retrieval processes. The Content Collection and Archiving software packages collect, classify and archive data whether it’s file systems, instant messaging or email. The goal? Shoring up e-discovery efforts and gaining efficiency around […]

Research in Motion (RIM) and AT&T have high hopes for brisk sales of the BlackBerry Bold when it debuts on Tuesday. Rim’s newest handset, which arrives Election Day with a $299 pricetag for AT&T data services subscribers, costs just about $170 to make, according to a detailed report from iSuppli, a research and advisory firm […]

Verizon Wireless will comply with a sweeping Department of Justice (DoJ) requirement that orders it out of 100 mobile markets across 22 states, in a move to see through its $28 billion acquisition of Alltel. The order, which came late Thursday, seeks to keep wireless rates down and sustain consumer service options, according to DoJ […]

The numbers are in and it’s a mixed picture on mobile phone makers and the economy. The economic downturn sweeping global markets walloped most but not all of the mobile device industry during the third quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC. IDC’s Ryan Reith wrote that handset vendors felt the pressures of […]

Apple’s iPhone isn’t just for the deep-pocketed crowd. A new study reports that the popular smartphone’s buyers are increasingly skewing toward lower incomes — and helping Apple grow its user base despite the current dismal economic conditions. While 43 percent of iPhone 3G users earn over $100,000, iPhone adoption increased 48 percent this summer among […]

Motorola is postponing the spin-off of its mobile division initially planned for third quarter of 2009 after reporting less than encouraging financials today. The struggling handset maker said it would refocuse mobile device development on two platforms, Android and Windows Mobile, and cut costs. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is also consolidating mobile device chipsets to two […]

It’s not a bad time to be a mobile software developer, even in this economy. Rare is the mobile device maker that is not advertising for application development talent. Recent want ads by Research in Motion, Nokia and even Motorola, are just three examples. Demand for Apple’s iPhone developers, for example, is up 500 percent […]

Embattled No. 3 mobile phone maker Motorola is expected to announce layoffs and a restructuring of its mobile platform strategy during its third-quarter earnings report tomorrow. According to today’s Wall Street Journal the Schaumberg, Illinois-based company is dumping three of its mobile operating systems to focus on Windows Mobile, Android and P2K OS, its proprietary […]