The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of radio communication signals across the English Channel and then across the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Wireless technology is being...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration and the high-tech sector oppose Japan's proposal to add a user fee to unlicensed wireless devices, arguing it would undercut consumer demand and stifle development of wireless technologies in the world's second largest economy. The U.S., which expressed its views in...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-Avocent Corp., maker of keyboard, video and mouse switching systems, has acquired software developer Sonic Mobility Inc. for $8 million cash.The deal adds software products for secure wireless systems administration and mobile device management to Avocent's portfolio, including Sonic's flagship sonicadmin software. Sonicadmin,...
Football fans can help choose NCAA All-America players and create NFL fantasy football teams via text messaging with two new wireless services.Cingular Wireless has teamed with ESPN and ABC Sports in encouraging mobile users to use short message service to vote for their picks...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sirf Technology Holdings Inc. said it integrated its global positioning system technology with Microsoft Corp.'s first GPS hardware device.The company's GPS Locator is combined with the latest version of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005, a travel and mapping software product covering the...
A dual-band smart phone from Taiwanese manufacturer High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has been granted approval from the Federal Communications Commission, according to FCC documents.The CDMA 800/1900 phone, code-named Vivida, was reportedly designed for use by Verizon Wireless. The device will run a Microsoft...
OSLO, Norway-Opera Software announced the Opera smart-phone browser will become available for Microsoft Windows Mobile software.Opera's browsers include Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) technology, which reformats regular Web pages so users can browse them on small mobile screens without horizontal scrolling. "Operators want to offer their...
As the wireless data market heats up, enterprise-focused Research In Motion Ltd. said it is poised to face the competition.Competitors point out that while RIM currently dominates the market, its narrow, e-mail-centric focus is bound to become outdated. RIM said what is outdated is...
Motorola Inc. and Motorola Japan Ltd. will work with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to develop a handset for business users on the Japanese carrier's high-speed third-generation FOMA network. The GSM/GPRS handset will be the first FOMA model that will work outside Japan. It is scheduled...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp.'s synchronization technology is now available through Triton PCS-operating under the SunCom brand name in the southeastern United States-Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean, Germany's E-Plus and Austria's ONE, as a result of its partnership with Danger Inc.The technology, offered with...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.'s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. subscribers. The Remo service allows wireless customers to access e-mail from seven different POP3...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said its Voice Command software for Windows Mobile 2003-based Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition is now available in retail outlets nationwide.Microsoft said this is the first time it has offered standalone Pocket PC software in stores, including CompUSA Inc.,...
CINCINNATI-Regional wireless provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. unveiled its Mobile Office with JP Mobile SureWave Enterprise Server suite of services, which provides voice tools, Internet/intranet access, personal information management, e-mail and other customized solutions to a number of wireless devices, including PalmOne's Treo 600, Research...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.'s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. subscribers. The Remo service allows wireless customers to access e-mail from seven different POP3...
Symbian Ltd. said its operating results for the first half of 2004 show global shipments of Symbian OS-based phones nearly doubled to 5 million, as compared with the first half of 2003 when 2.7 million units were shipped.Six months into this year, six Symbian...
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of the hiptop in...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association announced Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp., and Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., will deliver keynote speeches at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January."Microsoft and Intel...
Wireless company Bsquare Corp. announced it has stopped manufacturing its Power Handheld hardware device and restructured its Power Handheld business unit to focus solely on selling the enabling software that ran on the device to smart device makers. "Bsquare is exiting the business of...
LONDON-Symbian Ltd. said its operating results for the first half of 2004 show global shipments of Symbian OS-based phones nearly doubled to 5 million, as compared to the first half of 2003 when 2.7 million units were shipped.Six months into this year, six Symbian...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood last night.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of...
Amid second-quarter financial result releases and a much-anticipated analyst meeting, Motorola Inc. launched a slew of mobile devices last week, the majority of which feature integrated Bluetooth technology.The new Motorola V551 EDGE handset is targeted at users interested in both business and entertainment-related features....
The launch of converged mobile devices, capable of communicating over both Wi-Fi and cellular technologies, suggests Wi-Fi, long hailed by start-up companies and tech-savvy consumers, may be gaining credibility among the big names in wireless.The launch of such integrated devices could also put investor...
WASHINGTON-Even as mobility is seen as the greatest benefit to the next generation of the Internet, the wireless world is still trying to get up to speed with mobile use of the current Internet let alone the next-generation Internet."The U.S. wireless industry with regards...
