XM Satellite Radio quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20 through distributors...
WASHINGTON-XM Satellite Radio last week quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20...
Mobile users will get a little help battling the bulge with two new applications aimed at dieters. Wireless entertainment publisher Digital Chocolate said it plans to work with Atkins Nutritionals Inc. to develop wireless content for carb counters. The first of the planned applications,...
LONDON-Digital rights management took center stage at the Symbian Expo Tuesday, with two new agreements to help content providers protect their wares.Mobile security company Discretix and e-commerce provider NDS released a DRM protection suite for mobile content.Dubbed OMA DRM V2.0, the updated product offers...
Cingular Wireless has partnered with content providers Vindigo, Tele Atlas, Digital Cyclone and Handango to offer a suite of mobile travel-related applications.The service is indicative of a trend among wireless carriers of packaging similar content and then targeting the packages at specific market segments.The...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said its Voice Command software for Windows Mobile 2003-based Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition is now available in retail outlets nationwide.Microsoft said this is the first time it has offered standalone Pocket PC software in stores, including CompUSA Inc.,...
HURST, Texas-Handango released an update to its mobile download provisioning technology, Handango AMPP, the company announced Friday.The new technology allows users of Handango AMPP to simplify content discovery for wireless subscribers, speed deployment of content offerings for mobile operators and streamline m-commerce capabilities. Originally...
Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced a new certification program to provide a single testing process for all Symbian-based applications. The move is an effort to smooth out the creation and delivery of third-party smart-phone applications, and comes on the heels of several similar...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker PalmOne Inc. released Java runtime software from IBM Corp. for its device customers. The runtime will allow Treo 600 and Tungsten users to run applications written for the Java 2 Micro Edition platform, which is widely deployed in the...
Microsoft Corp. scored another major distribution deal for its mobile-phone software with Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, announcing the availability of the Samsung SCH-i600 with Microsoft's Smartphone operating system.Verizon will sell the high-powered clamshell phone for $400 with a two-year service agreement...
LAS VEGAS-Sony Ericsson released its much-awaited P900 smart phone today. The Symbian operating system-based phone is smaller, faster and simpler than the company's successful P800 device, Sony Ericsson said.The device includes video recording capability, a 65K color touch screen and increased memory. The phone's...
Content provider Handango expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics, a move that places the company squarely in the wireless industry and a strategy that some think could create a significant business in the near future."There...
HURST, Texas-Content provider Handango announced it expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics.The move is notable as Handango already provides thousands of applications for a variety of platforms, including Symbian, Palm and Java systems. The company...
LOS ANGELES-The wireless industry is looking to make a major show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the main trade conference for the video game industry. A range of wireless players are announcing new products and new deals.Indeed, wireless gaming will likely be a big...
CANNES, France-Palm Inc., along with partners Handango and WideRay, announced it will offer in-store software kiosks in order to sell application for Palm OS devices.PalmSource Inc., the operating system business of Palm, said it will work with network operators to manage the store kiosks....
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. and Handango launched an online mobile software store offering applications for Palm OS and Pocket PC phones. The online store uses Handango's Application Management and Provisioning Platform and offers various applications including business software, games, ringtones, icons and images.
HURST, Texas—Handango announced that it is working closely with handset manufacturers Motorola Inc. and Sharp to deliver Java-based applications to Motorola Accompli and Sharp Zaurus users. Handango said it is working with its more than 6,000 independent software vendor partners and a host of...
HURST, Texas—Handango, a wireless software publisher, announced it will exclusively power Palm Inc.'s Software Connection Web site and that the companies intend to conduct joint marketing activities to promote Palm OS software applications."This alliance is a strategic move in solidifying Handango's leadership in the...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Wireless software companies AvantGo Inc. and Handango announced a partnership to sell a range of applications over the wired Internet. Thousands of handheld applications are available on the Web site, ranging from productivity to entertainment to travel software.
TORONTO-Handspring Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with Hartco, which the company said would extend the retail distribution of its line of Visor personal digital assistants and Springboard expansion modules further into Canada.In addition, Handspring said its Blazer Web browser will be available immediately...
If professionals need to be productive on the go, vVault thinks it has a platform on which they can walk.A mobile productivity applications provider, the company sets out to provide a technology platform to power network operators, ISPs, telecom carriers and device manufacturers."By coupling...
At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed for its products.Palm Chief Executive Officer Carl Yankowski illustrated his vision for the company,...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Centura Software Corp. and Handango Inc. have partnered to provide mobile solutions to the enterprise market.Under the agreement, Handango will provide mobile devices, network connectivity and software distribution and management while Centura will provide its Mobile Application Server eSNAPP 2.0. The joint...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic alliance with Handango Inc. under which Metrocall will provide two-way messaging capabilities to handheld computers powered by Handango's suite of business applications.In addition, Metrocall will sell Handango devices it its retail stores nationwide.Handango powers handheld content channels for...
