Devices

Practically everything you ever wanted to know about a specific stock is now accessible through a Palm, Research in Motion Inc. Blackberry or Microsoft Corp. Pocket PC handheld device courtesy …

According to MicroOptical Corp.’s vision of the future, a person could watch a movie while on a train journey and the passenger on the next seat would not know. The …

While many desktop surfers don’t care for them, the presence of advertisements on the wired Internet was virtually assured even before the Internet’s widespread use-marketers saw that advertisements fit almost …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Comparecellular, a Canadian online cellular phone resource for consumers, has developed a cellular phone comparison program for Futureshop.ca, an online branch of the Canadian electronics store Future Shop. …

Sierra Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Corp. to the WirelessReady Alliance. Alliance members, including wireless device manufacturers, software application vendors, and wireless and value-added enterprise service providers, work …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Early in 2001, several countries in South America have changed their tariff schemes with the objective of reducing the existing gap between the cost of fixed calls and …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A year after the launch of mobile Internet services in South America, almost all the cellular telephony operators are offering Internet services, although exclusively in the major cities …

Dear Editor: Peter Angelos, the U.S. attorney leading several lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry, has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants, and only the vast deep …

TOKYO-Mobile Internet shopping is no longer a futuristic idea, but a daily practice, at least for early adopters in the browser phone-advanced nation of Japan. The Ministry of Posts and …

Handsets Sendo European mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light …

NEW YORK-While few people now use the wireless Web for anything more than checking e-mail and stock quotes, most are receptive to the idea of wireless shopping, results which led …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-iPass Inc., provider of global remote Internet access services released its iPassConnect PDA solution, iPassConnect PDA for Palm OS platform and iPassConnect PDA for the Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket …

While the wireless community continues to search for the killer application that will make wireless Internet access mandatory, the mysterious application may be as simple as following the model set …

BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., a global provider of software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices announced its support for RIM BlackBerry 950 and 957 wireless pagers through Infowave’s Wireless …

CANNES, France-GVC Corp. signed a deal for Agere Systems to supply its GPRS Class 8 cell phone chipset and software platform solution for wireless handsets. “We chose Agere Systems’ Class …

NEW YORK – Audiovox Communications Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., has tapped into the computer expertise of its 5 percent owner, Toshiba Corp., to develop a combination cell phone and personal digital …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless introduced Customer Advantage, a program designed to ensure customers receive benefits of the company’s wireless service. The program includes calling plan flexibility, designed to help subscribers find …

ATLANTA-Seagull, a provider of e-business enabling software, announced a partnership with Symbol Technologies, a supplier of rugged wireless devices and wireless network solutions. As partners, Seagull and Symbol will be …

Many discussions about what’s inherently wrong with the wireless Internet, m-commerce or mobile data in general seem to end up placing the blame squarely on the device. It’s too big. …

To the Editor: Peter Angelos has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants and only the vast deep pockets of the tobacco industry have prevented him from …

NEW YORK – Although widespread adoption of wireless data remains more goal than reality, network operators, device makers and wireless applications developers have not wasted their efforts building the foundation …

WASHINGTON-Despite uneven progress of fixed wireless broadband carriers in recent years, the ability of newcomers to the local market-small and large alike-to offer voice, data, video and Internet services competitively …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Airflash, a wireless location technology developer, unveiled an interactive short message service location service that it claims is the first within the wireless industry. The firm said that, …

Schlumberger Ltd. spent close to $6 billion across three technology acquisitions last week, proof the oil services giant is serious about moving into the technology sector, with special emphasis on …

Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is …