Sometime in the future, wireless users may never again have to mail in their phones to get a software glitch repaired. If such a vision holds true, users won't even know there's a problem."Subscribers just want to make these things work," said Gene Wang,...
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...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform, which forms the basis for T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick wireless phone.The move is notable as the Danger Hiptop platform is...
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...
T-Mobile USA Inc. 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.T-Mobile's upcoming concerts are part of the wireless industry's attempt to drum...
MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Microcell Solutions Inc. said it will sell Danger Inc.'s unique Hiptop mobile phone/wireless data device, following the lead of fellow Hiptop sellers T-Mobile USA Inc. and Triton PCS."Microcell is committed to working with industry leaders like Danger to provide the devices and...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has remotely erased four games on all of its Sidekick color-screen devices sold-a move that highlights the Sidekick's unique technology but also the potential pitfalls of such a service.T-Mobile sells its branded Sidekick through a partnership with device startup Danger Inc....
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Location-based services have struggled to find their feet in Europe. Mobile data has taken a long time to deliver on the technology, applications and price points to meet customer expectations. The reality is that mobile data has a long way to go....
America Online Inc. said it will stop selling and supporting its Mobile Communicator, which is based on Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry device.According to AOL's Internet site, the Mobile Communicator service will shut down Aug. 1. On the site, AOL suggested its customers move...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it launched a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device, as well as introduced new rate plans for the wireless voice and data device.The color Sidekick is scheduled to retail for $299, which is $100 more than the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will launch a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device June 6, as well as introduce new rate plans for the wireless voice and data device.The color Sidekick is scheduled to retail for $299, which is $100...
BERWYN, Pa.-Southeastern wireless carrier Triton PCS said it is now selling Danger Inc.'s monochrome screen Hiptop device under its SunCom-branded service.Triton said the device is currently available at SunCom retail store locations in Norfolk, Richmond and Fredericksburg, Va., with other locations to follow. Triton...
In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) rollouts.Companies like Motorola, Nortel Networks and Lucent Technologies are at the low ebb...
KIEV, Ukraine-The Ukrainian parliament passed a law prohibiting carriers from charging any incoming calls and causing protests from all national operators, which appealed to President Leonid Kuchma to veto the bill.Ukraine became the only European country where the national parliament decided to interfere in...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Audio company Beatnik Inc. said its audio platform is now in use in more than 1 million wireless devices, including Nokia Corp.'s 7650, 3510 and the Danger HipTop.The company's audio platform supports high quality, high fidelity sounds.Separately, the company said the latest...
The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), formed in June 2002, will either greatly help or hinder the future of wireless industry, according to a new study from the Shosteck Group.According to the Shosteck Group, OMA plays a political role in the future of wireless technology...
SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's mobile payments made for purchases of digital content or other inexpensive products may face a disruption as the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the country's top trade regulator, has decided to force mobile service providers to provide users with a paper...
Permit issues could delay operator rolloutsHELSINKI, Finland-PTS, Sweden's telecom regulatory authority, appears to have accepted the general position adopted by operators that meeting the 2002 deadline for rollout of third-generation (3G) services will not be feasible. The position taken by PTS is significant, as...
DUBLIN, Ireland—The imminent launch of the XDA, an O2-branded mobile device manufactured specifically for that operator, is clear evidence that European operators are demanding more input into handset development. However, it is more likely to be an extreme but isolated example of operator control...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Danger Inc., creator of the hiptop mobile service and device, announced that one of Silicon Valley's most notable figures, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc., has joined the company's board of directors.Danger said its wireless data and Internet device will be...
SAN FRANCISCO—Following a recent annual meeting, venture capital firm SoftBank Venture Capital announced it will change its name to Mobius Venture Capital, a move it said reflects its independent status.The company also announced its funding of two wireless companies, SkyPilot Network and Bergana Communications....
SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that ratchets up the OS battle with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc.Microsoft made its announcement during the DEMOmobile 2001 conference...
Executives for personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week discussed the possibility of splitting the company's operating system business and its device manufacturing segment into two separate companies, an idea that has fueled a hefty amount of discussions during the past few months.Palm...
WASHINGTON-House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) last week asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to review the FBI' s use of Internet wiretaps in light of a new Supreme Court ruling that law enforcement's use of a thermal imaging device violated constitutionally protected privacy."It is...
