One of the biggest problems that consumers have faced with mobile phone billing in recent years is that there’s really no way of independently measuring the amount of data that’s being consumed by a mobile Web session. Consumers are at the mercy of the wireless carriers and have put their trust in these providers to …

California Gov. Jerry Brown Brown’s Facebook page The newly elected governor of California wants to cut state spending and has starting by calling for the shut-off of half of the state-issued cell phones, some 48,000 devices, by June 1. Gov. Jerry Brown, who will also be returning his own state-issued phone, said that the move will save the financially strapped …

The chairman of Clearwire’s board of directors will resign his position today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Craig McCaw, who served as chairman for two years, did not resign over any disagreements with the company or over any matters pertaining to the company’s operations or practices, according to the filing. The company, which has visions …

Research In Motion today beat Wall Street’s estimates for the third quarter, showing that the maker of the BlackBerry is far from being a has-been in the smartphone game. For the quarter ending November 27, the company reported net profit of $911.1 million, or $1.74 per share, on revenue of $5.49 billion. Wall Street had been expecting earnings of $1.64 …

Clearwire announced plans Thursday to start trial testing 4G LTE technology this fall. The move will not only allow the company to showcase the capabilities of the technology but also allow it to “examine a variety of potential future technology combinations.” The tests will be conducted through early 2011 in the Phoenix area. With this move, Clearwire is shooting to …

Research in Motion on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates but missed the analysts’ targets on revenue. The company also announced a share repurchase plan. (Statement, in PDF.) For the quarter, the company reported revenue of $4.24 billion, up 24 percent from the year-ago quarter. Net income came in at $768.9 million, or $1.38 per share, up …

Court documents have confirmed that the exclusive deal between AT&T and Apple was for five years, a timeframe that was reported–though unconfirmed–by a USA Today report three years ago. Engadget now has put the pieces together and excerpted parts of the court documents in its own post to confirm the earlier USA Today report. The revelation would normally imply that …

Research In Motion is making a play for the automotive market, announcing Friday its acquisition of QNX Software Systems from Harman International. QNX brings an open-platform operating system to the game and RIM is looking to advance it in the automotive world. In a statement, RIM President and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said: RIM is excited about the planned acquisition of …

As expected, Palm reported dismal earnings for its third quarter. Last month, the company sharply cut its outlook for the third quarter and fiscal 2010 because “driving broad consumer adoption of Palm products is taking longer than we anticipated.” For the quarter, Palm reported a non-GAAP net loss of $102.8 million, or 61 cents per share, far beyond the 42 …

AT&T has taken off the boxing gloves in its fight against the Google Voice service and proposed changes to Net neutrality rules. In a letter sent to the FCC (PDF) on Wednesday, AT&T went on the attack to portray Google as a powerful company that’s trying to fool the FCC into believing that the rules shouldn’t apply to it. In …