BELLEVUE, Wash.-The wait appears to be over for Motorola Inc.'s new A630 device, as T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering it on its Web site for $300. The device is one of 20 phones Motorola plans to release this quarter.The unique device looks like a...
A new study shows that businesses are most likely to look to wireless carriers-instead of device makers or computer suppliers-for their wireless data needs. Further, the business market represents a major opportunity for wireless, as enterprises have increased their spending on the technology by...
HELSINKI, Finland-Anti-virus company F-Secure Corp. said it discovered a new Trojan computer virus for mobile phones running the Series 60 version of the Symbian operating system. The company said the bug replaces menu icons on the phone with a skull-and-crossbones symbol, and locks up...
TOKYO-Traditionally at the forefront of mobile-phone innovation, NTT DoCoMo Inc. released what it describes as a common software platform for its third-generation FOMA devices. The carrier said the software platform-which works on either the Linux or Symbian operating system-will help its handset suppliers more...
HONG KONG-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it became the first Chinese vendor to make third-generation handsets with the launch of three new UMTS devices at the 3G World Congress & Exhibition.Huawei will add the 3G devices to batch production early next year, and the...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier's new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, increased memory and support for a variety of features. Although DoCoMo does not name...
The United States may have stolen the text-messaging world record from the text-loving British thanks to a lightning-fast performance by Ben Cook, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City.Cook was competing in the "Fastest-Fingers Text Messaging Content," sponsored by Cricket provider Leap...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics introduced what it said is the world's smallest FM radio solution for mobile devices.The company said about 15 percent of mobile phones sold worldwide currently include FM radios. Philip's portfolio of radio solutions includes FM, AM/FM and FM+RDS. The...
Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In Motion Ltd. and others making announcements.First up is Samsung, which said it will sell nine new phones in the United...
Wireless users today largely talk on their phones, but in the near future they may begin talking to their phones. Woburn, Mass.-based VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. has developed what the company calls a "speaker-independent" voice-recognition technology that has been skimmed down for mobile phones. Like...
WaveMarket Inc. plans to launch a new location-based social application this week, unveiling the industry's latest effort to prod users to create social networks through wireless networks. Dubbed "Crunkie," the product combines the community-creating features of Internet-based services like Friendster and Meetup.com with location-based...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. unveiled a mobile picture postcard application.The application, which Cingular said is the first of its kind, allows users to create personalized Fujifilm photo postcards and send them to anyone in the country via U.S. mail...
CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Wireless users gave Sanyo top marks in J.D. Power and Associates' third annual "2004 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study." The report surveyed more than 13,000 wireless users on phone features, durability, physical design, battery function and operation."Sanyo's continued success is based on...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. will add post office protocol support to its Gmail service, allowing customers to wirelessly check their accounts on certain handsets.The Web search company will roll out POP support during the next few weeks, extending its free Web mail service to...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. will offer prepaid mobile phone service and handsets on Sprint PCS' nationwide network, the company announced Wednesday.SmartServ will launch the mobile virtual network operator service under the company's Uphonia brand on Sprint's network in the first quarter of 2005....
Wireless technology companies Teleca and IPWireless announced a new partnership the companies said will speed the development of new mobile phones and data devices working on the UMTS TDD network standard. The companies said they will work with Sweden's Wireless System Integration to form...
KINGSWOOD, United Kingdom-ROK Entertainment Group said its ROK Player allows multimedia memory card-capable mobile phones to play content-loaded multimedia chips on the full screen of their handsets rather than in letterbox formats. "We have already licensed a wide range of content from comedy to...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. inked a new deal with Oz Communications Inc. to install the company's instant messaging software into select Samsung mobile phones. The deal is the latest in a series of significant customer wins for Oz, a privately held company...
Nokia Corp.'s broad range of products helped it snag 31.3 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market, according to a report from analyst group IDC.The global market for mobile phones rose 23 percent year-over-year, increasing sequentially 7 percent in the third quarter to 164.1...
Nokia Corp. announced it has taken legal action against two European handset manufacturers for alleged patent infringements and intellectual property rights. In a separate action, the firm also set new goals for itself for the next several years. Nokia, the largest producer of mobile...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund have come together to trial a Near Field Communication solution to allow users to wirelessly buy, store and use tickets.Using the Nokia 3220 mobile phones, users can access an existing contactless smart card ticketing...
What a week! CTIA's I.T. show in San Francisco was weird, good and educational. A show that started out as a way to reach CTOs and CIOs of top businesses to explain the benefits of using wireless technology outside the office has evolved into...
Asian vendors score best in customer satisfaction WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Overall satisfaction among wireless mobile-phone owners is up 5 percent from last year, according to J.D. Power and Associates' newly released "2004 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study," representing the first significant increase the industry...
NEW YORK-Fashion magazine Vogue and Samsung Telecommunications America announced a long-term partnership designed to promote technology as an essential component to style.The partnership includes a co-marketing program, including a highly targeted high-fashion advertising campaign, exclusive promotional and multimedia content partnerships with Style.com and designers,...
