SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will begin offering Kyocera Corp.'s Koi camera phone for its Cricket wireless service, which Kyocera claims is the first megapixel camera phone offered by a flat-rate service provider. The handset, which is currently offered by Verizon Wireless,...
WEYMOUTH, Mass.-Worldwide camera-phone shipments are expected to grow from 178 million units last year to more than 860 million units in 2009, according to projections from InfoTrends/CAP Ventures. During the same timeframe, camera phones will grow to account for 89 percent of all mobile-phone...
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...
Pantech&Curitel, a South Korean manufacturing company comprising the mobile-phone operations of Curitel Communications Inc. and Pantech Group, announced ambitious plans to sell 10 million Pantech-branded mobile phones in the United States in 2005. However, industry watchers believe the company faces a major uphill climb...
The following is a list of headlines ranked by the highest number of page views on RCRNews.com during 2004. 1. Dec. 10, Report: Sprint/Nextel reach tentative $36B deal2. Jan. 15, Multiple offers could set off AWS bidding war3. Dec. 9, Sprint, Nextel consider merger,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division of Bonac Innovation Corp., which released a $1,200 GSM camera phone built from aircraft aluminum. First up is Verizon Wireless,...
Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division of Bonac Innovation Corp., which today released a $1,200 GSM camera phone built from aircraft aluminum.First up is Verizon Wireless, which...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. slipped past Motorola Inc. to become the world's No. 2 mobile-phone manufacturer, according to new numbers from research firm Gartner Inc.According to Gartner, Samsung sold 22.9 million mobile phones in the third quarter, just above the 22.4 million phones Motorola...
DALLAS-Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In Motion Ltd. and others making announcements. First up is Samsung, which said it will sell nine new phones in the...
Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In Motion Ltd. and others making announcements.First up is Samsung, which said it will sell nine new phones in the United...
Wireless users today largely talk on their phones, but in the near future they may begin talking to their phones. Woburn, Mass.-based VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. has developed what the company calls a "speaker-independent" voice-recognition technology that has been skimmed down for mobile phones. Like...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its earnings rose 35 percent in the fourth quarter, but the mobile chipmaker's forecasts for 2005 fell below Wall Street's expectations. The San Diego-based firm reported net income of $393 million, or 23 cents a share, during the quarter. Qualcomm...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. plans to roll out 40 handsets next year as part of the company's series of projections. The Finnish vendor also said it is on track to meet its goal of delivering 35 handsets in 2004. However, the company said it plans...
Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday its earnings rose 35 percent in the fourth quarter, but the mobile chipmaker's forecasts for 2005 fell below Wall Street's expectations. The San Diego-based firm reported net income of $393 million, or 23 cents a share, during the quarter. Qualcomm...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced it achieved profitability and increased license revenues in its first-quarter fiscal-year 2005 results, released this week.Openwave reported revenues of $83.6 million, up 9 percent from the previous quarter and up 23 percent from the year-ago quarter. Net income...
SAN FRANCISCO-Audiovox Communications Corp. released its CDM-8930 1.3-megapixel camera phone at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in San Francisco.The handset, featuring a swivel clamshell body, has a 1.3-megapixel digital camera with a built-in flash that can store up to 20 photos....
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Vision users can send camera-phone photos and order prints from retailers including Ritz Camera, Sam's Club and Wolf Camera, through a new service, the carrier announced. The service allows users who have taken pictures with their camera phones and uploaded...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Vision users can now send camera-phone photos and order prints from retailers including Ritz Camera, Sam's Club and Wolf Camera, through a new service, the carrier announced.The service allows users who have taken pictures with their camera phones and uploaded...
LONDON-Traditional GSM device manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., are leading the charge in music-focused cellular devices, or "Cellular Music Decks," according to new research from Strategy Analytics. "Music will be a `bridesmaid' value-add mostly found on converged devices and high-end camera phones...
SAN DIEGO-Siemens Mobile unveiled two new phones to the U.S. market, including the company's first 1-megapixel camera phone. The S66 camera phone includes a 1.3-megapixel integrated still and video camera, a large high-resolution color screen and five-times digital zoom. The phone has integrated Bluetooth...
Once relegated to outdated handsets and overpriced basic voice services, prepaid customers increasingly are being catered to with the latest handset technology and services to go along with more rational pricing plans. 7-Eleven Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. last week each launched their...
LONDON-Traditional GSM device manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., are leading the charge in music-focused cellular devices, or "Cellular Music Decks," according to new research from Strategy Analytics."Music will be a 'bridesmaid' value-add mostly found on converged devices and high-end camera phones until...
Both Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced beyond-the-ordinary handsets, with Nokia's phones offering unusual designs and Siemens' handset providing a unique service.Capitalizing on mobile-phone users' penchant for style, Nokia unveiled three new camera phones at a fashion event in Shanghai, China.The Nokia 7280, Nokia...
The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of radio communication signals across the English Channel and then across the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Wireless technology is being...
