Research In Motion The BlackBerry is still open for business in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi communications regulator said Tuesday that it has decided to call off the ban on BlackBerry messenger services following efforts by Research In Motion to satisify some of the country’s regulatory requirements. The decision came because of “positive developments in the …

Sam’s Club is hoping that free Wi-Fi access will be one way to lure more buyers into its stores, especially those who are shopping for Wi-Fi TVs. Sam’s Club The warehouse membership club owned by Wal-Mart announced Tuesday that it plans to upgrade its more than 500 U.S. stores with Wi-Fi by November. Provided by AT&T, the free Wi-Fi will …

“If they can’t deal with the Internet, they should shut it off.” Research In Motion That was just one of the comments that RIM co-CEO Michael Lazaridis made in an interview published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. In the interview, Lazaridis repeatedly took aim at the countries looking to ban the BlackBerry over what they are labeling national security …

Android is now the leading smartphone operating system in the U.S. in market share, according to a report released Wednesday by NPD Group. Following a slew of new smartphones released in the second quarter, the Android operating system accounted for 33 percent of all smartphones sold in the U.S. consumer market. That number pushed it ahead of Research In Motion …

This is turning out to be a rough week for BlackBerry maker RIM when it comes to international relations: the latest blow is that the European Commission has opted for the iPhone and HTC handsets over the BlackBerry to roll out to its employees. Research In Motion The search for a new smartphone began in 2008 when the Commission, the …

Most teenagers have driven while distracted even though most know such behavior is dangerous, according to a new survey released Monday. Almost 86 percent admitted to driving while texting, talking on a phone, or doing other distracting things behind the wheel, according to the results of a survey conducted by Seventeen magazine and the AAA, formally known as the American …

Shipments of Android smartphones worldwide jumped 886 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, according to a report released Monday. Growth in the United States was particularly robust, market researcher Canalys said in the report. The entire U.S. smartphone market grew 41 percent in the second quarter year over year, making it the largest smartphone market in the …

The mobile phone industry saw its shipments reach 308 million in the second quarter, with Nokia and Samsung still holding the largest chunk of the highly competitive market, according to a report released Thursday by Strategy Analytics. The 308 million units shipped across the globe represented a 13 percent gain from the 273 million shipped in the same quarter one …

Sprint Nextel’s hot new phones are helping boost the number of subscribers for the first time in a long time. Even so, the company’s second-quarter results were down. For the quarter ended June 30, the wireless carrier reported a net loss of $760 million, compared with a loss of $384 million in the year-ago quarter. Sales dipped to $8.025 billion, …

The Desire is one of four phones to be sold in China under the HTC name. HTC HTC announced Tuesday that it’s launching its own name brand of smartphones in China, with four phones set to take the stage this year. Although the mobile phone maker already holds a presence in the Chinese market, its phones there have previously been …