WASHINGTON-As allegations fly back and forth over the award of Iraqi mobile-phone licenses and public-safety contracts in a war-torn country where insurgency has become a destabilizing force, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority finds itself far behind schedule in establishing a first-responder network that officials...
Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles, and wireless players shared in the enthusiasm. Indeed, wireless was a prevalent theme at the show, with players from Nokia...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc.'s Telispark Mobile Enterprise solution has been chosen by Ontario's Hydro One Networks Inc., which owns and operates a large electricity transmission and distribution system. Hydro One will use the solution, consisting of mWorkManager, mAsset and mInspect applications, to manage...
Sprint Corp. launched its Sprint Relay Wireless service powered by GoAmerica, which the telecommunications provider said would allow deaf or hard-of-hearing users to connect to Sprint Relay Online from virtually anywhere using a choice of wireless handheld devices and pagers.The service will initially be...
WASHINGTON-Lawyers for a North Carolina firm are in talks to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a young girl killed earlier this year when a commercial truck-allegedly operated by a driver reaching for his cell phone-rammed into the rear of a school...
BALTIMORE-Wireless security company Bluefire Security Technologies announced a new product the company said allows business users to disable Bluetooth connections in enterprise devices, a move the company said is in response to concerns over Bluetooth hacking.Indeed, Bluefire said an agency of the U.S. Department...
New research shows the market for personal digital assistants continues to decline, with shipments dropping 33.1 percent sequentially to 2.2 million units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC."Despite increasingly powerful handheld devices reaching market, the consumer uptake of entry-level devices available...
New research shows the market for personal digital assistants continues to decline, with shipments dropping 33.1 percent sequentially to 2.2 million units in the first quarter, according to research and consulting firm IDC."Despite increasingly powerful handheld devices reaching market, the consumer uptake of entry-level...
Airline workers could be tasked with a new set of responsibilities as wireless industry advancements make it possible to safely use portable electronic devices like cell phones while in flight.Several wireless devices now offer "plane safe" or "flight" modes that allow radio transmitters to...
Airline workers could be tasked with a new set of responsibilities as wireless industry advancements make it possible to safely use portable electronic devices like cell phones, while in flight.Several wireless devices now offer "plane safe" or "flight" modes that allow radio transmitters to...
A Michigan electronics recycler and a New Hampshire nonprofit group are partnering to gather old cell phones in New England.ReCellular Inc. and the Institution Recycling Network have created a program to collect mobile phones and other small electronic devices from New England colleges, universities...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Flexible Innovations Ltd. released a new range of materials and applications featuring egrips technology.Last June, the company launched egrips to safeguard mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other handheld devices from falling and breaking by giving users better grips. The latest version...
FRANKFURT, Germany-As the mobile-phone sales increase, the world's chipmakers continue to look to take advantage of the market opportunity.For example, Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe released its new Mobile Media Processors, which the company said incorporate MPEG-4 and JPEG hardware encoding and decoding functionality. The chips...
ATLANTA-Earthlink has announced its intentions to sell its own branded converged wireless voice and data devices. The ISP said it will debut its first product this spring offering a complete bundle of applications on a handheld device including e-mail, voice calling, and Internet access...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. said it had revenues of $242.5 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2004, which ended Feb. 27. The revenues represented an increase of 22.6 percent from the $197.9 million reported during the same time last year.Net loss for the quarter...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. said it had revenues of $242.5 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2004, which ended Feb. 27. The revenues represented an increase of 22.6 percent from the $197.9 million reported during the same time last year.Net loss for the quarter...
ATLANTA-Research In Motion introduced its color BlackBerry 7750 wireless handheld at the CTIA Wireless show. The Java-based device is scheduled to be available from Verizon Wireless in April.Features of the 7750 include:a large, high-resolution color screen that supports more than 65,000 colors,support for 800/1900...
When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why the carrier's bankruptcy filing came as such a surprise."Personally, I'm very, very sorry to...
LOS ALTOS, Calif.-PhatWare Corp., a mobile and desktop computer software and services company, said it has renamed its HPC Notes organization tool for Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and desktop PCs. The product's new name is PhatNotes, which the company said reflects the product's...
Fresh with a government deal to test its Packet Blast technology, Lucent Technologies Inc. confirms a trend that proclaims packet technology is king in the wireless space.The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated this with an $11.5 million award to allow Lucent to...
STOCKHOLM-Columbitech announced Carlsberg Breweries will deploy the Columbitech Wireless Suite in more than 1,200 of its delivery trucks. "Columbitech Wireless Suite was the solution most suited for our truck fleet since Columbitech could deliver security, application persistence and also enhance the performance of the...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through the end of 2004, smart phones will generally have a negative impact on the low end of the PDA market,...
WASHINGTON-A lawsuit was filed against a truck driver and a North Carolina company in connection with the death of a girl killed Jan. 13 when a school bus was rear-ended by a truck whose driver allegedly was reaching for a cell phone he dropped.Officials...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through the end of 2004, smart phones will generally have a negative impact on the low end of the PDA market,...
