SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. agreed to acquire Extended Systems Inc., a mobile solutions vendor, allowing Palm to provide both handheld computers and enterprise-class mobile infrastructure software and support for multiple operating systems, including Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC and RIM. The deal...
When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country's largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market."Time to market is very important, and Verizon did a good job of getting the phone to...
ARMONK, N.Y.-Melard Technologies Inc., a business-to-business mobile and wireless data systems and services provider, announced an agreement with MobilePlanet, a multichannel direct reseller of name-brand mobile computing and wireless products.MobilePlanet will make Melard's SIDEARM, which the company describes as a ruggedized handheld computer, available...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-iPass Inc., which provides global remote Internet access services, and Certicom, which provides mobile e-business security, partnered to enable mobile professionals to securely access corporate databases and applications from handheld devices from anywhere.The alliance includes joint sales and marketing initiatives, interoperability and...
Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer such a diverse range of products and technologies, and eventually will position the company...
Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the smart-phone industry, cutting its workforce and now plans to focus on industrial WAN and...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will introduce Kyocera Corp.'s 6035 smart phone onto its network beginning March 5.The dual-branded, Palm OS-powered handset features wireless Web access and a near-Palm handheld size screen, and it supports the installation of applications compatible with Palm OS software....
NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect.Opportunity is knocking for expansion of their use in provisioning of telecommunications services. Beyond that deployment, smart-card...
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...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-The Westchester County Legislature voted unanimously last Monday to prohibit drivers from talking on handheld cellular phones.The measure authorizes fines of up to $150 for an offense in the county unless the driver is using a hands-free device or is placing an...
Practically everything you ever wanted to know about a specific stock is now accessible through a Palm, Research in Motion Inc. Blackberry or Microsoft Corp. Pocket PC handheld device courtesy of iphrase Technologies Inc.'s One Step Research for Wireless software.Iphrase, based in Cambridge, Mass.,...
TAIWANChunghwa Telecom Labs (CHTTL), the technology development group of Taiwan's state-owned telecommunication operator, has selected Nokia to conduct its third-generation trials. Nokia will provide CHTTL with the core and radio network, network management system and technical consultancy services. Then based on the trial results,...
BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., which provides software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, announced Lotus Notes and Domino support for its Wireless Business Engine. The Domino Connector will allow mobile workers to access corporate Domino-based e-mail, calendars, to do lists and address books...
Mobile computing company Psion shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the smart-phone industry and cutting its work force. The company now plans to focus on industrial...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-iPass Inc., provider of global remote Internet access services released its iPassConnect PDA solution, iPassConnect PDA for Palm OS platform and iPassConnect PDA for the Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC.The company said its products enable mobile professionals to have quick and secure access...
SEATTLE-Imaging technology company LizardTech Inc. partnered with computer chip giant Intel Corp. to enter the wireless Internet market with a product the company said will allow wireless users to view large, complex images.LizardTech, which currently designs technology to transmit high-quality images over the Internet,...
NEW YORK - Although widespread adoption of wireless data remains more goal than reality, network operators, device makers and wireless applications developers have not wasted their efforts building the foundation for its eventual surge, said Jason Tsai, wireless services and data analyst for C.E....
TheRightSizeTheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers search for their favorite brand and style of clothes. The service also can find sizes...
According to recent reports, wireless gaming is spreading nearly as fast as computer viruses pretending to be pictures of tennis stars. By 2005, more than 200 million wireless phone users in the United States and Europe, 80 percent of all wireless customers, will play...
By combining low power, high performance and small size on one platform, InHand Electronics hopes to simplify the making and use of wireless handhelds.The product, called Fingertip to reflect its focus on size, was unveiled last week at Microsoft's Windows Embedded Developers' Conference.Fingertip offers...
STERLING, Va.-BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.'s handheld e-mail computer favored by high-powered executives, will soon move from the boardroom to the battlefield under a new agreement among the U.S. Department of Defense, security system company Kasten Chase and RIM.The device could be distributed to...
Texas Instruments Inc., ever seeking a new berth for itself in the chip business, has developed a new device to enable handset manufacturers to build smaller systems with fewer components and at lesser costs.The product, TRF6150, is compliant to both 2.5 and third-generation technologies...
IRVINE, Calif.-FieldCentrix announced today that Verizon Wireless will become its FX Connect partner and will provide wireless network capabilities to FieldCentrix Enterprise customers.FieldCentrix's Enterprise program works to integrate wireless communications, handheld computers and the Internet to automate field service operators.FieldCentrix provides wireless, Internet-based software...
Motorola Inc.'s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe's biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting after Motorola pulled out of a development deal with the company.Shares of European handheld computer developer Psion plc dropped 19...
