NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. released the A630 wireless handset at a gala last week in New York City.The candy bar-shaped device features a hidden QWERTY keyboard for texting, e-mailing and instant messaging. It offers integrated Bluetooth wireless technology, a speaker phone and e-mail support for...
Sun Microsystems Inc. made several announcements at last week's JavaOne show in San Francisco, including a new version of the Java platform and two carrier partnerships. "Java powers 1.7 billion devices worldwide and it's rapidly accelerating into the cable TV, gaming, ring-tone and automotive...
Motorola Inc. released the A630 wireless handset at a gala in New York City today.The candy bar-shaped device features a hidden QWERTY keyboard for texting, e-mailing and instant messaging. It offers integrated Bluetooth wireless technology, a speaker phone and e-mail support for POP3, SMTP...
Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform, which forms the basis for T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick wireless phone.The move is notable as the Danger Hiptop platform is...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform, which forms the basis for T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick wireless phone.Now, through Danger's licensing agreement with Sun, Hiptop users will...
Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum, a move the company said will give it yet another spot on the value chain."We're trying to address everyone," said Jennifer Hom, marketing manager with Sun's software systems business.Through the...
SAN FRANCISCO-It's a numbers game.Three million developers. Three million downloads of the J2ME software development kit last year. Five hundred fifty million desktops running Java. Fifty-three wireless carriers deploying Java services to 100 million subscribers. One hundred million Java-enabled handsets in the world. Three...
VALHALLA, N.Y.-Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. and Summus Inc. announced Fujifilm's "Get the Picture" mobile photo service application, powered by Summus' BlueFuel, is now available through AT&T Wireless Service Inc.'s mMode service.With the service, consumers can view, store and share photos taken with traditional...
Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced a new partnership with chip maker Intel Corp. as well as new plans to sell wireless application services to businesses, all parts of an effort to continue the expansion of the company's Java 2 Micro Edition technology in wireless.The...
NEW ORLEANS-Autodesk Location Services and Ericsson entered an agreement to market and deliver an end-to-end locaton-based services solution for carriers. The agreement calls for the companies to demonstrate the feasibility of the Autodesk LocationLogic LBS middleware solution and Ericsson's core next-generation service platform as...
Tira Wireless uveils JUMP platformNEW ORLEANS-Tira Wireless, which publishes wireless Java applications for mobile phones, unveiled its Java Universal Mobile Porting (JUMP) platform. The JUMP platform address the J2ME challenge of device variation and lack of compatibility."The vision of Java is based on the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it plans to develop and distribute J2ME virtual machine technologies to support its Mobile Station Modem chipsets."These J2ME technologies will be compatible with select Qualcomm CDMA technologies mobile station modem chipsets, the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless application programming interface...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS introduced an on-demand video information application for its Vison service allowing customers to watch news, finance, weather, sports and entertainment programming from their wireless handsets.The 1KTV multimedia service is a downloadable J2ME application and uses a slide show format with...
LONDON-Acotel, the Italian wireless application service provider, has acquired Info2cell.com, the Middle East's first wireless applications service provider. Acotel's first acquired a 33-percent stake in Info2cell.com in 2000. Following the complete acquisition of the company, Acotel has linked the Info2cell.com development center in Jordan...
By launching a service-based business group, enhanced open standards portfolio and partnerships to enhance a variety of wireless applications, Motorola Inc. has spread its dragnet to collect carrier contracts.As multimedia services continue to take center stage, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company is attacking next-generation services...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced alliances with Digital Bridges, End2End, InfoSpace IN-FUSIO and MForma as part of its new Openwave Mobile Connect Program, the newest branch of the Openwave Developer Network.Openwave Mobile Connect's goal is to gather and feed Java and multimedia content...
NEW YORK-Playboy Enterprises Inc. said it has signed a licensing agreement with Legend Mobile Inc. to distribute its content through digital cards and CD-ROM in mobile phones and in other handheld devices from Motorola, Nokia, Palm and Sony, and in Research in Motion's Blackberry.Running...
NEW YORK-Summus Inc., Raleigh, N.C., and Snapfish, San Francisco, will share revenue under a multi-year contract announced July 1 to develop and co-market Snapfish Mobile, a new wireless photo application powered by Summus' BlueFuel multimedia architecture.Offering consumers the ability to access their photographs on...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...
Handsets/wireless devicesSonySony Electronics unveiled its CLIE handhePEG-T415 ld with reduced profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also...
LONDON—Mobile entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies released the second-generation versions of its products, the Pecan mobile entertainment platform and the Pistachio software developers kit.The company said the new versions incorporate, among other features, support for J2ME client/server applications, portal management capabilities and integration with...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Xora Inc. has unveiled version 4.0 of the Xora Platform, which offers improved voice recognition, out-of-coverage operation support for J2ME-based devices, and personalization features."The Xora Platform 4.0 provides a single enterprise-wide foundation for all data mobilization projects," explained Sanjay Shirole, chief executive...
