Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will be the exclusive U.S. vendor of Motorola Inc.'s new Rokr E1 device, the company's long-awaited iTunes-capable phone. The device, which is available today for $250 with a two-year service plan, stores up to 100 songs from Apple Computer...
MIAMI-Orion Information Services announced plans to merge with Swedish mobile hardware and software vendor CellPoint Connect AB.Orion, which develops applications for the integration of platforms including television, wireless and the Internet, will take the CellPoint name and manage the company's North and Latin American...
Marketing companies increasingly are using Bluetooth to get their messages across in airports, shopping malls and movie theaters. While advertisers view the tactic as a valuable new way to get close to consumers, some say it's nothing more than high-tech spam. Marketers have been...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-The Infrared Data Association announced a new standard the group said would allow camera-phone users to transmit their pictures to TVs and other electronic gadgets. Dubbed IrSimple, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Sharp Corp., ITX E-globaledge and Waseda University developed the protocol."IrSimple is the...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is gearing up to sell its first Walkman phone in the United States. However, the company is planning to sell the phone through its Web site and not through a wireless carrier like Cingular Wireless L.L.C. or T-Mobile USA...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is gearing up to sell its first Walkman phone in the United States. However, the company is planning to sell the phone through its Web site and not through a wireless carrier like Cingular Wireless L.L.C. or T-Mobile USA...
LEIPZIG, Germany-A group of four companies deployed four 2.2-meter high-illuminated columns at this week's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. The technology will beam free mobile content to Bluetooth-enabled devices in the show area.The companies participating in the Beamzone demonstration are Blue Cell Networks GmbH,...
WATERLOO, Ontario-SunCom Wireless Inc. introduced Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 7100g for its customers in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.The BlackBerry 7100g operates on SunCom's GSM/GPRS network. It is a quad-band mobile phone that includes a large high-resolution color screen and support...
America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information, including local business listings, and to compare prices of goods from online retailers. Israeli technology provider InfoGin Ltd. is powering...
LONDON-CSR plc, which provides Bluetooth and wireless local area network single-chip solutions, announced it will purchase UbiNetics' Volume Product Technology wireless software company. The deal is valued at $48 million.UbiNetics sold the other part of its business, the test and measurement division, to Aeroflex...
Ironically, the march toward a simplified, converged "digital home" is producing an overwhelming number of wireless and wireline offerings for consumers. It seems the only thing growing as fast as the types of digital content and services consumers can access at home is the...
Moviegoers with Bluetooth-enabled handsets can download movie trailers, ringtones and wallpapers at three Loews Theatres this summer. Twentieth Century Fox is providing kiosks at theaters in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco that will automatically send messages to devices with activated Bluetooth technology....
LOS ANGELES-Moviegoers with Bluetooth-enabled handsets can download movie trailers, ringtones and wallpapers at three Loews Theatres this summer.Twentieth Century Fox is providing kiosks at theaters in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco that will automatically send messages to devices with activated Bluetooth technology....
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has begun offering the Motorola Inc. RAZR handsets through its retail stores and authorized dealers. The handset was initially made available through the carrier's Web site earlier this week for $200.The quad-band GSM/GPRS handset includes a metallic finish,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm will release the LG VX8100 phone on Friday. The companies said the handset was designed exclusively for Verizon's high-speed EV-DO network and is optimized for VCast, the carrier's wireless broadband multimedia service.The VX8100 features Bluetooth connectivity, removable...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported a partnership with Jabra to begin selling Bluetooth and corded headsets at U.S. Cellular's retail locations. The headsets will include Jabra's BT250v Bluetooth model that retails for $100 and the C250 corded model that retails for $30.Both companies are based...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., which provides proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits for wireless applications, increased its guidance for its fiscal 2006 first quarter ended June 30. RF Micro Devices said it had stronger than expected order activity for its power amplifiers, transceiver chipsets...
TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it has developed an i-mode phone for Greek operator Cosmote.The N600i is the company’s first i-mode terminal for an operator outside Japan. The device is a W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS-capable i-mode phone.The phone is the first product to emerge from NEC’s new...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless added a fourth Vcast-enabled CDMA2000 1x EV-DO handset to its lineup with the launch of Motorola Inc.'s E815. In addition to providing access to the carrier's high-speed wireless network and related multimedia content, the E815 includes a 1.3-megapixel camera, a memory...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will be the first wireless carrier to offer the updated version of Motorola Inc.'s most popular phone, the RAZR. Dubbed RAZR Black, the camera phone leverages Cingular multimedia services like Picture Messaging and Cingular Sounds, enabling users to share pictures taken...
The United States is expected to lead the world in the adoption of fixed-mobile convergence through the end of the decade, with 7 percent of voice telephony consumers using an FMC product by 2010, according to a report released last week by Strategy Analytics....
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will be the first wireless carrier to offer the updated version of Motorola Inc.'s most popular phone, the RAZR. Dubbed RAZR Black, the camera phone leverages Cingular multimedia services like Picture Messaging and Cingular Sounds, enabling users to share pictures taken...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it will sell a high-end camera phone from Nokia Corp., a move that could help Nokia bolster its shrinking market share in North America.Alltel said it will sell Nokia's 6255i camera phone for $130 with a two-year service agreement....
BRAZILTwo wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile operator. L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo's access transmission network. Ericsson said its Mini-Link microwave transmission solution will provide extra backhaul capacity and flexibility, as...
