The holidays are upon us, and new devices from Research In Motion, Sony, and other manufacturers offer users a host of new multimedia capabilities. RIMs BlackBerry line seems to be incorporating more consumer-style features such as dedicated music buttons with every passing generation, and Sony is embracing ...

Initial testing period, which runs through January, limited to Air Canada's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los Angeles routes. - Aircell's Gogo inflight Wi-Fi service -- which recently celebrated its one millionth customers -- has begun test trials on the Air Canada's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los ...

Palm Pixi has received a 75 percent price chop at some retailers, just days after its debut. Whats good news for shoppers, however, may prove an image fiasco for Palm and its Pixi smartphone. - Amazon.com and Wal-Mart have reduced the selling price of the Palm Pixi to $24.99, with a two-year service ...

The 802.11n standard's performance and compatibility with older gear make it a no-brainer upgrade. - The world of wireless communications changed, quietly, about two years ago. That was when the WiFi Alliance announced that it was issuing a draft of the 802.11n wireless standard that device makers could ...

AT Ts request that Verizon pull its five “Theres a Map for That” ads has been denied, though attorneys will have another shot to argue their case. In the meantime, AT T has aired a new ad of its own, starring not misfit toys but actor Luke Wilson. - A federal judge in Atlanta has denied AT amp;Ts request ...

BroadPoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie said a Google smartphone made by one vendor would be preferable to devices that pair hardware from Motorola, HTC and others with software and services from Google. The analyst said a Google phone would be a fine growth opportunity for the search engine as it ...

The Nokia N900 is now in stores, Nokia announced Nov. 18. Nokia is positioning the device which features a 3.5-inch touch screen, a 600MHz processor and the open-source Maemo 5 OS as a “mobile computer.” - Nokia announced on Nov. 18 that its Nokia N900 called a smartphone by some, a tablet by others ...

The GSMA, with The Climate Group, released a Green Manifesto, suggesting industry-wide changes to help lower greenhouse gas emissions. Contributing to its launch, at the Mobile Asia Congress event, were executives from China Mobile and Huawei. - From the Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong, the GSM Association ...

The Droid Eris, built by HTC and running on Verizons communications network, has been specifically designed to challenge iPhone in the smartphone arena. A lighter version of the Motorola Droid, the Droid Eris runs the Google Android operating system and features a 3.2-inch touch screen, virtual keyboard, ...

AT T introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8520, while T-Mobile launched the BlackBerry Bold 9700. Nearly identical at a glance, the smartphones differ in price, as well as features such as GPS, WiFi calling and camera resolution. - AT amp;T and T-Mobile have both announced new BlackBerry smartphones, which ...