ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reinforced its wireless text messaging capabilities by announcing an extension of its personal computer to mobile messaging service that allows Yahoo Messenger users to send instant messages to Cingular Wireless devices. Cingular said that with the new offering, messages can be...
MOUNTAIN View, Calif.-In a stock-for-stock deal worth $21 million, Nokia Corp has acquired Eizel Technologies Inc., a company that develops server-based products that allow mobile device users to access any format on any network."Eizel has an innovative solution that sets a new standard for...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc., Sprint PCS and wireless data access solutions provider Commerciant launched a wireless business process application and payment processing system designed for business critical transactions in the mobile work force technology market.The MobileScape service includes a Commerciant-engineered ruggedized handheld mobile device...
ATLANTA-Wireless enterprise company XcelleNet Inc. said it will add support for Microsoft Smartphone software, a move the company said will allow customers to centrally configure, manage and control applications and data on any Windows Powered mobile device from a single, Web-based console.XcelleNet said it...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. issued separate announcements on their programs that help software developers in the wireless arena.Lucent unveiled a new software development kit to enable mobile operators and software developers enrich services for mobile-phone users. The product, known as the...
DENVER-As he demonstrated the strength of Palm Inc.'s new product, the Tungsten W PDA phone, senior product manager Stephane Maes showed how the market has segmented over the past few years. Palm recently visited RCR Wireless News to preview the new device the company...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Kada Systems plans to offer a mobile device integration design, code named Katahdin, that will allow mobile original device manufacturers (ODMs) to develop new devices using a configurable software "backplane" that custom components can be plugged into with little modification.Texas Instruments has adopted...
LONDON-U.K. company Magic4 said Taiwanese handset manufacturer Compal Electronics will use Magic4's enhanced message service (EMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) client in its high-end mobile products.Magic4 licenses its messaging clients to mobile device manufacturers.
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create devices based on Microsoft's range of device operating systems.Intrinsyc's wireless handheld reference design, the MicroPDA (
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Semiconductor Inc. announced they teamed to create a concept design for devices using Microsoft's Pocket PC personal digital assistant operating system, a move the companies said will dramatically lower costs and reduce product development time for device manufacturers licensing...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced it will demonstrate its Multimedia Mobile E-mail on a mobile device based on Texas Instruments' OMAP wireless processing platform.Comverse said its MME handles the full spectrum of e-mail messages and attachments, including correspondence, Microsoft Word...
SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless' president and chief executive officer Werner Sievers will speak on the convergence of multiple cellular and WLAN standards onto one mobile device at the 2002 International Wireless Symposium being held Oct. 2-4, 2002, in San Deigo."The next generation wireless devices represent...
A full size keyboard capable of connecting to a portable mobile device like a cell phone or PDA that is capable of folding into nothing-sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong, with Canesta's new fully integrated projection keyboard for mobile devices. The keyboard...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Ascendent Telecommunications Inc. released the Ascendent Continuity of Government (AscendentCOG) solution at this week's Homeland Security Tech Expo in Washington, D.C.The solution is designed to allow government organizations to stay connected when the main communications hub is down or a staff has been...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Rugged mobile device and wireless local area network system provider Psion Teklogix announced it has added an enhanced Symbian operating system, an upgraded PC card slot ISDN, and GPRS connectivity for is netBook mobile computer. "With the widespread adoption of mobile enterprise computing...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Intava Corp. announced its Mobile Experience Framework (MEF), a solution that allows potential wireless users to display and operate mobile devices within Web pages and desktop applications."Intava's Mobile Experience Framework represents a remarkable opportunity for our customers in that it allows their users...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Anritsu Co. announced the introduction of its cdma2000 1xRTT wireless Internet Protocol test solution which it said offers help to wireless Internet application developers creating, troubleshooting and verifying application designs.With the new solution, mobile device application software can be evaluated, wireless Web development...
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems made available its XTNDAccess IrFM software development kit, which provides mobile device manufacturers and point-of-sale vendors with source code, application programmer interfaces, sample applications and documentation to implement the IrFM Point and Pay Profile.The IrFM Point and Pay Profile, a specification...
NEW YORK-Canesta Inc recently made commercially available its Projection Keyboard original equipment manufacturer development toolkit to permit mobile device manufacturers to customize projection keyboard layout using the San Jose, Calif. company's chips."This will permit such products as smart phones, PDAs, tablet PCs or cell...
ATLANTA-ART Technologies Inc. and SVOX have signed a technical cooperation and co-marketing agreement under which the companies will offer a joint speech recognition and text-to-speech solution for wireless devices and automotive systems. "SVOX expects this cooperation agreement with ART to lead to a whole...
DUBLIN, Ireland—The imminent launch of the XDA, an O2-branded mobile device manufactured specifically for that operator, is clear evidence that European operators are demanding more input into handset development. However, it is more likely to be an extreme but isolated example of operator control...
