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Jury out on wireless video trials: Cingular launches 18 channels for $20 a month

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. joined the mobile TV bandwagon last week, launching a carrier-branded streaming video service featuring short clips from 18 channels. But whether consumers really want to watch TV on their phones-and how much they'll pay for it-remains anybody's guess.Content providers for Cingular...

Proposed e-waste ban in California draws on EU model

A proposed law introduced in the California legislature last week would require makers of electronic equipment to phase out the use of hazardous materials in all devices sold in that state by 2008. Assembly Member Lori Saldaña (D) introduced Measure AB 2202, sponsored by...

N.J. Senate passes stricter talking, driving law

WASHINGTON-The New Jersey Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation to crack down on drivers already subject to a statewide ban on handheld cell-phone use by operators of motor vehicles. The state Senate passed 35-to-0 a bill that would make a violation of the existing driver handheld...

Jersey may toughen driver-distraction law, penalties

WASHINGTON-New Jersey, one of only a handful of states to ban driver use of handheld cell phones, is considering a stiffer penalty to address an ongoing national problem that has defied legislative and common-sense solutions to date. Meantime, momentum is building in other states...

Wireless reinvigorates old-school game-makers

Some of the biggest names from the early days of video games are looking to cash in on the latest platform in gaming-the mobile phone. The venerable publisher Namco Networks officially joined the stampede to mobile last month, launching a mobile game subsidiary dedicated...

Tao Group releases handset software

READING, England-Software company Tao Group launched a mobile version of its intent multimedia software platform for handset vendors. Tao Group said the intent Mobile solution supports several different operating systems-including Linux and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE-and features a middleware suite and an application suite...

Phone Monocle rescues subscribers from tiny cell-phone screens

LA CRESCENTA, Calif.-Magnific's Inc. said it has created a magnifying glass-like product that fits onto cellular phone displays. The Phone Monocle, which Magnific's said magnifies screen characters up to two times, is designed for phone users who are over 40 years old, those who...

Tao Group releases handset software

READING, England-Software company Tao Group launched a mobile version of its intent multimedia software platform for handset vendors. Tao Group said the intent Mobile solution supports several different operating systems-including Linux and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE-and features a middleware suite and an application suite...

Phone Monocle rescues subscribers from tiny cell-phone screens

LA CRESCENTA, Calif.-Magnific's Inc. said it has created a magnifying glass-like product that fits onto cellular phone displays. The Phone Monocle, which Magnific claims magnifies screen characters up to two times, is designed for phone users who are over 40 years old, those who...

Sprint Nextel adds LTE technology to IPWireless testing

SAN BRUNO, Ca.-Sprint Nextel Corp. is set to be the first operator to test the next evolution of IPWireless Inc.'s mobile broadband technology, the companies announced. IPWireless announced that beginning in March, Sprint Nextel plans to begin testing the company's new Long Term Evolution-capable...

Sprint Nextel to offer scanners at NASCAR events

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-Sprint Nextel Corp. is continuing the former Nextel Communications Corp.'s support of NASCAR, as it introduces a new handheld scanner that is expected to be available for rent at all NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events this year. The scanner, called the NASCAR...

Sona Mobile gets $3 million boost

NEW YORK-Shuffle Master Inc. made a $3 million private equity investment in Sona Mobile Holdings Corp. via the purchase of 2.3 million shares of common stock, the companies announced. Sona provides secure mobile solutions to the financial, enterprise, entertainment and gaming sectors. Shuffle Master...

Sprint Nextel invests $10 million in IPWireless

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it invested another $10 million into IPWireless Inc., which develops UMTS TD-CDMA network technology. Sprint Nextel initially invested $4 million in IPWireless in July. Sprint Nextel is trialing IPWireless' UMTS TD-CDMA technology in Washington, D.C. using its 2.5 GHz...

Sprint Nextel invests $10 million in IPWireless

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it invested another $10 million into IPWireless Inc., which develops UMTS TD-CDMA network technology. Sprint Nextel initially invested $4 million in IPWireless in July. Sprint Nextel is currently trialing IPWireless' UMTS TD-CDMA technology in Washington, D.C. using its 2.5...

RIM Googles new BlackBerry partnership

WATERLOO, Ontario-Google Inc. continues to make waves in wireless, announcing an agreement to bring its instant messaging, mapping and search services to Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Users of RIM's ubiquitous handheld will be able to...

Minn. law restricting cell-phone use while driving focuses on teens

WASHINGTON-Minnesota has become the latest state to enforce legislation restricting cell-phone use by teenage drivers, the 10th state to do so in the face of mounting research on the dangers of talking on the phone while driving. Given their inexperience behind the wheel, teens...

Trimble buys public-safety software firm APS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Trimble Navigation Ltd. acquired Advanced Public Safety Inc. in an all-cash transaction, the companies announced.APS is a privately held company based in Deerfield Beach, Fla., that develops mobile software for use in public-safety applications. The software allows real-time information to be delivered to...

2006 and the third screen’s gravitational pull

The wireless sector will enter 2006 with great expectations, everybody watching third-generation systems shift into higher gear with all that jazzy, digital content whose anytime, anywhere availability is transforming other industries even as cellular carriers of old reinvent themselves. Indeed, the mobility given voice...

STMicroelectronics joins EWC

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise in low power system-on-chip technologies with the EWC to ensure that high throughput features...

Rest easy

This is a somewhat official update on the other war: the war on spam. Like the other war, this one is global and asymmetrical in nature and involves spying. Just for the record, we're winning this one, too! Whoopee!"We're using technology and teamwork in...

STMicroelectronics joins EWC

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise in low power system-on-chip technologies with the EWC to ensure that high throughput features...

Visto joins lawsuit frenzy

The wave of litigation in the mobile e-mail space continued last week as Visto Corp. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Visto claims the software giant violated three patents relating to wireless synchronization, managing and securing data between servers and handheld devices. The...

Amended health lawsuit bypasses cancer question

WASHINGTON-The activities of cellular trade group CTIA under former president Thomas Wheeler are highlighted in a re-filed class-action lawsuit alleging wireless carriers, vendors and industry lobbyists failed to disclose to consumers that scientific studies differ on whether mobile-phone radiation can cause health problems. The...

Visto challenges Microsoft over patent infringement, inks deal with NTP

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-The wave of litigation in the mobile e-mail space continued as Visto Corp. filed a patent-infringement suit against Microsoft Corp. Visto claims the software giant violated three patents relating to synchronizing and managing data between servers and handheld mobile devices. The move...