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Consortium offers initiative to simplify mobile browsing

CHIBA, Japan-A consortium of Web-based companies unveiled an initiative to simplify Internet browsing from handheld devices.The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) encouraged members to join two working groups working to make Web browsing easier from mobile phones and other devices. One subcommittee is charged...

UPS upgrades wireless equipment

ATLANTA-UPS said it plans to roll out new equipment with wireless capabilities co-developed with Symbol Technologies to its drivers.The company said the deployment, which will include 32,000 units in the United States and 8,000 outside the United States, is part of a technology upgrade...

Nintendo portable gaming device to feature Wi-Fi

REDMOND, Wash.-Nintendo's much-anticipated portable gaming device will feature Wi-Fi technology, allowing players to compete head-to-head on wireless networks, the company said Tuesday. IGN Entertainment will provide wireless technology for the Nintendo DS, slated for release later this year. The handheld device will also be...

Gamers see wireless in 3-D

As mobile gaming grows from niche market to mass market, developers and publishers are scrambling to market the next big thing. And nearly everyone in the space is putting money on 3-D. "We're spending a lot of time, a lot of energy and a...

Wireless revenues fuel THQ’s quarterly profit

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.-Revenues from THQ Inc.'s wireless subsidiary more than tripled during the fiscal fourth quarter compared with last year, helping push the company to an 86-percent gain in overall profits during the period. Net income for the quarter was $10.1 million or 24...

Leap expected in operating-system market

NATICK, Mass.-The global market for commercial mobile software, including operating systems, application frameworks, Java service and provisioning solutions, is expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2008 from $560 million last year, according to a new study released by Venture Development Corp. The report, "The...

Crown Castle to use Microsoft technology for wireless television service

HOUSTON-Crown Castle Mobile Media will use technology from Microsoft Corp. to deliver and manage content for its live mobile TV service, the companies announced yesterday. The subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp. said it has selected Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video 9 and...

Products

Signal ReachNational Cellular and Signal Reach introduced a new antenna coupler the companies said can attach to any mobile phone and improve the phone's signal reception. The coupler attaches to the phone with Velcro and then can be plugged into an external antenna or...

Wireless becoming as common as chalk in classroom

Wireless technology is becoming as much a part of today's classrooms as chalkboards, books and desks. Nearly four out of five colleges or universities have deployed wireless networks on their campuses, according to the most recent "College Technology Review" by Market Data Retrieval, a...

Financial Briefs

SpectraSite Inc. filed a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 250,000 shares of its common stock to adjust to a market price obligation. This will fulfill a stock buyback agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co., and the market price adjustment is...

COLED offers new display technology

LONGMONT, Colo.-COLED Technologies Inc. announced a new display technology that the company said could eventually replace liquid crystal displays. The company said it uses electrode modification to improve the charge injection characteristics of the electrodes used in the construction of organic light emitting diode...

Powerful phones can have powerful problems

T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely advanced levels of technology packed into high-end devices as well as the risks carriers face in selling them. Wireless stands...

Gizmondo wireless gaming device launches in U.K.

Tiger Telematics opened its Gizmondo London flagship store, and its launch party featured celebrities including rapper Busta Rhymes, boxer Lennox Lewis and actor Verne Troyer. The opening coincided with the launch of the Gizmondo portable wireless video game device in the United Kingdom.Tiger Telematics...

Xdrive offers wireless access service

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Xdrive launched a new service that gives customers wireless access to their files through any Internet-connected wireless phone, smart phone or handheld device. The service provides access to files and folders, allows customers to send faxes, e-mail documents, listen to music and...

Qualcomm, Crown Castle separately aim to advance mobile television in U.S.

NEW ORLEANS-In the interest of advancing mobile television services, Qualcomm Inc. said it will work with leading companies to create a multi-party organization committed to advancing the global standardization of FLO technology, the air interface specification for the forward link only technology. FLO is...

Qualcomm, Crown Castle aim to advance mobile TV

NEW ORLEANS-In the interest of advancing mobile television services, Qualcomm Inc. said it will work with leading companies to create a multi-party organization committed to advancing the global standardization of FLO technology, the air interface specification for the forward link only technology.FLO is designed...

Telstra to trial DVB-H mobile TV technology in Australia for year

SYDNEY, Australia-Broadcast Australia subsidiary The Bridge Networks will team with Telstra on a year-long trial of Australia's first multi-channel mobile TV service using digital video broadcast for handheld (DVB-H) technology. Harris Broadcast Systems, a Cincinnati-based communications company, will provide transmission equipment for the transmissions,...

Nokia switches sides on 802.11n battle

DALLAS-The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium, one of two competing groups offering a proposal to IEEE for 802.11n technology, gained another heavy hitter Friday as Nokia Corp. switched its support to the group.Motorola Inc. joined the WWiSE group last month.Nokia previously had been...

Cell-phone use while driving on increase

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-were using cellular phones (both handheld and hands-free)...

Motorola joins WWiSE group for 802.11n proposal

Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology. The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an...

Telstra to trial DVB-H mobile TV technology in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia-Broadcast Australia subsidiary The Bridge Networks will team with Telstra on a year-long trial of Australia's first multi-channel mobile TV service using digital video broadcast for handheld (DVB-H) technology.Harris Broadcast Systems, a Cincinnati-based communications company, will provide transmission equipment for the transmissions, which...

Talking while driving speeds up

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today said cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-used cellular phones (both handheld and hands-free)...

Motorola joins WWiSE consortium for 802.11n proposal

Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology.The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an enhanced...

Nokia to include Flash technology in Series 60 platform

Nokia Corp. announced it will include Macromedia's Flash technology in its Series 60 platform, which will then be available to device makers building Series 60 handsets. The move marks Flash's latest step into the wireless marketplace."We are pleased that Macromedia Flash technology will be...