"Mobile/Wireless" news, interviews, and features

News about Mobile/Wireless

• Round smartwatches arrive, but users still waiting for Apple to join fray

  LG to unveil round-faced smartwatch at IFA, similar to shape of Moto 360; Apple expect to launch its debut device by year's end

• First Firefox OS smartphone goes on sale in India for $33

  Mozilla faces fierce competition from all sides as it enters the low-cost market where growth is expected to be 'immense'

• Microsoft cuts prices of Surface 2 in possible sign of new models this fall

  Microsoft cuts prices of Surface 2 in possible sign of new models this fall

• FDA approves tech that turns smartphone into stroke warning system

  Mobile health app can perform a real-time electrocardiogram

• Sprint drops second shoe: $60 unlimited voice, text, data plan

  New plan atop Family Share Pack aims to beat backs competitors with designs on new Sprint subscribers

• Uber builds on being 'best' by linking its ride requests to other mobile apps

  United Airlines, Starbucks, Hyatt among early partners

Features about Mobile/Wireless

• Sprint's cut in data prices won't help its network woes

  'Sprint is hobbled by its network,' one analyst says

• Apple-IBM deal threatens Android's enterprise push

  And BlackBerry may get caught in the cross-fire

• Sprint-T-Mobile merger questions: Will regulators OK it? And, Legere as CEO?

  Merger would create a larger No. 3 carrier, but number of nationwide carriers would fall from four to three

• LG's new G3 smartphone: Simpler is better

  User simplicity runs from camera updates to new user interface

• Microsoft's money pit: Surface has lost $1.2bn

  CEO Nadella will unveil new tablets on Tuesday, but can he stop the bleeding?

• BlackBerry is laser-focused on the enterprise with BES10

  Touts lower costs and 800,000 licenses given away since March