Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Things tend to be big at the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual gadget-fest held this...
Bad news for Kodak this morning as a judge ruled the company’s patent infringement claim against mobile giants RIM and Apple was ruled invalid and not infringed.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jeffrey Hayzlett had a commanding presence here on stage at the Mobile Marketing Forum, living up to his so-called “CMO celebrity” status with a mix of humor and forcefulness.Looking back on his time as the chief marketing officer at Eastman...
Eastman Kodak Co., the camera company founded in 1880, said it filed patent-infringement claims against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. to get the companies to pay royalties.Bloomberg
Spansion Inc., a pure-play Flash memory vendor, has filed two patent-infringement lawsuits against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., one at the U.S. International Trade Commission, the other in a Delaware district court. Spansion seeks an exclusionary order from the ITC that would ban the import...
Motorola Inc. is replacing top executives in key markets around the globe as its share of worldwide cellphone sales falls to new lows.In an internal memo circulated last week and obtained by Crain's Chicago Business, Motorola named new leaders for its cellphone businesses in...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings on Sprint Nextel Corp. to BB from BBB- and removed the company's ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications. The downgrade moves Sprint Nextel out of the investment-grade category and into junk...
At the end of this month, civic-minded young people from around the Los Angeles area will be attending a star-studded concert to celebrate their volunteer efforts throughout the community. Beginning in February, Sprint Nextel Corp.'s prepaid sub-brand Boost Mobile L.L.C.'s RockCorps helped organize a...
Sony Corp. revealed new details about a digital photo program that is expected to allow users to view, upload and share pictures via various devices, including their televisions, computers and Web-enabled camera phones. The Share Everywhere product is scheduled to be available starting in...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Sony Corp. revealed new details about a digital photo program that is expected to allow users to view, upload and share pictures via various devices, including their televisions, computers and Web-enabled camera phones.The Share Everywhere product is scheduled to be available starting in...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced an extensive agreement with camera company Eastman Kodak Co. that calls for the two players to collaborate on mobile imaging and printing. Specifically, Motorola announced it will use Kodak's CMOS sensors in its upcoming camera phones and will include software...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced an extensive agreement with camera company Eastman Kodak Co. that calls for the two players to collaborate on mobile imaging and printing. Specifically, Motorola announced it will use Kodak's CMOS sensors in its upcoming camera phones and will include software...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak Co. and Nikon Corp. separately announced new digital cameras that will include built-in Wi-Fi modems. The companies said such devices will allow users to more easily upload their pictures to their computers or the Internet, through either home Wi-Fi networks or...
LAS VEGAS-Below is a quick rundown of some of the numerous new gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show: c Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for e-mailing and viewing pictures. Kodak said the EasyShare-One camera will also have integrated access...
LAS VEGAS-Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for e-mailing and viewing pictures. Kodak said the EasyShare-One camera will also have integrated access to T-Mobile USA Inc.'s HotSpot service, available at more than 5,000 locations across the United States. T-Mobile subscription plans...
Bayly Communications Inc. named Fernando Anaya as its sales representative for Latin America. Most recently, Anaya was sales manager for Motorola Inc. in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. CraniteWireless local area network security company Cranite Systems Inc. made two appointments to its executive...
No company is an island. With three major acquisitions last week, Cisco Systems Inc., ARM Ltd. and Eastman Kodak Co. have demonstrated that many firms are involved in the mobile world. The trend is not restricted to the smaller firms whose consolidation announcements flood...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak will acquire the imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which develops and manufactures metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices.The acquisition aims to boost Kodak's development of sensors used in mobile-phone cameras, digital cameras and other gadgets.Kodak will acquire intellectual property and...
Although many agree the swift ascent of camera phones will cut into the market for digital cameras and traditional film, the camera-phone industry could also provide a new avenue of growth for well-known companies that have centered their businesses around imaging and images."We view...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will make Eastman Kodak Co.'s Mobile Service available to its Get It Now customers, allowing users to view, share, organize and store their digital photos in one place.Customers with Get It Now-capable camera phones can download the service to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Eastman Kodak Co. said the Kodak Mobile Service will be available to Verizon Wireless' Get It Now customers, allowing users to view, share, organize and store their digital photos in one place.Customers with Get It Now-capable camera phones can download...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland became the first German operator to offer television on mobile phones through an agreement with n-tv news channel signed earlier this year. The news channel programs can be transmitted to mobile handsets via T-Mobile's GPRS network as live streams. Customers must...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland Friday became the first German operator to offer television on mobile phones through an agreement with n-tv news channel signed earlier this year. The news channel programs can be transmitted onto mobile handsets via T-Mobile's GPRS network as a live stream....
Eastman Kodak Co. reported agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nokia Corp. to provide mobile imaging services and initiatives designed to help customers get more out of their camera-enabled handsets. The agreements center around Kodak's Mobile Service that will allow Cingular subscribers to store...
