Microsoft Corp. said it will acquire the Portuguese mobile software developer MobiComp for an undisclosed sum.MobiComp specializes in data protection and management technologies that allow the backup and restoration of data for mobile phones. The 8-year-old company boasts roughly a dozen carrier partners in...
Suddenly, it's all about consolidating handset platforms. Today, LiPS said it would jump on the LiMo. Earlier this week, Nokia Corp. said it would buy out its partners in Symbian Ltd. in order to drive innovation and consolidation of that handset platform. The drivers...
Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. announced a new promotion, MetroFlash, that will allow shoppers with a compatible CDMA handset to connect to the MetroPCS network; users will be able to sign up for MetroPCS service without having to buy a new phone. The...
PlayPhone Inc. is targeting Hispanic mobile users with a Spanish-language version of its online storefront.The San Jose, Calif.-based company said the site offers Latino-targeted content as well as wares from existing partners including the Cartoon Network, ABC Television, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Wal-Mart. Hispanic...
Research In Motion Ltd. doubled its fiscal first quarter revenue and net income over the year-ago quarter, sold 5.4 million devices and added 2.3 million new subscribers. RIM's fiscal first quarter ended May 31.Not good enough for Wall Street, however. RIM's stock dipped nearly...
Wait. Scroll. Scroll. Tap-tap. Wait. Wait. For many years, that was the typical experience of someone surfing the Web using a mobile phone or PDA, at least in the U.S. Although some content providers offered stripped-down versions of their sites specially designed for mobile...
"Is this interesting to Google?" That's what Andy Rubin was asking Larry Page. It was a spring day in 2005, and the two were in a conference room just off the main lobby at Google's headquarters. A simple yes and Rubin would have walked...
Electromagnetic glitches occurred in almost 30 percent of the tests when microchip devices similar to those in many types of wireless medical equipment were placed within about one foot of the lifesaving machines.
The large Surface tabletop computer in the office Gates soon will relinquish to Ballmer offers one clue about where he thinks computing is going: The interactive, 30-inch touch-responsive tables can be used to order meals or display maps.
Brightpoint Inc. said today it would distribute handsets for Verizon Wireless' indirect channel of authorized agents and national retailers. Bob Laikin, chairman and CEO of Brightpoint, declined to discuss the value of the deal, citing a confidentiality agreement with Verizon. But he said that...
Loopt scored another carrier win, notching a deal to place its friend-finding service on Verizon Wireless's deck.The Silicon Valley-based startup offers a GPS-based service that allows users to locate friends and share information such as geo-tagged photos and comments from their phones. The service...
Based on preliminary analysis of the 3G iPhone, Apple's new handset may be its most profitable product, garnering better than 50% margins, according to analysts.Though the grand shift from hardware profits to service-and-application profits has yet to materialize for the mobile industry's biggest players...
Looking to cut into its rivals' wireless-wireline bundles, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will expand its wireline calling plan nationwide. The carrier's @Home offering allows T-Mobile USA customers to place unlimited nationwide and long-distance calls over an Internet connection for an extra $10 per...
Speech-recognition startup vlingo Corp. launched a free downloadable application that allows BlackBerry users to navigate their phones using voice. Vlingo for BlackBerry users can speak commands into their handsets to initiate phone calls, send a text or e-mail message, find contacts or search the...
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators agree that distracted drivers are dangerous. But the government won't require phones built into cars and trucks to shut down automatically when the vehicles are moving.Longtime safety advocate Clarence Ditlow proposed such a rule last year. It would have required...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarrierStandard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on U.K.-based mobile satellite services provider Inmarsat Ventures Ltd. to positive from stable. It also affirmed all...
A network management system that lets users get to the video, music and other files on a home or small-business LAN will soon offer that remote access from mobile phones.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Virgin Mobile USA (VM.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) is set to acquire a US mobile arm of South Korea's SK Telecom Co (017670.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's first advertising-funded mobile telecoms operator, Blyk, will enter the highly competitive German, Spanish and Belgian markets next year, the firm said on Wednesday.
Apple Inc. is distributing to its retail and sales personnel an internal iPhone 3G Frequently Asked Questions document which implies that first-day sales and activation procedures are still being ironed out. It does, however, provide some information on bulk iPhone 3G sales for businesses.
We know that the iPhone 3G will have "assisted GPS." But what does that mean? Unfortunately, there is no clear definition of this term, and of course it's beneath Apple to provide meaningful details .
