Tira Wireless has sold the rights to its mobile publishing division to Airborne Entertainment in a move Tira said will allow it to focus solely on developing mobile technology.Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.Airborne acquired rights to all of Tira's games, applications,...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA is singing its own song. At the CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, the technology's...
HOUSTON-FrogPad and Gennum Corp. announced the launch of the iFrog portable Bluetooth-enabled keyboard.The solution is compatible with all PCs and Macs that support the Bluetooth Human Interface Device profile, which defines how a keyboard communicates with another Bluetooth device.Additionally, iFrog will have drivers for...
Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS both launched new handsets Wednesday.LG Mobile Phones and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. have launched the new L1400 camera phone.The clamshell-style GSM/GPRS phone features media capabilities, an external display with external caller ID and an integrated VGA camera. An external side...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Sleepycat Software and MontaVista Software announced Sleepycat's Berkeley DB software and MontaVista's Linux operating system will be incorporated in Motorola's A780 mobile phone, which was announced last month.Berkeley DB efficiently and reliably manages data while MontaVista Linux enables a range of applications including...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with ARM Ltd. to integrate and distribute optimized Java solutions for mobile devices. Both companies also agreed to establish a single distribution source through Sun.ARM's Jazelle hardware technology will be deployed into...
LONDON-Anglo-Dutch information technology services firm LogicaCMG will use Sun Microsystems' Java Enterprise System for its wireless data services and messaging offerings, Sun announced Tuesday.LogicaCMG will implement the full array of component products included in Java, allowing it to offer an increased range of services...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The world's largest carrier has partnered with the world's largest handset manufacturer to simplify software in Java-enabled cell phones.Vodafone, which boasts 139 million global customers, will work with Nokia Corp. to create a standards-based mobile Java services architecture to enable application compatibility...
The world's largest carrier has partnered with the world's largest handset manufacturer to simplify software in Java-enabled cell phones.Vodafone, which boasts 139 million global customers, will work with Nokia to create a standards-based mobile Java services architecture to enable application compatibility across handsets and...
Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years.In spite of the risks, venture-capital companies say wireless is a good place to throw money. In July alone, 41 wireless companies announced $570 million in...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Flush from two recent successful rounds of funding, Mforma Group Inc. has acquired FingerTwitch, Inc., a San Francisco-based company that adapts games and other applications for wireless use.The mobile entertainment company will use FingerTwitch technologies to develop applications across a broad range of...
Flush from two recent successful rounds of funding, Mforma Group Inc. has acquired FingerTwitch, Inc., a San Francisco-based company that adapts games and other applications for wireless use.The mobile entertainment company will use FingerTwitch technologies to develop applications across a broad range of handsets...
TOKYO-A new mobile software solution from Aplix Corp. and Motorola Inc. allows Java developers and content providers to debug an application as it runs on a handset.The solution, based on Aplix's JBlend platform, supports the KVM Debug Wireless Protocol (KDWP) and features a proxy...
LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator 3 added a new NEC handset to its portfolio with the e228, the Japanese company's sixth 3G device to launch in the United Kingdom.The bar-format handset features two high-resolution cameras, which both enable video telephony and capture still and video images....
The wireless industry enjoyed a flood of investment news last week. Among the announcements:c Wireless broadband provider TeraGo Networks Inc. garnered $6.4 million in financing, bringing total investments in it to $34.8 million in the past four years.c Redline Communications Inc. announced it has...
This week's flurry of investment activity continued Thursday, as several companies reported successful funding rounds. Some notables among Thursday's announcements include: Sorrent raised $20 million in Series C financing led by BA Venture Partners, the California-based mobile entertainment publisher announced. Sorrent officials said the...
BERKELEY, Calif.-MobiTV continued to add content offerings to its video streaming service Tuesday, signing agreements with NBC Universal, FOX Interactive Media and Comedy Time.With the latest announcement, MobiTV offers more than a dozen popular television channels, including ABC and NBC news channels, FOX Sports,...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said it will improve cycle and delivery times to its Eastern European customers by up to six...
Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of a digital camera.The phone includes a 3X optical linear zoom, along with a 4X...
SEOUL, South Korea-Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of a digital camera.The phone includes a 3X optical linear zoom, along with...
BEIJING-Internet access technology provider Access announced it will provide Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. Ltd. with technology to enable advanced mobile services over China's third-generation TD-SCDMA networks.Under their agreement, Access will develop technology specifications and business strategies for new client-end data solutions on 3G...
BEIJING-Internet access technology provider Access announced it will provide Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. Ltd. with technology to enable advanced mobile services over China's third-generation TD-SCDMA networks.Under their agreement, ACCESS will develop technology specifications and business strategies for new client-end data solutions on 3G...
When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said it was not open enough because it savored such a wide array of supporters...
