CHIBA, Japan-A consortium of Web-based companies unveiled an initiative to simplify Internet browsing from handheld devices.The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) encouraged members to join two working groups working to make Web browsing easier from mobile phones and other devices. One subcommittee is charged...
DENVER-About 80 percent of telecom consumers purchase three or four different services, including landline, cable, wireless and Internet services, but less than one-third purchase those services from a single provider, according to a survey commissioned by billing and customer-care company CSG Systems. More than...
Motorola Inc. appears to be in the midst of reordering its phone design and manufacturing strategy, moves that could yield either boon or doom for those along its supply chain. Motorola's exercises also highlight the complex, cutthroat nature of electronics manufacturing. Specifically, Motorola last...
KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera said it will sell "certain manufacturing equipment and inventory" to Flextronics, and it will...
Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system, codenamed Magneto, in conjunction with its developer's conference this week in Las Vegas. According to several sources familiar with the company's announcement, Microsoft's new offering will replace its current Smartphone, Pocket...
As mobile gaming grows from niche market to mass market, developers and publishers are scrambling to market the next big thing. And nearly everyone in the space is putting money on 3-D. "We're spending a lot of time, a lot of energy and a...
Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system, codenamed Magneto, in conjunction with its developer's conference next week in Las Vegas. According to several sources familiar with the company's announcement, Microsoft's new offering will replace its current Smartphone, Pocket...
KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera said it will sell "certain manufacturing equipment and inventory" to Flextronics, and it will...
DENVER-About 80 percent of telecom consumers purchase three or four different services, including landline, cable, wireless and Internet services, but less than one-third purchase those services from a single provider, according to a survey commissioned by billing and customer-care company CSG Systems.More than 67...
Mobile phones have evolved into the focal point of electronics innovation. Indeed, the handset industry sits on the bleeding edge of novelty, and players now introduce new phone technologies at a break-neck pace. Last year it was integrated digital cameras, this year it's music...
Siemens AG announced it intends to shave off its ailing mobile-phone business by spinning it out as a "separate legal unit." The news comes amid a 35-percent drop in Siemens' second-quarter net profit, partially due to the failures of its mobile-phone and IT operations,...
NEW YORK-No. 2 mobile-phone maker Motorola may rely more heavily on RF Micro Devices Inc. for its mobile phone chips as the company works to trim its supply chain. Investment banking firm Piper Jaffray pointed to RF Micro Devices' increased operating expenses in the...
NEW YORK-Reuters expanded its mobile offerings with a free news service that will deliver text and photos to wireless users in the United Kingdom and the United States.The news agency will provide the top 10 news stories and images from its 200 worldwide bureaus,...
Siemens AG announced it will spin out its ailing mobile-phone operation as a "separate legal unit" and said it will probably not keep a majority stake in the business. The news comes as Siemens posted a 35-percent drop in its second-quarter net profit, partially...
CHICAGO-Staytalking released a public coin-operated mobile-phone charger service that it said is ideal for hotels, conference centers, exhibition halls, health clubs, malls and airports. Mobile-phone users can re-activate a low battery by plugging their phones into the chargers and paying to recharge the battery....
NORWOOD, Mass.-Chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. announced a teaming with Chinese vendor Datang Mobile to offer a phone reference design for the TD-SCDMA wireless standard. The move furthers the possibility the technology will see the light of day in China."We believe our reference design answers...
It occurs to me that technological advances must be understood and appreciated not only for their self-contained breakthroughs, but also for how they impact-indeed, transform-other more established technologies.Sometimes transformation comes fast; sometimes there's a delayed response. Put another way, the overused term "convergence" grossly...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee is drafting a telecom reform bill to be circulated among lawmakers and the telecom industry in May, but the document will not deal with universal-service reform, a key staffer told a gathering of telecom lawyers last week. "The bill being...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee is drafting a telecommunications reform bill to be circulated among lawmakers and the telecom industry in May, but the document will not deal with universal-service reform, a key staffer told a gathering of telecom lawyers Tuesday."The bill being drafted will...
NEW YORK-Americans use an average of six wireless products powered by rechargeable batteries in their daily lives, according to a new study by NOP World.The poll, conducted on behalf of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp., indicates U.S. consumers use twice as many such devices-including...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released the industry's first mobile phones featuring Immersion Corp.'s VibeTonz touch feedback technology. Samsung's VibeTonz-capable SPH-G1000 and SCH-G100 handsets are available in the Korean market, and the company is gearing up to release the VibeTonz-capable SCH-n330 in the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Switchboard, an online yellow pages Web site, launched send-to-mobile capabilities as well as enhanced mapping and listings features.The send-to-mobile capability allows users to send contact information about a business or person directly to their mobile phones from the Web site. The mapping upgrades...
BOSTON-Location-based marketing company LocaModa Inc. launched its MobileRC interactive software application that allows shoppers to use their mobile phones as remote controls to operate large screen displays deployed at retail environments. The company said it is conducting a pilot program with Hammond/GMAC Real Estate...
"The Spot" hopes to celebrate its first birthday by going even more high-tech. A weekly Web-based program that combines elements of both a soap opera and a reality show, "The Spot" complements its program daily with brief slide-show broadcasts to wireless handsets that allow...
