VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create devices based on Microsoft's range of device operating systems.Intrinsyc's wireless handheld reference design, the MicroPDA (
RESTON, Va.-Daniel Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer of XO Communications Inc., will quit the company following the completion of XO's financial restructuring. The company will move into the hands of financier Carl Icahn, which will hold a controlling interest in the company after...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. announced it is working with Intel Corp. to integrate CPS's location technology-enhanced observed time difference technology-into a variety of Intel products geared toward the wireless and handheld markets.The companies plan to integrate E-OTD into mobile devices running Intel's...
BEIJING-PalmSource Inc., the operating system subsidiary of Palm Inc., announced it is expanding into the Chinese market for personal digital assistants and smart phones through a new Hong Kong office and several new licensing deals.Palm said it will work with several Chinese companies to...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Along with research firm IDC's report entitled "Attack of the Phones: Worldwide Handset Market Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006," program manager Kevin Burden predicts that a "wireless revolution is waiting in the wings."Burden's rosy outlook is backed by the report's optimistic numbers: mobile phone...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said it intends to offer Research In Motion Ltd.'s voice-enabled BlackBerry 6750 handheld device on its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network during the first quarter of next year. The launch will be the first BlackBerry device offered on a 1x network...
MAHWAH, N.J.-Vector graphics animation, an advanced visual technology, will now be available to personal digital assistant users viewing AccuWeather.com's weather service.Sharp Electronics Corp. developed the vector graphics technology, dubbed SharpMotionART, and teamed with AccuWeather to develop the first application of the technology. Users with...
PLANO, Texas-Describing the product as the first chip that integrates CDMA and wireless local area network solutions in a single device, SyChip said Cyberbank Corp. has integrated the SyChip WLAN6060EB embedded solution into its POZ hybrid PDA. "The integration ... will enable POZ users...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Investors roared their approval of a new deal between synchronization company Pumatech Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN business, sending Pumatech's stock up almost 75 percent to $1.45 per share.Under the deal, Microsoft's MSN service will use Pumatech's Intellisync software to provide synchronization...
WASHINGTON-The volatile debate surrounding the rules allowing or restricting the use of ultra-wideband technologies got louder as companies commented on ambient noise test results from the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the tests were not relevant....
PLANO, Texas-Describing the product as the first chip that integrates CDMA and wireless local area network solutions in a single device, SyChip said Cyberbank Corp. has integrated the SyChip WLAN6060EB embedded solution into its POZ hybrid PDA."The integration . will enable POZ users to...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Investors roared their approval of a new deal between synchronization company Pumatech Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN business, sending Pumatech's stock up almost 75 percent to $1.45 per share.Under the deal, Microsoft's MSN service will use Pumatech's Intellisync software to provide synchronization...
ARMONK, N.Y.-IBM Corp. and Sharp Corp. said they will work together to build a new embedded Linux handheld solution to enable businesses extend enterprise applications to their mobile workers.Sharp will use IBM's software for its Linux-based personal digital assistants."IBM and Sharp are working to...
WASHINGTON-The Governors Highway Safety Association said states next year will have new guidelines for collecting vehicular crash data that take account of driver use of cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices in traffic accidents.The new guidelines, which will help build a database that...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The Cutting Edge Software subsidiary of Mobility Electronics Inc. has released Quickoffice v6 for Mac OS X, enabling Macintosh users to view and edit Microsoft Office v.X files on Palm OS handhelds."Quickoffice for Mac provides all the handheld functionality Windows users have enjoyed...
WASHINGTON-The New Jersey State Senate has joined in the distracted driving ban chorus by passing legislation that would ban the use of handheld wireless phones while driving.The bill has now been sent to the New Jersey State Assembly. If it is passed by the...
SAN DIEGO-Voyager Systems Inc., San Diego, has closed a $7.5 million initial round of venture financing, led by Hamilton Apex Technology Ventures that it will use to expand sales and marketing of its secure data transmission services and wireless application development.Federal agents are currently...
ISSY_LES_MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA reported third-quarter net income of $16.85 million, or $1.13 per share, on revenues of $167 million, almost entirely derived from sales of its WISMO modules.By comparison, the company, whose stock trades on Nasdaq, had third-quarter 2001 net income of $4.1 million,...
AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport, which provides wireless and wired Internet access in airports and hotels, said it will open two Laptop Lane airport business centers at Oakland International Airport.The business centers will provide travelers with private workstations with wired high-speed and dial-up Internet connections for notebook...
MAARSSEN, The Netherlands-Wireless enterprise company iAnywhere Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase Inc., announced its mobile database technology will be integrated into a wireless ticketing trial for a Dutch railway company.Under the six-month trial, which CMG Wireless Data Solutions is managing, a group of...
LOVELAND, Colo.-The City of Loveland, Colo., is combining GiveMePower Corp.'s PowerCAD CE, a mobile handheld CAD system, with Autodesk Inc.'s desktop GIS system, AutoCAD Map, to offer its field staff and external contractors to remotely access municipal mapping data from the city's database.The PowerCAD...
AMAZON STATE, Brazil-Citizens of Brazil will use the Globalstar satellite phone system to cast votes in the upcoming presidential elections.Votes are cast on battery-operated voting machines, then transmitted back to Brazil's election commission over a Globalstar handheld satellite phone connected to the voting machine....
A full size keyboard capable of connecting to a portable mobile device like a cell phone or PDA that is capable of folding into nothing-sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong, with Canesta's new fully integrated projection keyboard for mobile devices. The keyboard...
