LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-In a candid release, Motorola Inc. blamed a shortage of camera components for its inability to meet sales demands."The Motorola V300 and V500 began shipping earlier in the quarter and are available today, and the V600 will ship imminently," said Tom Lynch, president...
In a candid release, Motorola Inc. blamed a shortage of camera components for its inability to meet sales demands."The Motorola V300 and V500 began shipping earlier in the quarter and are available today, and the V600 will ship imminently," said Tom Lynch, president of...
Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming-video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video offerings to include video messaging, video telephony, video conferencing, video streaming and video downloading. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Video...
MUNICH, Germany-Device maker Siemens announced a new music downloading device and service that it will sell to wireless carriers, following MmO2's introduction of the offering last week. Siemens said it is in advanced negotiations with an unnamed U.S. wireless carrier for the offering.O2 last...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-With the holiday season around the corner, Motorola Inc. made several device-related announcements. The company said the new Motorola V300 camera phone will be available through T-Mobile USA Inc. nationwide next week. The phone, which retails for $100, includes a digital camera, color...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-The world's handset makers continue to make news at a frantic pace, with Motorola Inc. announcing a range of new products and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. trumpeting its market successes.First, Motorola announced six new mobile phones, mainly low-end devices that will sell in...
With the holiday season around the corner, Motorola Inc. made several device-related announcements this week. The company said the new Motorola V300 camera phone will be available through T-Mobile USA Inc. nationwide next week. The phone, which retails for $100, includes a digital camera,...
Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video offerings to include video messaging, video telephony, video conferencing, video streaming and video downloading. Terms of the deal were not...
The world's handset makers continue to make news at a frantic pace, with Motorola Inc. announcing a range of new products and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. trumpeting its market successes.First, Motorola announced six new mobile phones, mainly low-end devices that will sell in Europe...
LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Corp. will demonstrate its new CDM-8900 camera phone at the Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas. The CDMA2000 1x-capable handset features a 310-pixel digital camera and color screen.The tri-mode phone provides global positioning system technology (system dependent), Web browsing, BREW or Java...
Mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications posted a second solid quarter, this time even managing to report a net income. The news likely will help the company in its global market share battle with Asian startup LG Electronics, as well as encourage Sony Corp....
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Multimedia Messaging service, allowing customers to attach photos, text, graphics, music, video and voice to traditional text messages, and according to the carrier, send them to virtually any e-mail address or multimedia messaging service-capable mobile phone."One of the beauties...
TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator KDDI Corp. plans to release what is likely the world's first camera phone that features a camera resolution of 2 megapixels.Casio Computer Co. Ltd. built the phone for the Japanese carrier. KDDI has largely led the worldwide camera-phone market and currently...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with their phones and then mail the images as they would post cards.The company said it is in talks with various...
SEATTLE-It appears PictureIQ Corp. is shutting down its operations, making the company perhaps the first casualty of the picture messaging market.A message on the company's Web site said PictureIQ is shutting down. The company's telephone lines have been disconnected, and e-mails sent to company...
It appears PictureIQ Corp. is shutting down its operations, making the company perhaps the first casualty of the picture messaging market.A message on the company's Web site said PictureIQ is shutting down. The company's telephone lines have been disconnected, and e-mails sent to company...
Motorola Inc. has largely laid out its mobile-phone strategy to the industry-it plans to take advantage of key growth markets like China, while diversifying its phones with software from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Symbian-but industry watchers see the execution of the scheme...
Having cast his shadow over the company for more than half a decade, the resignation of Christopher Galvin as chief executive officer of Motorola Inc. has foisted on the company the challenge of which path to follow next. The appointment of a replacement will...
New research shows global sales of camera phones hit 25 million in the first half of this year, surpassing digital camera sales and marking perhaps the most notable event in the mobile-phone industry in recent years.According to research firm Strategy Analytics, mobile-phone makers sold...
Motorola Inc. will miss out on the critical camera-phone rush during the holiday season, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless said.Jim Gerace, a spokesman for the nation's largest carrier, said Motorola delayed the introduction of its new camera phone for Verizon Wireless until after the...
The most entertaining piece of being a part of the wireless industry has got to be watching how the evolving technology is absorbed into our society and culture.Every time you turn around, people are being confronted with deciding what is and is not appropriate...
Following months of raised forecasts and hopeful outlooks, research firm IDC presented perhaps the most optimistic wireless industry outlook to date, predicting that sales of mobile phones will break the 500-million mark next year. The firm said advanced phones, including camera, third-generation and smart...
T-Mobile USA Inc. this week will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to help sell its camera phones, messaging features and other advanced services.And it seems the campaign and others like it in...
BEIJING-Nokia introduced its first CDMA phone for the Chinese market, the 2280, during a signing ceremony between Nokia, operator China Unicom and China Putian, the exclusive distributor for the Nokia 2280 in China.The phone is expected to be available early next month. "Nokia...
