SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its new QPoint solution, which the company said is an end-to-end, mass-market location-based services solution.QPoint enables a variety of location-based applications including peer-to-peer, points of interest, asset monitoring, mobile-commerce and gaming, said Qualcomm. The solution makes use of the company's...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone follows the release of two similar handsets through Cingular Wireless L.L.C."LG's goal is to provide consumers with a range...
SAN DIEGO-As mobile-phone news continues to roll in, LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone follows the release of two similar handsets through Cingular Wireless."LG's goal...
VANCOUVER, B.C.-Sierra Wireless announced its MP 555 GPS rugged wireless modem has been certified by Sprint for operation on the carrier's PCS network. Sprint is the first wireless carriers in the United States to certify the solution.Under their agreement, the companies will work together...
IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco introduced Seven.Five Navigator, a dual calling module test system with built-in inertial navigation for in-building wireless testing.The company said Seven.Five Navigator is lightweight and battery powered, making it ideally suited for evaluating network performance inside buildings or where pedestrian use is predominant....
SAN JOSE, Calif.-"My expectation is that over time you'll see GPS become a part of the overall phone platform," said Kanwar Chadha, founder of GPS technology provider Sirf Technology Inc. Chadha's beliefs are at the core of Sirf's new product releases, technologies the company...
LONDON-Startup Gametrac Europe Ltd. is taking direct aim at industry giant Nokia Corp. with plans to sell a wireless video-game device very similar to Nokia's N-Gage. And to do so Gametrac is siding with Nokia's main rival in the space: Microsoft Corp.Gametrac said it...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a micro-size electronic component known as film bulk resonator duplexer for handsets, data cards and other wireless products. The company said the product is its smallest ever and can shrink phone sizes and create more...
Chet Huber is selling safety, security and peace of mind. And, he says, people are buying.Huber, president of General Motors' telematics company OnStar Corp., offers up plenty of evidence for his claim: a total of 2.5 million paying customers, renewal rates above 50 percent...
LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, and several phone makers...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. announced plans to offer a GPS Locator Phone. The device, about the size of a quarter, has two buttons, one that dials 911 and a second that is preprogrammed to dial another phone number, whether a parent, guardian or...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Avis Rent a Car System Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the "Avis Assist" navigation service has been expanded, with premieres this week in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and St. Louis. Avis Assist uses Motorola's Viamoto software, which features global positioning system, Java and location-based...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Price points below $100 have made global positioning system receivers affordable to the masses, according to research from ABI. In fact, demand for GPS applications will help grow the global GPS market to more than $22 billion by 2008, ABI said. ABI...
Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about all of them.Working its vision under what it describes as adaptive communication technologies, the chipmaker plans to roll out cohesive...
A warrant is required for police to use a global positioning system (GPS) tracking device on a suspect's vehicle, according to a ruling this week from the Washington Supreme Court.The Supreme Court disagreed with a previous finding by the Court of Appeals that warrants...
TORONTO-A concept car outfitted with wireless technology from Canadian wireless data and global positioning systems solutions company Baka Trak-IT is being used to demonstrate wireless network operability at this week's Bell Mobility Wireless Internet conference.Dubbed the Baka Wireless Smart Car, the Daimler Chrysler vehicle...
"No one ever got fired for buying IBM."It's a saying that has been floating around the business world for years. It highlights both the complications technology shoppers face as well as the challenges of selling such technology. And those going up against IBM Corp....
Mobile satellite service providers continue to struggle financially, but rebuilding efforts in Iraq appear to have increased minutes of use and precipitated the launch of new services.Bankrupt Globalstar L.P. said its second-quarter results were bolstered by its service launch in Iraq. The company's revenue...
COLUMBIA, Md.-The engineers at the Federal Communications Commission have finished examining various proposals to solve the interference problem experienced by public-safety agencies in the 800 MHz band, said Edmond Thomas, chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.`We basically separated the technical facts...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced its global positioning system antenna will be used in the 2004 Lincoln Aviator luxury Sports Utility Vehicle's navigation system.With GPS capabilities, the car will be able to pinpoint its location and guide the driver to a given destination with...
WASHINGTON-Edmond Thomas, chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, continued his cheerleading of ultra-wideband technologies Thursday when he gave reporters a rare glimpse into the technical engineering side of his job by taking them on a tour of the FCC's Engineering Lab.A...
TORONTO-NAC Geographic Products Inc. introduced a new location service the company said simplifies the use of wireless location services across a variety of locales and languages.NAC's technology uses the company's Natural Area Coding System, which integrates information from postal codes, GPS information, building addresses...
Driver distraction has become an increasing debate among lawmakers, with Congress likely to consider legislation soon that would ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving-nationwide. Such legislation would put a damper on the futuristic plans of the automotive and cellular industries to...
OLATHE, Kansas-Garmin International Inc. announced its iQue 3600 GPS-equipped personal digital assistant began shipping this week to electronics retailers and Garmin dealers in the United States."We are thrilled with the early response to our iQue 3600, and we're excited to deliver this full-featured, GPS-enabled...
