LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced an extensive agreement with camera company Eastman Kodak Co. that calls for the two players to collaborate on mobile imaging and printing. Specifically, Motorola announced it will use Kodak's CMOS sensors in its upcoming camera phones and will include software...
Nokia Corp. will showcase its wares at every CompUSA Inc. location by March, the companies said.Nokia, which already has a presence in about 200 CompUSA stores, said it plans to use the nationwide rollout to demonstrate new, high-tech devices including camera phones and smart...
DALLAS-Nokia Corp. will showcase its wares at every CompUSA Inc. location by March, the companies said. Nokia, which already has a presence in about 200 CompUSA stores, said it plans to use the nationwide rollout to demonstrate new, high-tech devices including camera phones and...
The thought of bar codes typically goes hand-in-hand with sleep-inducing topics like managing inventories, tracking shipments and supermarket check-out lanes. But Jim Levinger wants you to associate bar codes with interactive wireless marketing. Levinger is the chief executive officer of startup Nextcode Corp., a...
RESTON, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. announced a deal with AnyData Inc. to develop handsets for MSV's satellite-terrestrial network. AnyData said it will make a clamshell-style camera phone for the network."MSV's recent demonstration has proven the technical and commercial feasibility of its planned next generation...
BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator service beginning Nov. 1. Mobile ESPN said consumers in a handful of pre-launch markets-Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Minneapolis; and...
Welcome to the new age of response politics. Not necessarily responsive politics, but response politics. It permeates everything from government procurement guidelines to telecom policy.It is not just the White House, as Congress and federal agencies are on the defensive after being pummeled and...
BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator service beginning Nov. 1. Mobile ESPN said consumers in a handful of pre-launch markets-Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Minneapolis; and...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-According to new research from J.D. Power and Associates, U.S. mobile phone owners are becoming increasingly concerned with their phones' design and ease of use. "As more services are added to the phone, the ability to navigate around the handset in an...
Wireless operators are playing the retail field, selling some high-end phones exclusively through nontraditional channels. And the nation's largest big-box retailer is becoming a first-stop shop. Verizon Wireless quietly launched a high-end Samsung handset exclusively through Best Buy late last month, snubbing its company-owned...
Instant messaging continued to move into wireless Wednesday, as Virgin Mobile announced a deal to bring America Online Inc.'s Instant Messaging to subscribers who purchase Virgin Mobile's latest phone. The offering will include traditional IM features, including presence and buddy lists, and initially will...
VALHALLA, N.Y.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. are partnering for a service that allows subscribers to order photo prints from their handsets and pick them up at local retailers in as little as an hour.The carrier launched Get the Picture Mobile,...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile entertainment services provider ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. and Viaero Wireless, which provides wireless service in Colorado and Nebraska, have launched a mobile entertainment offering called V-Edge. The service includes mobile Web browsing, downloadable content such as ringtones and games, and camera phone...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Camera phones are more gateways to digital cameras than replacements for them, according to a study released from IDC.The survey found that 30 percent of U.S. camera-phone owners plan to buy digital cameras because they were introduced to digital imaging through their phones....
Following is a list of wireless companies that were cited in financial reports from investment banking and financial services firms this week.Pacific Growth Equities upgraded its rating on RF Micro Devices from equal weight to overweight on expectations of higher revenues generated by new...
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...
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....
Bar-code scanning will be a common camera-phone feature in the near future, promises Olivier Attia, chief executive officer of Scanbuy Inc. Attia said that in the next 12 months he expects 50 million to 60 million camera phones to hit the market with his...
Verizon Wireless is moving forward with a plan to install a proprietary Verizon-branded user interface across all of its new feature phones-a maneuver that has sparked widespread discontent among the carrier's handset suppliers and could mark the start of a significant shift in power...
HELSINKI, Finland-Industry got a good look at the new phones on line for the end-of-the-year shopping rush, as Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. each boosted their handset portfolio with a total of 12 new phones. Nokia unveiled its handsets at its...
LONDON-European-based wireless operator Orange awarded Cenuco Inc.'s Advanced MobileMonitor Communicator the best use of the carrier's voice and data network during the recent Orange Code Camp Event. Cenuco demonstrated the service's ability to stream live video from a camera phone to another data-capable cellular...
LONDON-NEC Corp said it has received orders for its Mobile Internet Platform and mobile handsets for Russian wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems' i-mode service. The value of the deal was not disclosed.MTS currently has 40 million subscribers and more than 35 percent market share. The...
A JupiterResearch study out last week found that although the ranks of U.S. consumers owning wireless phones with camera capabilities rose to 35 percent in 2004, most consumers are still unwilling to pay extra for camera functionality in the devices.More than 61 percent of...
