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Motorola plans to launch a handset based on Microsoft software later this year, according to various news reports today. The Web site, http://smartphone.modaco.com, which is previewing a photo of the …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it will roll out Hitachi’s Windows-based mobile phone known as the SH1000, the first Pocket PC to integrate a rotating camera, built-in keyboard and wireless …

Mobile-phone startup Sendo said it will drop its patent lawsuit against European carrier Orange due to a new licensing deal with Texas Instruments Inc., but that it will continue its …

Just as the battle to dominate the handset operating system realm intensifies, the contest for supremacy on the server side has taken a fresh dimension with a new product from …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp.’s stock was up slightly after it reported another solid quarter, with its revenues up 11 percent over the same quarter last year to $8.07 billion. The company’s …

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 …

While the industry looks to foster the growth of third-party software, many of the industry’s advanced phone makers will not replace a ruined device if that same third-party software caused …

Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.’s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing …

Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. solidified its role as one of the industry’s consolidators with the announcement it would acquire the assets of Loudfire Inc., which offers Internet and …

Eight of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies-including the world’s No. 3 mobile-phone maker-said they will team together to promote and standardize Linux technology for electronic devices, including mobile phones. …

Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum, a move the company said will give it yet another spot on the value chain. “We’re …

WASHINGTON-Despite poor market conditions, telecom and high-tech industries continue to spend money on lobbying at record levels. PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web-based service that tracks political money, said the telecom and tech …

LONDON-Orange has formed a new alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Several more billing companies announced news as Billing World 2003 kicked off June 24 in Miami Beach, Fla. Portal Software Inc. said Microsoft Corp. will integrate Portal’s billing …

The two main rivals in the PDA operating system business sought to bolster their offerings, each touting improved and enhanced products. Further, Microsoft Corp. announced two additional licensees for its …

NEW YORK-Palm Inc.’s operating system business PalmSource announced a range of new deals to bolster the enterprise appeal of its product, including new agreements with IBM Corp., Visto Corp., Novell …

High Tech Computer Corp. announced it will use a mobile-phone design platform from Ericsson to develop devices for EDGE and W-CDMA networks. “HTC is a world-leading ODM company that provides …

CHICAGO-United Airlines said it will begin offering two-way e-mail capability on its domestic flights using Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary Verizon Airfone’s JetConnect service. The in-flight service, which includes e-mail, instant …

SAN FRANCISCO-It’s a numbers game. Three million developers. Three million downloads of the J2ME software development kit last year. Five hundred fifty million desktops running Java. Fifty-three wireless carriers deploying …

LONDON-Siemens AG said it has collaborated with Microsoft Corp. to develop a real-time communications technology called OpenScape for enterprise. The application converges voice and data and combines instant messaging, presence …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. released details of MSN Direct, the service plan it will offer for the smart watches that Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect, described earlier this …

The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced an all-stock, $169 million plan to acquire rival Handspring Inc. Industry luminaries …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo’s patents. …

The long, hard road of Wireless Knowledge seems to have finally come to an end. Starting Monday, Wireless Knowledge will fold into Qualcomm Inc.’s Wireless Business Solutions division. Qualcomm Inc. …