Consumers ditching land-line phones
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Traditional land-line phones, once the bedrock of communications in the USA, are quickly going the way of eight-track tapes as consumers go wireless or choose Internet-based phone calling.
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Electronics maker NEC's profit more than doubles
(AP)
 AP - NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.
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Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network
(PC World)
PC World - The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a...
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Virgin USA in Talks Over Mobile Operator Helio
(PC World)
PC World - Virgin Mobile USA is in talks with SK Telecom over a possible deal involving Helio, the U.S. mobile operator that gears itself...
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Trends & Innovations - Wednesday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Nearly 30% of U.S. households only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their landline phone, according to a gov't survey. About 16% of households only have cell phones, while 13% also have traditional phones but get all or nearly all their calls on their cells. The number of wireless-only households has grown by 2% since the first half of last year. Underscoring the rapid growth, in early '04 just 5% had only cell phones. About a third of those under age 30 only have cell phones, the survey found.
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Samsung joins forces with LG, Harris on mobile TV
(AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics is combining efforts with fellow Korean electronics maker LG Electronics to develop a new standard for mobile TV broadcasts, the companies announced Wednesday.
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SK Telecom in 'strategic' talks with Virgin Mobile
(AP)
AP - Virgin Mobile USA Inc. said Wednesday it is in preliminary talks with South Korea's SK Telecom Co. about possible "strategic options," a phrase that usually suggests a buyout or major investment.
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EarthLink Backs Out of Philly Wi-Fi Deal
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - EarthLink has notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that the broadband service provider will soon be terminating its metropolitan Wi-Fi service in the city. The company, which stopped accepting new customers to the network in early May, said it would provide its Philly customers with a 30-day grace period through June 12 to transfer to another provider.
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Steve Jobs Keynote Boosts Expectations for 3G iPhone
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple's announcement Tuesday that CEO Steve Jobs will keynote the company's Worldwide Developers Conference is fueling speculation that Apple will announce a 3G version of the iPhone. Jobs will speak on Monday, June 9, at 10 a.m. The conference runs June 9-13 in San Francisco.
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Camera memory card tags location info using Wi-Fi
(AP)
AP - NEW YORK A wireless memory card for digital cameras now comes with an added twist: Besides making it easier to store and share photos, the latest version of the Eye-Fi card also helps sort images by location.
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Embarq CFO: May drop wireless customers after 2009
(AP)
AP - Embarq Corp. will hold onto its wireless customer base for the time being, but could hand it over to another carrier next year, the company's chief financial officer said Wednesday.
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Review: Foneshow makes podcasts available by cell phone
(AP)
AP - A new service named Foneshow offers a quick and easy way to access the downloadable radio shows known as podcasts. Instead of synching your music player to a PC to get audio clips that interest you, Foneshow lets you listen to podcasts on demand from your cell phone.
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Glitch Mars Launch of Wi-Fi on High-speed Trains
(PC World)
PC World - The train was on time, but the commercial launch of Wi-Fi Internet access service on high-speed trains between Brussels and...
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Verizon Wireless, Mozilla Join LiMo Foundation
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The decision to snub Google's Android and its friends intensifies the debate over exactly which firm will have the more "open" cell phone service.
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Virgin Mobile USA in 'strategic' talks with SK Telecom
(AFP)
 AFP - Wireless telecommunications group Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., said Wednesday it was holding "strategic" talks with SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest mobile phone group.
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Nokia sells line fit automotive business to Novero
(Reuters)
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia
said on Wednesday it would sell its line fit automotive
business to Germany's Novero GmbH.
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EarthLink To Pull Philly's Muni Wi-Fi, Anaheim's Days Numbered
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The ISP plans to shut down its massive Philadelphia network deployment on June 12, but it's still negotiating its exit with So. Calif. city officials.
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Openness Convert Verizon Joins LiMo Foundation
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The competition between the Android and LiMo open-source mobile platforms heated up as Verizon Wireless joined the LiMo Foundation. On Tuesday, Verizon and the foundation announced that wireless carrier was joining as a core member, with a seat on the board of directors.
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Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones
(AP)
AP - Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network.
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O2 prompts speculation over 3G iPhone
(Reuters)
Reuters - Telefonica's O2 and Apple
will be making a joint announcement in the "coming
weeks," prompting speculation that the U.S. firm is set to
announce a new third-generation model of its iPhone.
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