ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless introduced an instant messaging service called My Wireless Window in California, Nevada, Chicago, Dallas and Tulsa, Okla.The IM solution is based on InfoSpace Inc.'s platform and is integrated with Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Messenger service. The company said it will launch the service...
NEW YORK-For Samsung Telecommunications America, South Korea's mandatory elimination of wireless handset subsidies created a ripple effect across the ocean that translates into more aggressive marketing in the United States.Next year, the manufacturer plans to introduce several new models, including a combination personal digital...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. hopes to reach two fast-growing markets with its QCP 6035 Smartphone, combining the functionality of a tri-mode CDMA phone with a personal digital assistant incorporating Palm Inc.'s latest 3.5 operating system.The hybrid, set to launch during the first quarter of next...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said its Go.Web service is now available on Hewlett-Packard Jornada 540 Pocket PC devices.The solution includes the Minstrel 540 wireless modem from Novatel Wireless Inc.Wireless access, combined with GoAmerica's software, allows the Jornada devices to access corporate date, browse Internet sites...
LAS VEGAS-GoAmerica Inc. introduced a wireless solution for the real estate industry in partnership with Microsoft Corp. and Cresenda Wireless. Users will be able to open, view, edit and send real estate documents through Cresenda's WirelessRealty solution on Pocket PC platform devices using network...
LAS VEGAS-The computer industry is ready to stake its claim in the wireless market, evidenced by a range of announcements at this year's Fall Comdex show.Various PDA manufacturers and service providers made significant announcements at Comdex. And while wireless was but a footnote for...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed to develop GPRS phones using Microsoft Corp.'s Stinger smart phone platform and Mobile Internet Explorer microbrowser software for VoiceStream's GSM network.VoiceStream has stated it plans to launch GPRS services sometime next year. The...
Sun Microsystems Inc. officially threw its hat into the wireless Internet ring last week with a broad set of announcements unveiling a dedicated wireless organization within the company, launching new communications software and establishing a $100 million venture fund specifically for the wireless market.Sun...
HandsetsNeopointThe company released new dual-band and tri-mode smart phones that include increased capacity for personal digital assistant functions, built-in e-mail capabilities and a NeoPad Qwerty keyboard. The dual-band NeoPoint 2000 and tri-mode NeoPoint 2600 phones hold more than 2,000 contacts, schedule, task and personal...
WASHINGTON-Aggressive industry lobbying and strong bipartisan backing by the Washington state congressional delegation in this election season of giving helped win removal of a measure that would have killed the VoiceStream Wireless Inc.-Deutsche Telekom AG merger in the final days of the 106th Congress.Sen....
Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package of wireless Internet-based games to its Wireless Web service.The move is targeted at capitalizing on two wireless trends-increasing teen usage...
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles and Microsoft Corp. extended their current agreement to deploy next-generation mobile Internet services for corporate and consumer customers. The companies are establishing a joint executive advisory team to assess and plan new mobile products and services for Telefonica Moviles customers.The joint...
Using its experience as a provider of mobile information management solutions allowing users to access, collect, synchronize and print information on demand, Boise, Idaho-based Extended Systems Inc. unveiled XTNDConnect View, a software solution designed to give wireless devices secure, real-time, two-way access to groupware...
WASHINGTON-A relatively minor mobile-phone case in Illinois state court-involving allegations of privacy invasion and health risk coverup in connection with an epidemiology study-has mushroomed into one of the largest class-action lawsuits in U.S. history.Judge Ellis Reid of the Circuit Court of Cook County in...
The prospect of playing video games on wireless devices is becoming a factor in the entertainment content being developed for the wireless Internet movement.Ignition Corp., founded by several former McCaw Cellular and Microsoft Corp. executives, has backed the idea through its involvement in UIEvolution,...
After months of relative silence, Ignition Corp. has begun making noise again, providing its mentoring and funding proficiencies to two more companies.The most recent is Avogadro, launched this week with the vision of combining business-to-business, mobility and Internet technologies into a new communications service....
So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof, into the thin air. Gone.President Clinton, buoyed by peace and prosperity, began thinking about legacy not long after his re-election...
VIENNA, Va.-Focusing on customer-based applications is ruining the potential of the wireless industry as demonstrated last week by the dip of Motorola Inc.'s stock price, said W. Kevin Hazzard, director of wireless services for Whitlock EBS.Wireless Web products were oversold in Europe, leading to...
STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. has deployed its financial services application on Microsoft Corp.'s new Mobile Information 2001 Server platform.
LONDON-Sema Group and the United Kingdom's Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC's paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs.Sema said it expects the Pocket PC devices will eventually contain all timetables and fares...
A new report says the Digital Divide is widening as Internet usage grows. The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said policy should be focused on people through education and making resources available to acquire computer technology. Studies indicate that lower income, older...
Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for the Handspring VisorPhone.The company also is unveiling version 2.0 of its service, which is...
SAN DIEGO-Nextel Communications Inc., Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have agreed to co-market and sell an enterprise solution enabling business customers to access business information on their Nextel Internet-capable phones.The alliance will allow Nextel customers to use Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server to securely...
NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices.Only technology buffs are willing to carry around a bag full of wireless communicators that cannot interact...
