Google has been giving companies in its business listings ways to offer digital coupons to visitors since 2007. It wasn’t until this week, though, that Google could bring the same coupons to mobile users. It works like this: Businesses add a coupon to their listing in Google’s Local Business Center. When you search a Google …

Nokia announced Tuesday that it will lay off about 220 employees from its R&D division in Japan, a bit more than 1 percent of the company’s worldwide R&D workforce. The layoffs are part of the company’s efforts to align its global research & development operations with new products. Nokia Siemens Networks, the network equipment maker owned by Nokia and Siemens, …

We don’t need to tell you that Terminator Salvation didn’t exactly get glowing reviews when it hit cinemas. It was a film very much beset with problems both during production — Christian Bale’s now infamous rant being the obvious example — and since, with the whole franchise locked up in a massive legal dispute. By far the biggest disappointment though, …

Telstra tightens its grip on the smartphone market and is the first to market with the highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold update. As of today customers will be able to purchase the BlackBerry Bold 9700, nicknamed Onyx by manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM), through Telstra shops for the outright price of AU$999, or for $0 upfront on an AU$85 per month …

This Friday, commonly referred to as Black Friday, marks the beginning of the 2009 holiday shopping season in the U.S. Some people love braving the crowds for holiday deals. But if you don’t and you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, any of the free apps below will help you shop from wherever you happen to be. Amazon Mobile Shopping …

Budget mobile brand Boost is helping to train teens into captains of industry by putting BlackBerrys in their hot little hands. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 dropping apps all over the place (Credit: Boost Mobile) Starting December, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 will be available on prepaid plans through Boost with an upfront cost of AU$299. This price includes the handset and …

Just as the holiday shopping season is reaching its peak, Kyocera on Friday dished out three new cell phones that offer midrange features in varying designs. The Kyocera Torino S2300 is a squat candy bar phone with a touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. The feature set offers 3G, Bluetooth 2.0, a 2 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, …

On Monday, Verizon Wireless announced that it will offer the Samsung Omnia II starting December 2 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. First introduced in early June, the Omnia II will take over for its predecessor, the Samsung Omnia, and brings a number of enhancements and new features, such as a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED …

AT&T launched a prepaid wireless broadband service on Monday, following the lead of competitor Verizon Wireless. Pricing for the new AT&T DataConnect Pass plans are the same as what Verizon Wireless is charging. Customers can pay $15 for a daily pass with a data usage cap of 75 megabytes. A weekly plan costs $30 and allows for 250MB of data …

Motorola i410 Motorola Motorola added a new handset to its iDEN workhouse line today when it introduced the i410. Destined for Boost Mobile, the i410 has a rugged flip phone design in black and silver. The small external display sits in the middle of the etched front panel, while inside you’ll find a color display and the standard navigation array …

Good news Nokia users: Spotify has finally launched its service on Symbian-powered phones, which includes most modern Nokia devices, plus some Sony Ericsson and Samsung phones. Like the iPhone and Android versions that launched earlier this year, the app lets Spotify Premium subscribers stream as much ad-free music as they like. Plus you can sync playlists for offline playback when …

Last Sunday, Palm and Sprint released their second WebOS device together, the Palm Pixi, for $99.99 with a two-year contract. In the grand scheme of things, $100 for a smartphone is a pretty darn good deal, but when you consider the fact that there are other products out there with more power and more features (for example, Wi-Fi) for the …

Carphone Warehouse has kicked the Sony Ericsson Satio out of its shops, after too many customers reported software problems with the smart phone, Reuters reports. You can still find the Satio on Carphone’s Web site, but no tariffs are available to buy. The Warehouse said, in a statement, that the Satio had “issues” which may “result in a customer experience …

DoggCatcher Screenshot by Scott Webtser/CNET Sprint rolled out an over-the-air update to its HTC Hero earlier this week to address a couple of bugs and add a few small features. But since the release, some users are reporting that copyright-protected apps have disappeared from their phones. Did this “fix” accidentally break something entirely different? Those who have lost the copyright-protected …

Google One of the highlights of Android 2.0 has been the Google Maps Navigation app that delivers voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation on your phone for free. Until now, only Motorola Droid owners could take advantage of this sweet perk, but times they are a-changing. On Monday, Google announced that its navigation app is now available for devices running Android 1.6 and …