Tiger Telematics opened its Gizmondo London flagship store, and its launch party featured celebrities including rapper Busta Rhymes, boxer Lennox Lewis and actor Verne Troyer. The opening coincided with the launch of the Gizmondo portable wireless video game device in the United Kingdom.Tiger Telematics...
Xcelis Communications L.L.C. said it has revamped its call re-routing offering so that now the company will sell its Pantheon product to customers so they can re-route their own calls. The move comes after Xcelis introduced a trial service that essentially re-routed Cingular Wireless...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. "For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical to select a mobility...
Two chipmakers are either selling or mulling selling part of their wireless businesses, while another company is selling its shares in a semiconductor firm. RF Micro Devices Inc. said it is doing away with its wireless local area network chip business in a move...
ESPOO, Finland-SBS Finland's Kiss FM radio station launched Nokia Corp.'s Visual Radio technology, which allows listeners to give feedback and to participate in programs."Kiss FM celebrates its 10th anniversary today. For the past decade, the station has been a pioneer in Finnish radio, introducing...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. "For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical to select a mobility software provider who...
Two chipmakers are either selling or mulling selling part of their wireless businesses, while another company is selling its shares in a semiconductor firm.RF Micro Devices Inc. said it is doing away with its wireless local area network chip business in a move that...
The news that Microsoft Corp. will join Nokia Corp. to deliver a mobile-music platform may have been among the more startling developments at last week's 3GSM World Congress, but it was only the first of a half-dozen mobile music announcements both out of France...
Device news continued at a flushed pace with Motorola Inc. releasing details on its iTunes phone, Hop-on announcing a $36 handset, Sanyo Corp. offering an innovative new messaging product, and U.S. mobile virtual network operator Boost Mobile going "old school" with a vintage telephone...
Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind of base stations to deploy, how many towers to install and where to locate...
Although only two teams will line up on the field Sunday for the grand culmination of the professional football season, multiple players will participate in Super Bowl XXXIX in one wireless capacity or another.Verizon Wireless upgraded cell sites and installed a pair of cell...
LONDON-Operating-system company Symbian announced a new version of its platform, which the company said includes a variety of features to support more advanced applications as well as to protect against viruses."Symbian's strategic focus is to ensure that Symbian OS is the ideal choice for...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless said it will begin selling PalmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone for $500 with a two-year contract. The device supports Cingular's EDGE network and sports an MP3 player, video capture and playback and Bluetooth technology."The future of wireless is all about...
Similar to mechanics in the automotive world, test-and-measurement companies are the quiet heroes of wireless technologies. They take little credit when the networks hum and huff, yet they witness each technology's creation day and play parts in their burial rites. From handsets to access...
A California lawsuit claims that Verizon Wireless displayed "willful, deceptive and oppressive conduct" in limiting the capabilities of its Bluetooth-capable Motorola Inc. V710 camera phone. Law firm Kirtland & Packard L.L.P. is seeking class-action status for the lawsuit and is pursuing an unspecified amount...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Mobile-phone maker Motorola Inc. signed an agreement with sunglasses company Oakley Inc. to build "wearable wireless communications devices" using Bluetooth technology. The companies said they would release details and designs on the devices sometime in the middle of the year."By teaming with Motorola,...
A California lawsuit claims that Verizon Wireless displayed "willful, deceptive and oppressive conduct" in limiting the capabilities of its Bluetooth-capable Motorola Inc. V710 camera phone. Law firm Kirtland & Packard L.L.P. is seeking class-action status for the suit and is pursuing an unspecified amount...
LAS VEGAS-Below is a quick rundown of some of the numerous new gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show: c Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for e-mailing and viewing pictures. Kodak said the EasyShare-One camera will also have integrated access...
LAS VEGAS-In conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show, Motorola Inc. announced a series of new, advanced wireless handsets, as well as new Bluetooth products and automotive gadgets."Motorola is bringing power to the person through seamless mobility," said Ed Zander, the company's chairman and chief...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. and BVRP Software announced a strategic partnership calling for the companies to combine BVRP's PhoneTools mobility software suite with Broadcom's WIDCOMM Bluetooth for Windows software.As part of the partnership, Broadcom has been granted exclusive rights to integrate the Bluetooth version of...
More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that allows them to talk to other people-and nothing more. The wireless industry, however, is spending billions of hours and dollars...
When it comes to wireless data, perhaps 2004 should be called "The year of the untapped enterprise market." Even as a small army of software developers and device manufacturers rushes to put mobile devices in the hands of on-the-go workers, businesses around the world...
As usual, the wireless industry plans to come out in force during this week's Consumer Electronics Show, running Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas. Among the expected announcements: c LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will unveil three new devices. Prices for the phones were not...
Will ZigBee wireless technology have an effect on Bluetooth? Once envisioned as the solution to all personal-area wireless connectivity, the reality of rapidly growing multimedia file sizes, connectivity needs and reliability have proven to be challenges for Bluetooth as it attempts to redefine itself...
