The U.S. International Trade Commission is officially stepping in to investigate Apple’s claim of patent infringement against Motorola. The ITC announced yesterday that its probe will examine a complaint that Apple filed with it on October 29 against Motorola. The charges are detailed in two lawsuits by Apple against Motorola in which Apple alleges that …

Cable carrier Cox Communications is branching out with a new wireless service. The company today launched its Cox Wireless mobile phone and high-speed Internet service with the enticement of what it’s calling the “Unbelievably Fair” MoneyBack Minutes program. Mobile subscribers who use the service can get up to $20 per month back on any unused minutes. Banking on consumer dissatisfaction …

The Ovi Store is now seeing 3 million downloads each day. Nokia Nokia’s Ovi Store has officially hit 3 million downloads per day. The Finnish mobile phone maker attributed the new milestone to higher global demand for its apps and new smartphones sporting the more user-friendly Symbian 3 operating system. In late September, Nokia began shipping its N8 smartphone, its …

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile are creating a mobile payment network designed to help consumers more easily pay for items at stores using their cell phones, the trio announced today. BusinessWire The three mobile companies are building the network, known as Isis, with the initial goal of setting up a mobile payment system in which people can use cell …

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices has joined the MeeGo open-source Linux project where it will contribute its expertise to drive the adoption of MeeGo in tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices. Unveiled earlier this year, MeeGo is an open-source operating system created through a merger of Intel’s Moblin OS and Nokia’s Maemo software. The MeeGo OS is designed to run on …

Android captured the second-highest global market share of all smartphone operating systems in the third quarter, according to data released today by Gartner. Driven by its year-long surge, Google’s mobile OS took home a 25.5 percent share of the global market, jumping from just 3.5 percent a year ago. Though still on top, Nokia’s Symbian continued to lose ground with …

Dell will hand out its Venue Pro to its employees who currently carry BlackBerrys. Bonnie Cha/CNET Dell is looking to market its own smartphone as an alternative to the BlackBerry and is starting the push with its own employees. The PC maker will give its BlackBerry-carrying employees new Venue Pro smartphones in return for their existing phones. The transition is …

Mobile-app developers still cite the iPhone as their platform of choice, but Android is increasingly winning their hearts and minds, according to the results of a survey released today by Millennial Media. Among the several hundred developers and publishers polled for Millennial Media’s “State of the Apps Industry Snapshot,” 30 percent said they’re currently creating apps for the iPhone, the …

Nielsen Research In Motion and Apple are duking it out for the top spot in the U.S. smartphone market, according to the “Global Smartphone Report” released yesterday by Nielsen. Among the 13,243 smartphone owners polled by Nielsen, Apple’s share has grown steadily over the past year, with the iPhone grabbing 28 percent of them all in the third quarter. On …

India has canceled a ban of BlackBerry services that was scheduled to occur at the end of October. A press release from India’s Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday confirmed the news, saying that discussions with RIM had led to an interim agreement under which BlackBerry Messenger services could continue. This agreement provides the Indian government with access to the …