MINNEAPOLIS-Netbiquity L.L.C., a start-up firm specializing in wireless application development for corporate clients, announced plans to create a wireless portal for the consumer and small-business market. The portal is expected to be a free service targeted at users of both Palm and Pocket PC...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic alliance with Handango Inc. under which Metrocall will provide two-way messaging capabilities to handheld computers powered by Handango's suite of business applications.In addition, Metrocall will sell Handango devices it its retail stores nationwide.Handango powers handheld content channels for...
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation cellular base station and software radio applications. Analog Devices said the key to the AD9226...
PHILADELPHIA-Fiserv Securities Inc. reported a partnership with w-Trade Technologies, which provides mobile business applications, allowing Fiserv to offer wireless trading services to its customers.Fiserv said the partnership will enable its clients to buy and sell stocks; receive quotes, news and financial information; track their...
Almost overlooked amid the hype of Compaq Computer Corp.'s new iPAQ Home Internet Appliance introduced last week was the news that Compaq would being reselling another alternative Internet access product-Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.Under a recently expanded strategic alliance, Compaq will...
LONDON-Wireless Internet-capable devices are set for explosive growth in unit shipments as the price/performance equation shifts over the next five years to accommodate the growing information, communication and entertainment needs of wireless users, according to a report from Strategy Analytics.The report, "Wireless Devices for...
Aether Systems Inc. announced it will buy Cerulean Technology Inc., a provider of public safety software and solutions, for $150 million, adding the public safety vertical market to its growing list of interests.Cerulean's PacketCluster line of mobile applications targets the dispatch, remote data access...
Used to be if you wanted to enter the world of cloaks and daggers, you would try to be recruited by the CIA, or join the FBI, Interpol or another agency involved in espionage.Now if you want to play James Bond, simply get a...
TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless launched a wireless shopping comparison service in conjunction with BuyBuddy.com, an online independent comparison shopping guide.The service is available on the new BlackBerry 957 and 950 handheld devices. Rogers plans to extend BuyBuddy Mobile to all mobile phones and pagers in...
iMedeonWireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon's iM: Work, includes an administration tool allowing users to configure the system to meet their data-collection needs. In addition, pre-configured templates are included...
LONDON-In conjunction with releasing its financial results for the first six months of the year, U.K. handheld computer maker Psion plc said it plans to list the Symbian consortium, most likely in 2001."The shareholders of Symbian have decided that subject to good progress in...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a royalty-bearing CDMA agreement granting Handspring Inc. a license to develop wireless solutions for handheld computers using Qualcomm's CDMA air-interface technologies and patents."Over time, all handheld computing products will become wirelessly enabled and Qualcomm's CDMA technology provides a great path...
Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information services to cars and trucks, and give Qualcomm a means to main-line new...
NEW YORK-To catch a thief, at least two companies are turning to wireless technology.The first out of the box is Aeris.net, San Jose, Calif., which provides back-up wireless messaging for residential alarm systems when the wireline connection is severed.The company's MicroBurst technology enables short...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. has agreed to acquire Telxon Corp. for about $465 million in a stock-for-stock merger aimed at bolstering Symbol's wireless handheld computing system vision.Telxon integrates mobile computing and wireless data communication software, while Symbol makes solutions to add wireless connectivity to...
NEW YORK-The Legislature of Suffolk County, N.Y., has scheduled a public hearing today on a bill to ban handheld wireless phone use by anyone, except emergency services workers, driving on all public streets within the large and populous jurisdiction.The law was introduced by Jon...
NEW YORK-The risks of using a cellular phone while driving "appear to be small compared to other daily risks, but are uncertain because existing research is limited and of uneven quality," a new Harvard Center for Risk Analysis report concluded.The Center, part of the...
NEW YORK-Dream House Software Inc., Orinda, Calif., expects to begin beta testing in August of its new AnyWhereMobile Internet Service, designed to give subscribers remote access to their personal computer files.This represents the next phase of evolution from the company's earlier product, Retriever, which...
Aether Systems Inc. is involved in yet another joint venture launch, this time with Sylvan Learning Systems Inc., to introduce MindSurf, a company aiming to provide mobile computing infrastructure targeted at the education community.The wireless education venture was created to link students, teachers and...
TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for financial institutions that combine the...
NEW YORK-Any wireless carrier that frets about competition on its turf should consider SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., the fourth licensee in Hong Kong.The city-state has a population of 6.9 million, of whom 4 million already are mobile customers. Serving this market are six mobile...
TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for wireless Internet services and applications.The Mobile Station Processor 1000 solution is a microprocessor system designed to perform the functions associated...
NEW YORK-Andrew Seybold offered attendees of a recent New York New Media Association meeting this twice-told tale to illustrate how mobile data badly needs an application of common sense, that least common of all the senses.The respected wireless Web guru and curmudgeon offered this...
