ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with their phones and then mail the images as they would post cards.The company said it is in talks with various...
DENVER-The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships are formed. Indeed, such intense activity offers evidence the market is gearing up for significant growth.Among recent news:c Wireless gaming...
The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships are formed. Indeed, such intense activity offers evidence the market is gearing up for significant growth.Among the recent news:Wireless gaming...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced two new deals to further the development of applications and content for mobile phones.First, the company introduced its new i.JV30 Java virtual machine for its Innovative Convergence mobile-phone reference design. The virtual machine will be available for manufacturers that license...
LOS ANGELES-Moviso L.L.C. said it will provide content solutions for Motorola Inc.'s mobile media Web site, www.hellomoto.com. Moviso will supply a ring tone and graphics catalog, content bundling and retail programs. The companies also plan to engage in co-marketing programs, offer prepaid mobile media...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Data on Air Inc., which for the past seven years has worked in wireless data networking, carrier billing, provisioning, WAP hosting and reporting, announced plans to change its name and business direction in order to focus on multimedia content.Data on Air will change...
CANNES, France-Wireless streaming video company PacketVideo Corp. announced it teamed with Austrian technology company Kapsch CarrierCom AG to create a wireless multimedia service for Mobilkom Austria's newly launched UMTS network.The service is based on PacketVideo's pv3 Mobilmedia System, and allows users to view pre-recorded...
CANNES, France-RealNetworks Inc. announced two mobile media-related partnerships at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company said Hong Kong wireless operator CSL will cooperate with Nokia to provide mobile video services based on RealNetworks' technology. The video service will give mobile...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-A range of big-name wireless players within the Java Community Process released what they call the road map for dealing with Java technology within the wireless industry, specifications they say will unify and harmonize the various iterations of Java currently in use...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will supply its Platform4 multimedia encoding technology to Italy's Mediaset for audio and video services for mobile operator 3's third-generation launch in Italy.The platform is a mobile media handling line that will allow subscribers to play virtually live...
LONDON-Following several streaming video announcements this week, U.K. company Oplayo said it launched the first network-independent consumer mobile video service, Mobile Media Club.Users of the Nokia 7650, 3650 and other Symbian phones can purchase news, sports clips and fashion content, to be streamed directly...
LAS VEGAS-Moviso L.L.C. unveiled its new V4 technology platform, designed to support the production, presentation and distribution of mobile media content across all wireless networks, billing systems, handset protocols and electronic storefronts.The platform is currently in use by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile and...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...
SAN DIEGO, United States—PacketVideo is targeting carriers with pv3 Mobilemedia system, a new multimedia delivery system that includes encoding, transmission and decoding products that enable delivery of high-quality audio and visual content and applications to mobile devices over current networks.Currently in trials with carriers,...
Handsets/wireless devicesSonySony Electronics unveiled its CLIE handhePEG-T415 ld with reduced profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Hitachi Semiconductor Inc. said it has unveiled a new Flash memory product, called Mobile Media Chips, which saves space and enhances storage for multimedia functions in handheld PCs, personal digital assistants, mobile phones and pagers."The benefits make the Mobile Media Chip ideal...
NEW YORK-Stockholm-based Iquity Systems has established a U.S. headquarters near Wall Street to promote its Mobile Media Suite, which delivers recorded advertising messages to wireless customers interested in getting discounts on airtime in exchange for listening to 10-second promotional spots.The company, which has about...
For the introduction of its initial wireless data offering, Leap Wireless International Inc. went back to its roots. The flat-rate, all-you-can-talk carrier will launch the first channel of its Telephone Entertainment Network, in Chattanooga, Tenn., where the carrier debuted its Cricket wireless voice service...
SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc., a company that uses Java technology to create of semiconductor-based solutions, and Plazmic Inc., a provider of mobile media solutions for the wireless Web, announced a partnership whereby Plazmic will integrate its Media Engine with Zucotto's Xpresso Java technology-based processor."Plazmic's...
Most mobile companies are looking to make the Internet wireless, giving their customers a chance to search for information on their favorite stock or movie wherever they are. Spyonit, a subsidiary of 724 Solutions Inc., is taking mobile media one step further, offering its...
LAS VEGAS-Whether we like it or not, most of us are plugged in, turned on or otherwise connected to everyone else on this planet. But in spite of these universal ties, there is growing interest in maintaining individuality, or so it seemed at the...
In the effort to alter consumers' perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online music service offered in conjunction with the first combination MP3 player/wireless phone available in the United States.The introduction of the...
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,...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. reported a net loss of $994,000, or six cents per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2000, compared with a loss of $4.6 million, or 29 cents per share, for the same period a year ago.Revenues were $2.9 million, up...
