CNET News - Wireless

Initial Motorola Droid sales look good

Marguerite Reardon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:51:00 PST

Analysts believe that sales of the new Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless' network have been strong and steady through the first weekend the device was on sale.

Originally posted at Signal Strength

Sprint to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs

Larry Dignan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:51:33 PST

Sprint Nextel says it will cut more than 2,000 positions by December 31 in an effort to save $350 million.

Report: Clearwire gets more cash from investors

Marguerite Reardon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:56:00 PST

All of Clearwire's major investors, with the exception of Google, are pumping in more cash to the company to help it build its nationwide WiMax network.

Originally posted at Signal Strength

Nokia recalls 14 million chargers

Reuben Lee — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:08:00 PST

Mobile giant is replacing phone chargers with potentially loose covers that could expose internal components and pose an electrical shock hazard.

New Verizon ad calls iPhone 'misfit toy'

Chris Matyszczyk — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:50:00 PST

If you believed that the first "Droid Does" teaser was the last time Verizon was going to attack the iPhone, you would be mistaken. Here we go again.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

Apple said to be working on 'world mode' iPhone

Jonathan Skillings — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:00 PST

The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone," due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA (hear that, Verizon?).

Is Verizon's new early-termination fee anti-consumer?

John Paczkowski, AllThingsD — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:04:22 PST

That $350 fee doubles the current one, but Verizon insists it's justified because of the higher prices of today's phones.

Sesame Street, Droid get Google's love

Ina Fried — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:00 PST

The search king has given much of its front page love this week to honor Sesame Street's 40th anniversary, but it did save some space to tout the new Droid smartphone.

Originally posted at Beyond Binary

Slow start for the Motorola Droid?

Marguerite Reardon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:28:00 PST

From coast to coast, customers were not lining up to get their hands on the much-hyped smartphone. But Verizon says it doesn't see that as a bad thing.

Originally posted at Signal Strength

Smartphone market unfazed by recession

Lance Whitney — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:26:00 PST

A record 43.3 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter, according to a new report from IDC.