The big appear to keep getting bigger as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. accounted for half of the 188 million phones sold in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. However, such gains came at the expense of others in...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was no sign of its long-awaited iTunes phone. Motorola demonstrated a range of new products...
Sprint Corp. today formally launched a consultation service the carrier said can help businesses develop a long-term wireless strategy and roadmap. "They get a better handle on how they should use mobility," explained Kenny Wyatt, Sprint's vice president of integrated solutions.Sprint's new Mobile Business...
The wireless enterprise market-long a scene of sedate players and leisurely sales cycles-has cracked open with finger pointing, name calling, innuendo and otherwise rabid competition. "It really is a great indicator that it (the market) is starting to blossom," said Jason Guesman, vice president...
PORTLAND, Ore.-FreeRange Communications introduced an RSS news and Weblog reader for mobile phones and personal digital assistants. The FreeNews service allows users to receive feeds of Web information, including news, sports, weather, stock quotes and company news. FreeNews downloads only the latest information to...
Financials from smart-phone makers Research In Motion Ltd. and PalmOne Inc. indicate users are warming up to the expensive, high-end gadgets. However, sluggish results from Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. suggest that the rising tide is not lifting all boats. "RIM is reporting another...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java's widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun introduced the technology, the company promoted Java as the "write once, run anywhere" platform...
Financials from smart-phone makers Research In Motion Ltd. and PalmOne Inc. indicate users are warming up to the expensive, high-end gadgets. However, sluggish results from Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. suggest that the rising tide is not lifting all boats."RIM is reporting another record...
The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM's position in the case. The patent office rejected four of the five patents that...
The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM's position in the case. The news comes as an unknown number of RIM's BlackBerry...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS added the BlackBerry 7250 to its line-up, while T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. e335.Sprint said it will sell the BlackBerry device for $490. The device from Research In Motion Ltd. features Bluetooth and...
One pioneering wireless data technologies is getting closer to its expiration date, as AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s low-speed CDPD wireless data network is set to be shut down June 30 by new owner Cingular Wireless L.L.C. AWS had previously said it planned to shut...
The tenuous agreement between embittered combatants Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. appears to have fallen apart-RIM last week asked a U.S. district court to enforce its $450 million settlement with the patent-holding company. "NTP refuses to honor its obligations under the term...
OVERLAND PARK, Calif.-The wireless e-mail space remains hot as Sprint PCS teamed with Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. and software developer Seven to offer service to mass-market mobile users. Dubbed Yahoo! Mail for Mobile, the service is available through a downloadable client for $3 a...
The tenuous agreement between embittered combatants Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. appears to have fallen apart-RIM announced it will ask a U.S. court to enforce the companies' recently announced settlement."NTP refuses to honor its obligations under the term sheet and finalize the...
The wireless e-mail space remained hot Wednesday as Sprint PCS said it is teaming with Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. and software developer Seven to offer service to mass-market mobile users. Dubbed Yahoo! Mail for Mobile, the service is available through a downloadable client for...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-In an effort to expand its BlackBerry platform to government customers in Europe, Research in Motion formed a strategic alliance with EADS to certify its wireless data solutions as secure on a localized basis. RIM and EADS began working together earlier this...
If this keeps up, the wireless e-mail market may not be untapped for long. The flurry of activity in the wireless e-mail space looks to continue as carriers and software developers expand their offerings to attract users from all walks of life. Cingular Wireless...
Cingular Wireless said it will directly sell Good Technology's wireless e-mail service to its corporate accounts. The carrier will be the first operator in North America to directly offer GoodLink, which features continuous two-way synchronization of Microsoft Outlook functions, including e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes...
Despite highly publicized launches of consumer-oriented products and services, the mobile enterprise market remains a hotly contested segment for wireless carriers as evident by numerous announcements made during the past several weeks. However, analysts warn that carriers need to refine their efforts if they...
With three months of financial and operational performance on the books, 2005 is setting up as another strong year for the wireless industry. Analysts noted that first-quarter results have shown a substantial year-over-year improvement in customer growth along with improving churn and margin performances...
T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a surprisingly strong 957,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year, which fell short of the nearly 1.2 million customers the carrier added during the first quarter of 2004, but was well ahead of analysts' forecasts of...
Siemens AG announced it intends to shave off its ailing mobile-phone business by spinning it out as a "separate legal unit." The news comes amid a 35-percent drop in Siemens' second-quarter net profit, partially due to the failures of its mobile-phone and IT operations,...
Air2Web will launch an updated version of its instant-messaging offering this week, targeting on-the-go workers who use desktop clients like IBM's Lotus Sametime, Microsoft LCS and Jabber. The new product builds on Air2Web's 18-month-old 2IM, which seeks to extend enterprise-targeted desktop IM applications onto...
