LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, and several phone makers...
Even as some are predicting the impending demise of WAP, others are betting their futures on it.One such player is Obigo, a longtime participant in wireless data that is hoping a new name and face will energize its sales.Obigo was founded as AU-System, and...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported an agreement with handset supplier LG Electronics Canada Inc. to provide LG GSM/GPRS handsets to Rogers AT&T Wireless customers.The companies said the first of several LG handsets from Rogers AT&T Wireless will be the LG 4010 flip...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported an agreement with LG Electronics Canada Inc. to provide LG GSM/GPRS handsets to Rogers AT&T Wireless customers.The companies said the first of several handsets to be available to Rogers AT&T Wireless customers will be the LG 4010...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry with its new application that will combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger.Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger service will be available early next year.Verizon said the service will initially work...
Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry, with the first application to combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger.Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger service will be available early next year.Verizon said the service will initially work on its...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced production shipments of its RF3133 PowerStar power amplifier module to LG Electronics for use in the company's GSM/GPRS handsets recently released for the U.S. market. The LG G4010 and LG G4050 handsets became available last month through Cingular...
A new study shows the mobile-phone industry grew 21.2 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, with most of the world's major phone makers seeing increased gains.The new study from research firm IDC, which comes after similar results from research firm Strategy Analytics, shows Nokia...
As first reported by RCR Wireless News Oct. 14, LG Electronics formally announced today its first GSM phones for the U.S. market, devices it will sell through Cingular Wireless."Cingular offers the widest variety of innovative and stylish phones that support our newest services, including...
A new study shows the mobile-phone industry grew 21.2 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, with most of the world's major phone makers seeing increased gains.The new study from research firm IDC, which comes after similar results from research firm Strategy Analytics, shows Nokia...
Becky Welke had a problem. As general manager of the Plaza Hotel & Suites in Eau Claire, Wis., Welke wanted to offer her guests high-speed access to the Internet, but the installation and service costs made her think twice.However, knowing that such broadband access...
A new report shows the mobile-phone industry could hit almost 500 million shipments this year, a number driven by demand in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America and sales of color- and camera-enabled devices."We see positive signs from vendors and carriers that this...
LG Electronics plans to enter the GSM race in the United States through two new clamshell phones, devices that will be available through Cingular Wireless. LG said pricing and availability details will be announced in the official unveiling of the phones next week during...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. appears to have abandoned plans to build its much-hyped Kurv phone, a move that prompted the company's Kurv technology partner, Wildseed Ltd., to file suit against the handset maker alleging breach of contract."We are extremely disappointed that Kyocera will not deliver...
BOSTON-Nokia Corp. managed to reclaim the No. 1 spot from Motorola Inc. in the U.S. handset market, according to new research from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics.The firm found the U.S. mobile-phone market continuing to grow, with sell-in volumes increasing 29 percent in...
BOSTON-Nokia Corp. managed to reclaim the No. 1 spot from Motorola Inc. in the U.S. handset market, according to new research from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics.The firm found the U.S. mobile-phone market continuing to grow, with sell-in volumes increasing 29 percent in...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its Mobile Station Modem chipset and software known as MSM6250 has been selected by LG Electronics for its W-CDMA handsets."By integrating Qualcomm's MSM6250 chipsets into our handsets, we will be able to offer consumers sophisticated data applications that operate on...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Two new phones from LG Electronics will feature multimedia messaging technology from Openwave Systems Inc., the companies announced. Further, Openwave said its Mobile Messaging Client software has already shipped on six devices with a total of 20 devices expected to ship by...
In the networked home of the future, wireless likely will play a major role, connecting family members to their loved ones, music collections and even microwaves. But the long-held vision of a connected home has faced plenty of stumbling blocks along the way, and...
The mobile-phone industry took a collective deep sigh of relief, as new research found phone shipments are growing at an impressive rate and sales of new smart phones have leapt during the past year.Research firm IDC said worldwide mobile-phone shipments grew 19 percent during...
OSAKA, Japan-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced it will offer a home networking system, dubbed Kurashi Net (Japanese for "home life"), that will connect appliances such as air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and microwave ovens through a wireless control...
Verizon Wireless is set to launch a color-screen mobile phone from LG Electronics that includes an integrated digital camera and support for multimedia messaging services, according to the carrier's Web site.The device is notable because Verizon has largely remained out of the camera-phone market...
What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality last week for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., as the handset maker announced it will shut down its CDMA research and development site in North America, reflecting the company's poor performance in the region....
