MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. released its third quarter earnings report, meeting analysts' expectations and drawing $123.8 million.The company's earnings for the quarter, ended March 31, were a 261-percent increase from the same period last year, and 7 percent better than...
Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device and any carrier's network."This is a single software platform that manages across all devices...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. said it will create a reseller program for its Visor line of PDAs, a move to create a stronger distribution channel for the company.Under the program, qualified resellers and value-added resellers will be able to distribute...
The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting, though many industry observers agree more consolation will take place and not everyone will make it to greener pastures.The recent...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced its North American subsidiary has a deal with Handspring Inc. to provide integrated logistics services, including procurement, programming, packaging and distribution services, relating to the VisorPhone Springboard module.Brightpoint also said it developed the technology and processes to connect VisorPhone subscribers to...
SAN FRANCISCO-With a second-quarter revenue rise of about $100 million from the year-ago period, handheld maker Handspring Inc. surpassed Wall Street estimates and looks to turn its first profit by the end of 2001.The company reported an operating loss of 7 cents per share,...
Sprint PCS expanded its all-digital network into Huntsville, Ala., and opened two new Sprint PCS Centers for consumers and businesses in the city. The new centers are at 700 Airport Road, Suite G, and in the Madison Square Mall on University Drive. To coincide...
In my first journalism class, the instructor gave us an acronym to remember-KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. Little did I know I would some day work in acronym central, otherwise known as the wireless industry.In designing wireless devices, the KISS advice also holds true....
CHICAGO-Was last week's Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success?It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack of traffic, others said they received more attention since some traditional large vendors opted out of the show.Before the event,...
CHICAGO-At what was overall a relatively slow show in terms of floor traffic, Handspring Inc. took a piece of the spotlight by introducing an attachment to its Visor organizer product that adds voice functionality to the primarily data device at the Personal Communications Industry...
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...
