One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of course, it works in their favor.With a myriad of technologies in the market, vendors and carriers all see their technologies...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless took another major step toward third-dimensional technology with the ratification of the OpenGL ES application development standard for wireless devices. The 3D graphics forum Khronos Group said it ratified the standard, and wireless heavyweights from Motorola Inc. to Nokia Corp. to Sun...
Wireless took another major step toward third-dimensional technology with the ratification of the OpenGL ES application development standard for wireless devices. The 3D graphics forum Khronos Group said it ratified the standard, and wireless heavyweights from Motorola Inc. to Nokia Corp. to Sun Microsystems...
Pictures of a possible Motorola Inc. smart phone using Microsoft Corp.'s operating system surfaced on an enthusiast Web site, further stoking industry rumors that Motorola has sided with the software giant.The photos, posted on smart-phone enthusiast Web site www.modaco.com, coincided with a rash of...
A new consumer study finds that U.S. wireless users show little to no interest in advanced smart phones, and that handset makers and carriers would be better off selling specialized wireless devices.According to a new study from Jupiter Research, most U.S. consumers would not...
BEIJING-China Unicom said it will use Java download technology from Motorola Inc.'s 4thpass subsidiary, a move that highlights the potential of the Java download market.Using 4thpass' technology, China Unicom will offer provisioning and downloading services for Java-based applications. Users will be able to purchase...
Like '70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude.In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet and the possibilities therein. Wireless players from carriers on down to startups imagined opening Yahoo!-style...
NEC to re-enter U.S. phone marketNEC Corp. plans to re-enter the U.S. mobile phone market through an exclusive phone deal with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The carrier will begin offering NEC's high-end 515 phone starting July 28.As RCR Wireless News reported in May,...
In a move many industry analysts say eventually will level the wireless data playing field, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched commercial EDGE services in Indianapolis, allowing the carrier to offer data speeds it claims will range from 75 to 135 kilobits per second and peak...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has remotely erased four games on all of its Sidekick color-screen devices sold-a move that highlights the Sidekick's unique technology but also the potential pitfalls of such a service.T-Mobile sells its branded Sidekick through a partnership with device startup Danger Inc....
Major carriers, network solution providers and handset manufacturers in North America and Europe have come together to discuss how to form a common standard to update software in wireless devices over the air without making subscribers mail in the devices or walk back to...
LONDON-European operator MmO2 offered details on uptake of its mobile data services. The company said it has 643,000 GPRS users and 60,000 active customers for its recently launched O2 Active service, which offers ring tones, multimedia messaging service, games, music video, information and pictures...
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...
Orange plc formed an alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. The Motorola V500 and V600 handsets will include flip screens, Bluetooth, integrated cameras, full-color browsers,...
Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum."The adoption of Java technology and the Java Card Subscriber Identity Module standard are unleashing revenue opportunities on a sea of new and emerging devices," said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Startup Orative Corp. announced it scored $6 million in venture funding. The company said it would use the funds to develop software for Java and BREW phones to simplify business communications."Orative is a Mayfield-incubated company pursuing a large opportunity," said David Ladd,...
LONDON-Orange has formed a new alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. The Motorola V500 and V600 handsets will include flip screens, Bluetooth, integrated cameras, full-color...
Content provider Handango expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics, a move that places the company squarely in the wireless industry and a strategy that some think could create a significant business in the near future."There...
Moviso scored an exclusive, one-year licensing agreement in the United States to offer wireless content based on the highly touted summer movie "The Hulk." The company launched a Web site to sell the content in conjunction with the release of the movie, offering ring...
NEW YORK-Action on the wireless Java front continues, with streaming media company HelloNetwork and wireless ring tones company Zingy announcing a unique partnership to allow mobile-phone users to upload videos to the Internet and then send them to their Java-capable mobile phones.Zingy said it...
HURST, Texas-Content provider Handango announced it expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics.The move is notable as Handango already provides thousands of applications for a variety of platforms, including Symbian, Palm and Java systems. The company...
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...
The 2003 JavaOne Developer Conference witnessed a collision of giants as Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. pushed their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid segmentation.Sun announced that wireless heavyweights like Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Sony...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish company Sapio AB launched a Sony Ericsson Personal Java version of Photostore, a mobile picture messaging community application for smart phones.Sabio already offers a Photostore solution for Symbian Series 60 devices and is following that with the Sony Ericsson P800 version.The application...
