BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless launched the SCH-a950 handset, a music-centric phone that includes an MP3 player and dual stereo speakers.The phone accommodates a TransFlash memory card that fits into the handset's expandable memory slot for storing songs. Phone users can press...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile unveiled its latest phone for the youth market, the glossy black i835 from Motorola Inc. The phone features Boost's Walkie-Talkie service and support for multimedia messaging and downloadable Java applications. It will sell for $175."The black i835 handset makes a bold...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced it will purchase Musiwave, a music entertainment services, applications and content supplier, for more than $120 million, with an additional $18 million in contingency earnouts.Openwave said it expects Musiwave to contribute about $50 million to...
SAN FRANCISCO-Executives from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., VeriSign Inc. subsidiary Jamster!, WiderThan, Orange SA and others took turns discussing the future of wireless content and the mobile Web during the Mobile Software Value Chain forum here, while Opera Software used the event to announce plans...
Nokia Corp. released a new, low-priced wireless e-mail product that will work with almost any new mobile phone, be it a low-end, voice-centric device or a high-end smart phone. The offering sets Nokia squarely in the wireless enterprise marketplace and pits the company directly...
Nokia Corp. is hoping to create a framework for Java-based developer tools with this week's expected announcement that it has joined Canada's Eclipse Foundation. Nokia said it will contribute software and developers to a new Eclipse project that seeks to create tooling support for...
Nokia Corp. released a new, low-priced wireless e-mail product that will work with almost any new mobile phone. The offering sets Nokia squarely in the wireless enterprise marketplace and pits the company directly against players like Research In Motion Ltd., Good Technology Inc., Visto...
Planned mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile signed a mutually exclusive agreement with talent agency William Morris Agency to secure strategic and marketing partnerships, as well as content deals in entertainment, music, sports, lifestyle and literary. To date, WMA has been instrumental in developing...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. x495 for $50 with a service contract. The phone features an internal antenna, tri-band GSM capabilities and support for downloadable Java games. Separately, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will sell...
PLANTATION, Fla.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced it will sell the ruggedized Motorola Inc. i560 clamshell-style phone, which the companies said is designed for users in extreme conditions, from construction and public-safety workers to rock climbers and cyclists.The phone supports Java application downloads and multimedia messaging...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. x495 for $50 with a service contract. The phone features an internal antenna, tri-band GSM capabilities and support for downloadable Java games.Separately, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will sell two...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it has joined the Java Verified Program, which provides a process for testing and certifying Java-based mobile handset applications.The carrier said it is a Platinum member in the initiative, which was launched in early 2004 by Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp.,...
Perhaps no surviving mobile technology has suffered the pummeling WAP has endured since its over-hyped introduction in 1999. But after six years of being tied to the whipping post, it seems the technology has finally regained legitimate attention with the mobile-marketing community first in...
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...
TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it has developed an i-mode phone for Greek operator Cosmote.The N600i is the company’s first i-mode terminal for an operator outside Japan. The device is a W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS-capable i-mode phone.The phone is the first product to emerge from NEC’s new...
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...
BOSTON-Wireless application developer Everypoint Inc. said it closed a Series A round of funding led by Prism Venture Partners and TD Capital Ventures. Financial details were not disclosed.Everypoint uses push technology and vector graphics in downloadable Java applications to develop real-time information and social...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The long-awaited market for wireless location-based services may finally be around the corner, according to two analyst reports this week. Citing Sprint PCS' recent introduction of an operator-assisted direction-finding service, ABI Research said operators' efforts to push LBS will rapidly change the...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched its Wireless GPS Platform, which the carrier said would extend location-based services to a broader base of users. Nextel noted the platform provides large corporate and government customers as well as solution providers with a custom, server-based solution to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company Ericsson has acquired Spanish software developer NetSpira Networks S.L. in an effort to bolster its mobile data offering, the company said Friday.Terms of the deal were not announced.Ericsson said it will integrate NetSpira's technology to allow wireless carriers to provide...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. added Motorola Inc.'s i836 handset to its line-up. The new iDEN handset includes access to Nextel's digital cellular network, the carrier's Direct Connect walkie-talkie service, the recently launched Group Connect enhancement to Direct Connect, and Nextel's multimedia messaging service.Nextel noted...
Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a channel to its Vcast service that will feature rotating performances from shows around the nation...
BEIJING-Nokia and the National Basketball Association announced an agreement that expands their U.S. relationship into China. Nokia will become the official mobile phone of the NBA in Greater China and will provide access to embedded NBA video highlights for the most recent season as...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched the ruggedized Motorola Inc. i355 handset, which was designed to meet U.S. military specifications for resistance to dust, blowing rain and vibration. The handset is also compatible with Nextel's recently launched Group Connect feature that allows users to connect...
