iPhone 3G to be available July 11th
Verizon purchases Alltel
HTC announces Touch Pro
Sprint posts a loss in first quarter of 2008
RIM Announces BlackBerry Bold
Touch Diamond from HTC poised to compete with iPhone
T-Mobile launches 3G network
Apple sold 1.7 million iPhones last quarter
Apple announces SDK and Exchange support for iPhone
Qualcomm's patent claims ruled invalid
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June 9, 2008 - Apple today announced that the new iteration of their iPhone will be available worldwide on July 11th. The new version of the iPhone is little changed except for the addition of high speed data via 3G (third generation) cellular networks and GPS. The new iPhone will also see a price drop with the 8GB version available for $199 and the 16GB version available for $299. Apple also touched on the expected 
June 5, 2008 - Verizon Wireless today announced that they will be buying Alltel for $5.9 billion. The deal includes Verizon picking up $22.2 billion of Alltel's debt, for a total cost of $28.1 billion. Alltel currently serves 13 million customers. Combined with Verizon's customer base the transaction will create the largest carrier the United States, moving Verizon past the current leader AT&T.
June 4, 2008 - HTC today announced the Touch Pro Windows Mobile smart phone. Running their latest version of the TouchFlo interface the Touch Pro is very similar to the previously announced HTC Touch Diamond with the addition of a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The Touch Pro also sports support for WCDMA data up to 7.2 Mbps, GPS, Wi-Fi and a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera. The Touch Pro will be available overseas later this summer and in the U.S. later in 2008.
May 12, 2008 - Sprint today announced that they posted a loss of $253 million for the first quarter of 2008. Revenues were down 9% compared to the same quarter last year at $8 billion. Sprint blamed the losses on a lower average revenue per customer. Sprint also stated that they lost 800,000 customers compared to the same quarter last year.
RIM today announced the BlackBerry Bold, the latest in their line of email focused smart phones. The BlackBerry Bold is RIM's first device to support AT&T's 3G network as well as international 3G networks, making it a global high speed device. The Bold's other major upgrades include a 480 x 320 pixel display, an upgraded web browser and improved multimedia functionality. The device also features a two megapixel camera, 1GB of built-in storage with support for Micro SDHC cards, a full QWERTY keyboard and GPS. AT&T has announced that they will be the exclusive U.S. carrier for the BlackBerry Bold when it is launched later this year.
HTC today announced their latest touch screen device at an event in London. The Touch Diamond is the successor to HTC's popular HTC Touch (
T-Mobile today announced that their long awaited 3G network was launched in New York City today. T-Mobile was the last major U.S. carrier to launch a 3G network, which uses the same UMTS/HSPA technology that is used by AT&T and other GSM carriers world-wide. Third generation networks such as this allow carriers to provide much higher data speeds, with current UMTS/HSPA networks able to achieve speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. It is not clear at this time what speeds T-Mobile's network will achieve. T-Mobile has indicated that they expect to roll out their new network across metropolitan areas throughout the country for the rest of the year.
March 3, 2008 -- Today, another major ruling has been made in the ongoing Qualcomm/Nokia patent lawsuit. A United Kingdom High Court judge has ruled that none of Qualcomm's GSM patent claims are valid. This means Nokia will not have to pay Qualcomm for their use.