Concerns about security and infrastructure reliability led officials to kill plans that would have used wireless networks to help manage the Summer Olympics, but there will be no shortage of mobile technology in Athens. About 5 million fans are expected during the course of...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it now is offering Motorola Inc.'s V710 phone, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera, video playback, record and messaging, and Bluetooth.The phone is offered exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers, said the company. In July, Verizon said it would offer the phone,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. has announced SnapMedia Software, a PC-based program that lets camera-phone users download pictures from phones to PCs for archiving and sharing. The company said the program frees memory on the phone, like a digital still camera, letting users take more pictures...
Market share mayhemA two-way pager. A digital handset. A clamshell phone. A camera phone. All fine devices, and all devices whose introductions-and delays-have the power to change the fortunes of the companies that produce them.One misstep and it seems the analysts, media and investment...
Motorola Inc. had its share of ups and downs last week, when news of solid earnings and the launch of three new handsets collided with a software glitch in several of its Nextel Communications Inc. A-GPS-enabled phones. The company's second-quarter earnings reflected strong year-over-year...
Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless said the Motorola V710 1.23-megapixel camera phone is now shipping and will be available nationwide next month. Earlier this year, a Verizon spokeswoman confirmed that the carrier was testing the phone, but at the time said Verizon had not...
Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of a digital camera.The phone includes a 3X optical linear zoom, along with a 4X...
While application developers and others in industry debate whether the enterprise or the consumer market will strike gold first, technology giants like Microsoft Corp. see much crossover between the two, perhaps suggesting they will develop alongside each other. The word "prosumer" has been embraced...
Second-quarter earnings released last week by major handset manufacturers showed Nokia Corp. losing market share, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. increased their sales expectations for the year.Nokia set a dismal tone for the second-quarter earnings announcements, saying it...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted $2.71 billion in overall net income for the second quarter of 2004, citing strong sales in its semiconductor, LCD and telecommunications networks businesses, and slight losses in its digital media and appliance businesses. Its mobile-phone division remained unchanged in...
TOKYO-Second-quarter financial earnings released today by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Audiovox Corp. offered further insight into how 2004 might pan out for wireless handset makers. Sony Ericsson said it shipped 10.4 million units in the quarter, a 55-percent increase from the same...
SEOUL, South Korea-Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of a digital camera.The phone includes a 3X optical linear zoom, along with...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Short-range wireless technologies like Bluetooth have a promising future, according to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which recently surveyed 5,000 college students on the topic.More than half of the respondents recognized Bluetooth wireless technology, and 11 percent said they are currently using...
Sprint Corp. and Audiovox Corp. released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States' first megapixel camera phone.The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users to capture, send, receive and print high-resolution photos. The built-in camera, which features a camera...
Sprint and Audiovox Corp. today released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States' first megapixel camera phone.The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users to capture, send, receive and print high-resolution photos. The built-in camera, which features a camera...
Although many agree the swift ascent of camera phones will cut into the market for digital cameras and traditional film, the camera-phone industry could also provide a new avenue of growth for well-known companies that have centered their businesses around imaging and images."We view...
Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
SAN DIEGO-As expected, Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference. Qualcomm joined handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing the BREW platform forward.Among those making announcements were: Qualcomm, which announced Tata...
Motorola said it will sell its first megapixel camera phone in the United States starting this summer. The company also said it has teamed with Hollywood director Scott Sanders to develop an online "advertainment" film promoting the phone."By finding innovative ways to showcase Motorola's...
Nokia Corp. continues to increase its camera-phone presence with the release of its first megapixel device and the introduction of a new low-end camera phone. Separately, Research In Motion Ltd. announced a new device for Rogers Wireless in Canada.Nokia said it is now shipping...
Camera phones are the most rapidly accepted consumer electronics device in history. Yet it appears that wireless carriers-a group many assumed would reap the rewards of a camera-phone revolution-are sitting on the sidelines of this mass adoption, watching and waiting.Annual sales of camera phones...
Stress and duressSuddenly technology-the great force multiplier of American net-centric warfare he helped give birth to-is the bane of Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld's existence.When technology gives U.S. troops information superiority over the enemy, it is good. When technology makes dumb bombs smart-and therefore more...
WASHINGTON-A bill that would make invasive use of camera phones and other imaging devices on federal property a crime is headed to the House floor. Last Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act on voice vote. The...
WASHINGTON-A bill that would make invasive use of camera phones and other imaging devices on federal property a crime is headed to the House floor. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act on voice vote. The...
