Sun Microsystems Inc. made several announcements at last week's JavaOne show in San Francisco, including a new version of the Java platform and two carrier partnerships. "Java powers 1.7 billion devices worldwide and it's rapidly accelerating into the cable TV, gaming, ring-tone and automotive...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum, which is a special interest group addressing the technical and operational issues surrounding over-the-air management of mobile devices, added several members to its group including Alltel Corp., mFormation, Mobile Diagnostix, Sprint Corp., U.S. Cellular Corp. and SDSGlobal. The...
Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a multimillion-dollar industry with dozens of players and literally thousands of games.Consolidation is rampant. Earnings...
READING, United Kingdom-New research shows Research In Motion, Symbian and Microsoft Corp. scoring gains in the Europe, Middle East and Africa market for advanced wireless devices, while Nokia Corp. and PalmOne Inc. failed to show increases.According to research and consulting firm Canalys, the overall...
Nokia Corp. shares declined around 8 percent to about $15 per share after the company offered a flat second-quarter outlook, news that comes as the company's phone sales drag behind those of the rest of the industry."Nokia's own first-quarter mobile device volume growth of...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Mobile users are not properly securing mobile devices, even as use of wireless technologies in the workplace continues to rise, according to research firm Gartner Inc."Wireless mobility is the greatest change to occur in corporate data collection and distribution in the past decade,"...
BIGGLESWADE, U.K.-Smith Myers Communications will introduce a new GSM air-interface protocol analyzer at CTIA's show in Atlanta in March.The analyzer allows cellular engineers to analyze communication between a mobile device and the network on which it is being used by pinpointing faults in equipment...
The market for over-the-air updating technology now counts yet another contender, with WAP pioneer Openwave Systems Inc. releasing its new Mobile Device Manager product offering. Openwave also announced Cingular Wireless L.L.C. purchased its new MDM product, but said the carrier will use it only...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s stock jumped slightly following its solid fourth-quarter earnings report and positive outlook for the coming months. Indeed, the company managed to score sales at the top end of its estimates in both its core mobile-phone business, as well as its network...
ATLANTA-Several wireless-related companies started the New Year with reports of new funding.c DoOnGo technologies Inc., provider of over-the-air mobile device software management, announced it closed $18 million in venture capital funding, which it plans to use for product development, business expansion in the United...
Several wireless software firms said this week they have garnered new funding.DoOnGo technologies Inc., provider of over-the-air mobile device software management, announced it has closed $18 million in venture capital funding, which it plans to use for product development, business expansion in the United...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Motorola Inc. announced a new version of its text input system the company said could predict and suggest entire sentences based on users' past typings."Our aim with iTAP 6.0 is to make text messaging from a mobile device keypad simple and efficient...
DENVER-Mobile phones are used for talking, texting, gaming, photographing and documenting. They link to the public Internet and private, corporate Intranets. They store important names, numbers and calendars. In the not-so-distant future, wireless devices may be used for identification purposes and as payment devices,...
FREMONT, Calif.-ArcSoft Inc. announced the availability of ArcSoft PhotoBase Mobile Edition 2 for Symbian 6.0, Symbian 7.0 UIQ and Pocket PC-enabled imaging phones.The software allows for photo management, editing and sharing on a mobile device via multimedia messaging service, infrared, e-mail, Bluetooth or data...
Alan Dick & Co. has acquired telecommunications infrastructure service company EXi Ltd., making Alan Dick & Co. a single-source supplier for the telecommunications industry. "Acquiring the resources and expertise that have driven EXi rapidly forward since its creation in 1995 will allow us to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-IBM has chosen to integrate SupportSoft Inc.'s Mobile Device Management Suite with its Device Management Solutions to offer wireless service providers an enhanced customer service solution. With the integrated IBM-SupportSoft solution, wireless service providers can provide automated customer self-service, self-healing functionality and...
Personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. reported relatively solid earnings, with revenues up 3 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago, but the news didn't seem to please investors, who sent the company's stock down about 3 percent in trading after the...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Motorola Inc. announced it is working with luxury sports car manufacturer Aston Martin to create a mobile device to complement the new Aston Martin DB9 sports car, unveiled at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show.The Motorola V600 mobile handset includes a Bluetooth wireless headset,...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New research shows converged wireless overtaking the traditional personal digital assistant market as shipments of smart phones and other wireless devices are predicted to surpass sales of PDAs this year."As device aesthetics and functionality improve and end-user prices continue to decline, converged mobile...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New research shows wireless overtaking the traditional personal digital assistant market, and the research firm advises PDA players like Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Palm Inc. to prepare for such a future.Research company IDC predicts the worldwide PDA market will continue to...
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...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. suffered further fallout from its Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, with its chairman of the board and executive vice president and general counsel resigning from the company."It is clear that improper finance and accounting activities...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-The former chief accounting officer of wireless and mobile device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. pled guilty to a "vast fraudulent scheme" aimed at inflating Symbol's revenues and earnings by millions of dollars between 1998 and 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.Trading in...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary has signed a patent license agreement with Nakayo Telecommunications Inc. covering wireless terminal units and infrastructure compliant with TDMA-based PHS standards.Nakayo, which manufactures telecommunications equipment for the Asian market, will pay ITC an advance...
