Bluetooth

IRVINE, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group named Toshiba Corp.’s Portege 4010 Series notebook computer a Designated Profile Interoperability Tester platform for testing and verifying interoperability between Bluetooth-enabled devices. Toshiba said …

NEW ORLEANS-ArcSoft Inc., which provides digital imaging software, said it is providing its PhotoBase Mobile Edition to Nokia 3650 and 7650 imaging phone users. The product brings image managment, editing …

NEW ORLEANS-Advantest America Measuing Solutions introduced the R4870, a single-instrument solution that can perform both radio-frequency and interoperability tests in accordance with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group specifications. The solution …

NEW ORLEANS-TechnoCom Corp. demonstrated BlueLocator, the first of TechnoCom’s family of Bluetooth-enabled intelligent messaging and global positionint system location solutions. BlueLocator is a vehicle-mounted device that uses Bluetooth rather than …

NEW ORLEANS-Texas Instruments Inc. showcased a “tri-wireless personal digital assistant” concept design at CTIA Wireless 2003. The design integrates wireless local area network, Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS technologies to allow simultaneous …

HANNOVER, Germany-The march of new, advanced devices continued in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show, with Samsung, Siemens, NEC and Symbol all making announcements. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. made perhaps …

IRVING, Texas-Mitsumi Electronics Corp. announced it is now shipping its new Bluetooth-enabled Class 1 and Class 2 USB adapters that easily integrate into USB capable PCs. Mitsumi said it plans …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-As the initial boom of the wireless industry slows, mobile-phone makers are looking for the next major step for the industry, and are greatly expanding the definition of “wireless …

TOKYO-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Sony and Ericsson, on Tuesday released the firm’s first mobile handset with Quick Share functionality. The Quick Share technology will let users …

NEW YORK-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. expects five new phone models to be available to consumers next quarter, company executives said March 4. These include two CDMA phones, the dual-band …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Cambridge Silicon Radio said Toshiba Corp. was using its BlueCore2 Bluetooth technology in its Portege 3500 tablet personal computer.

LEVALLIOS, France-Motorola Inc. will use software from BVRP Software in its mobile phones to allow users to connect to their personal computer using a cable, infrared or Bluetooth wireless technology. …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first handset that combines a Linux operating system and Java Technology, with multimedia PDA functionality. The device, known as …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Danish technology and handset accessory company GN announced it will be the original equipment manufacturer of Bluetooth headsets for Motorola Inc. The company said its first shipment is expected …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released additional details on its previously announced N-Gage video game platform/mobile phone, reporting the support of a range of major video game developers and sales timelines. In …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to break into the European cell-phone market has proved harder than expected for the Far Eastern manufacturer Daewoo. The company, which had intended to launch two handsets …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Cetecom Inc. said its North American test facility has been accredited by the Bluetooth SIG as a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility (BQTF) for protocol and profile conformance testing. The …

TOKYO-NTT Comware, an NTT Group company, and a local museum in Hyogo Prefecture, Western Japan, will launch a field test for an “indoor navigation system” on 28 January, the organizations …

LAS VEGAS-Conference-goers who managed to brave the miles of show floor at this year’s annual Consumer Electronics Show were witness to a significant movement in the electronics landscape-the rise of …

LAS VEGAS-Wave Industries Ltd. released its Olympia-branded CDP-24201, a 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Cordless Data phone (CDP) system for the home, at this week’s CES show. The phone offers simultaneous voice …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Accton Technology of Taiwan have signed a letter of intent to form a new joint venture company to provide wireless connectivity modules for Wi-Fi, …

LAS VEGAS-Sony introduced a new CLIE handheld, the PEG-NZ90, at this week’s CES show in Las Vegas. The new PDA has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, a built-in camera …

SHANGHAI, China-Motorola unveiled today in Shanghai, China, eight new handsets that feature EMS and MMS messaging technologies; Java capabilities; support for GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/WCDMA; color screens; and polyphonic speakers. …

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DENVER-Cambridge Silicon Radio, Intersil Corp. and Smart Modular Technologies are cooperating on development of a mini-PCI board that combines 802.11b wireless local area network and Bluetooth technology, according to published …