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In an interesting turnaround, Motorola Inc. said it will use synchronization technology from Extended Systems in one of its new mobile phones instead of technology from its former subsidiary Starfish …

LOS ANGELES-The wireless industry is looking to make a major show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the main trade conference for the video game industry. A range of wireless players …

Sprint PCS added movie reviews from Hollywood trade publication Daily Variety and up-to-the minute professional baseball scores and updates to its PCS Vision 1KTV service. The downloadable Java-based service allows …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Wireless software company Summus Inc. announced it will resell wireless games from Chinese mobile entertainment company Magus Soft. Summus will act as Magus Soft’s primary distribution channel in the …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced a pair of Nokia Corp. handsets for its networks including the GSM/GPRS-enabled Nokia 6800 and TDMA-enabled Nokia 3560. Cingular said the color-screen Nokia 6800 is compatible …

SYDNEY, Australia-New and established wireless players should look to Java and BREW application download technologies and the mobile gaming market as the next big area for growth, according to new …

SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. will build a mobile phone for Verizon Wireless that will include BREW application download technology from Nokia’s archrival Qualcomm Inc. Verizon executives confirmed the move during Qualcomm’s …

LONDON-Symbian was busy releasing news in conjunction with its Exposium03 developer conference held in London this week. Symbian released the Symbian OS v7.0s, the latest version of the Symbian operating …

SAN DIEGO-Industry players trumpeted a range of new applications and technologies for Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW download service in conjunction with the company’s developer conference here, but some attendees also raised …

SAN DIEGO, United States-Industry players trumpeted a range of new applications and technologies for Qualcomm’s BREW download service in conjunction with the company’s developer conference here, but some attendees also …

SURABAYA, Indonesia-The path toward the next generation of mobile services has pushed carriers to provide various applications and related content to enrich their mobile data offerings and give their customers …

BEIJING-According to China Unicom’s listed subsidiary’s annual report, the company had a handset inventory worth 2.36 billion Chinese yuan (US$285 million) in 2002. The inventory would contain around 1 million …

WATERTOWN, Mass.-The wireless data industry continues to expand, with several content companies announcing new strategies and applications. One of the most interesting comes from Mobile-Mind Inc. and Xap Corp., which …

LONDON-The downloadable application market could generate a staggering $7 billion worldwide by 2008, according to wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics. The firm said wireless operators need to leverage …

MONTREAL-Fido, run by Microcell Solutions Inc., announced it will offer the Nokia 7210 handset to its customers in Canada. The Nokia 7210 features a color screen, polyphonic ring tones, an …

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. announced enhancements to its service activation capabilities. Extended service capabilities include Internet Protocol services device support for Alcatel 7670 MPLS switches, Cicso Catalyst layer 2 switches …

NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available …

Tira Wireless uveils JUMP platform NEW 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 …

NEW ORLEANS-Audiovox Communications Corp. introduced its new camera phone, the CDM-8900, at the CTIA show this week in New Orleans. The handset is a cdma2000 1x-capable, tri-mode phone with built-in …

HANNOVER, Germany-The march of new, advanced devices continued in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show, with Samsung, Siemens, NEC and Symbol all making announcements. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. made perhaps …

NEW YORK-The Sony Music Mobile Products Group reported the debut of Java-based Sony Music Mobile on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s mMode service offering. Sony said the service will provide customers …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Java microprocessor company AJile Systems Inc. announced it created a development kit and game cartridge that will allow Nintendo fans to play Java games on their Game Boys. …

GENEVA, Scotland-STMicroelectronics and Aspects Software Ltd. have signed a license agreement to provide Java card SIM solution for GSM mobile phones markets. “The agreement between the two companies provides a …

CANNES, France-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile released an advanced new mobile phone to be sold in the next few months in Europe and Asia, the first phone from the company …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Kada Systems plans to offer a mobile device integration design, code named Katahdin, that will allow mobile original device manufacturers (ODMs) to develop new devices using a configurable software …