In their first significant cooperation for third-generation smart devices, Intel Corp., Nokia Corp. and Symbian Ltd. said they are working together to develop smart phones that will run on the Symbian operating system.Intel also agreed to collaborate with Symbian to develop a reference platform,...
Four years after leaving Microsoft to start their own business, Pete Mansour and Chad Schwitters are coming to market. The co-founders of Sproqit, a mobile software developer, plan to unveil software that allows people using handheld wireless devices to remotely access their desktop computers....
MUNICH, Germany-Research In Motion announced it will offer an aftermarket BlackBerry Connect software download for PalmSource Inc.'s Palm operating system.The partnership will allow Palm OS wireless device owners to sign up for BlackBerry wireless services, including the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service."We...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion has launched the quad-band, Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld for mobile professionals. It is scheduled to be available in the United States through Cingular Wireless next month and is expected to become available in November for mobile professionals in the...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Monday the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send short message service messages. It does not include voice support.The clamshell-style device flips open...
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported a deal with MercuryMD Inc. to provide medical professionals with wireless access to patient information on personal digital assistants and PocketPC devices using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network.The solution includes the palmOne Treo 600 and Audiovox PPC 4100 devices...
PalmSource Inc.’s results for the first quarter fiscal year 2005 show increased revenues, much-improved net losses and growing smart-phone shipments.The company recorded revenues of $18.2 million compared with $17.1 million last year. Net loss was $200,000, or 1 cent per share, compared with a...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans today to launch the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send short message service messages. It does not include voice support.The clamshell-style device...
WASHINGTON-A new lawsuit filed in Illinois state court alleges a driver talking on a cell phone hit and injured a woman crossing the street, litigation that comes as the mobile-phone industry launches a new driver-safety ad campaign. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Cook County...
Before she launched into her rip-roaring rant and head-butted Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Steve Largent after his "my-friend-on-the-far-left" comment at a hearing last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) calmly asked the NFL Hall of Famer and former Oklahoma congressman a question whose...
WASHINGTON—A new suit filed in Illinois state court alleges a driver talking on a cell phone hit and injured a woman crossing the street, litigation that comes as the mobile-phone industry launches a new driver-safety ad campaign.The suit, filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Software developer Mobile Digital Media (MDM) acquired Cutting Edge Software and its Quickoffice suite of applications for handheld devices, the companies announced Tuesday.MDM bought the subsidiary of Mobility Electronics Inc., which operated the company's handheld software business and related technology assets for...
LONDON-Graphics processor manufacturer Nvidia will announce its latest offering at Mobile Content World in London this week.The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will unveil its GoForce 3D 4500, which features high-performance three-dimensional graphics and 3-megapixel functionality. The processor initially will be brought to market in...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s first-quarter fiscal-year 2005 earnings showed the company's revenue grew to $273.1 million, reflecting a 62-percent increase from the year-ago quarter. Net income was $19.6 million, or 38 cents per share, compared with a loss of $16.9 million, or 57 cents per...
Research In Motion and Vodafone have released the BlackBerry 7100v, available exclusively for Vodafone's subscribers.Like the 7100t launched earlier this month with T-Mobile USA Inc., the 7100v features a phone design and uses RIM's new SureType software to assist users in typing text messages.The...
AirGate Technologies, a subsidiary of The X-Change Corp., said it has completed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) prototype for car child safety seats. The prototype uses the company's "Smart Buckle" technology incorporated into a standard child seat. Miniature RF transmitters send a low-power signal to...
A number of semiconductor companies have come together to define the standard interface for storage in wireless handhelds and other portable devices. The companies hope this will make handhelds like cell phones and personal digital assistants more efficient storage devices.The companies include Intel Corp.,...
Internet Service Provider EarthLink has added wireless voice provider to its resume with the release of the all-in-one color BlackBerry 7750 Wireless Handheld with wireless voice and e-mail service. The device works as a phone, e-mail device and Internet access device. It will be...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Building on its original VideoCore solution, Alphamosaic has launched the VC02 Mobile Multimedia Processor chip. The solution is designed to display video on 3.5-inch color displays and to capture 8-megapixel images, optimizing the experience of watching television, making videos and taking photos...
WASHINGTON-The lawyer for a Mississippi car dealer accused in a $15 million suit alleging cell-phone use contributed to a fatal driving accident in March said his client is innocent, and any punitive damages awarded would be unconstitutional. "Damages and injuries, if any,...
BOULDER, Colo.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology demonstrated a minuscule atomic clock that could one day be incorporated into wireless devices.NIST said it believes its clock is 100 times smaller than any other atomic clock. Its inner workings are about the size of...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business said it will provide Nextel Communications Inc.'s Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry 7510 handheld devices to its 400 full-time MBA students at the start of the fall 2004 semester. The school noted...
Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that will give iPass enterprise customers access to high-speed Internet connectivity while in flight.The agreement allows iPass users to access Connexion...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. introduced a Wi-Fi card for use with its Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 handhelds to enhance the integrated Bluetooth technology solution already featured on the devices."With the expansion of hot spots and Wi-Fi networks in homes and in businesses, we felt...
