Once relegated to outdated handsets and overpriced basic voice services, prepaid customers increasingly are being catered to with the latest handset technology and services to go along with more rational pricing plans. 7-Eleven Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. last week each launched their...
Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS both launched new handsets Wednesday.LG Mobile Phones and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. have launched the new L1400 camera phone.The clamshell-style GSM/GPRS phone features media capabilities, an external display with external caller ID and an integrated VGA camera. An external side...
SAN FRANCISCO-Faith West Inc. will offer licensed tracks from labels including EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and RCA Label Group to U.S. Cellular, the mobile music company said.Through Faith West's Modtones DJ, wireless users can download full-fidelity ring tones from artists such as...
COPENHAGEN-Siemens AG has unveiled the SF65, a clamshell-style mobile phone that includes a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash, four-times zoom, a color display, and a swivel action screen that transforms it from a phone into a digital camera.The device also comes with enhanced picture-editing capabilities...
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus successfully completed the first in-flight trial of GSM mobile phones and plans to allow passengers to use phones in flight by 2006, the company announced Wednesday.Equipment and software developed by Airbus and Icarelink, a French satellite communications firm, were used...
AirGate Technologies, a subsidiary of The X-Change Corp., said it has completed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) prototype for car child safety seats. The prototype uses the company's "Smart Buckle" technology incorporated into a standard child seat. Miniature RF transmitters send a low-power signal to...
JONKOPING, Sweden-Datalink Nordic has developed a mobile service that allows users to send alerts from their mobile phone when they are in danger.Users activate MLARM on their phone and then they can press any button to send alert data to the MLARM service. Predefined...
ESSEX, Conn.-Advertising executives Jim Hood and Wes Bray announced the formation of HipCricket L.L.C., a wireless marketing and event company targeting young mobile-phone users.HipCricket is working with television and radio marketers to create permission-based, interactive, one-to-one programs uniting brands and consumers. The new company...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
ESSEX, Conn.-Advertising executives Jim Hood and Wes Bray announced the formation of HipCricket L.L.C., a wireless marketing and event company targeting young mobile-phone users.HipCricket is working with television and radio marketers to create permission-based, interactive, one-to-one programs uniting brands and consumers. The new company...
JONKOPING, Sweden-Datalink Nordic has developed a mobile service that allows users to send alerts from their mobile phones when they are in danger.Users activate MLARM on their phones and then they can press any button to send alert data to the MLARM service. Predefined...
Merrill Lynch & Co. downgraded Motorola Inc., citing "increasing weakness" at its mobile-phone division that puts its third- and fourth-quarter sales at risk.Analyst Tal Liani pointed to excess inventory of mobile phones in China and competition from new cell phone models in the second...
MUNICH-Siemens AG announced it is offering new software for its Series-65 phones to solve the acoustic glitch it recently warned about. The new software can be downloaded at <a href="url" www.siemens-mobile.com/software65 by users who can then update their phones themselves. The phones can...
Research In Motion and T-Mobile USA Inc. today launched the first BlackBerry device to feature a phone form factor, the BlackBerry 7100t."We think this is going to attract a whole new audience to BlackBerry," said Mark Guibert, vice president of corporate marketing at RIM.The...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans to launch the SPH-V5400, a mobile phone that includes a tiny hard disc drive to expand available memory capacity.Samsung said the 1-inch hard disc drive expands memory capacity in mobile phones from 100 megabytes to 1.5...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with ARM Ltd. to integrate and distribute optimized Java solutions for mobile devices. Both companies also agreed to establish a single distribution source through Sun.ARM's Jazelle hardware technology will be deployed into...
Whether you're looking for true love or virtual love-or simply want to play hooky from work-your mobile phone can help.While handset manufacturers and carriers are scrambling to make space-age mobile devices that double as on-the-go entertainment centers, savvy wireless users are using phones for...
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will supply its converged multiple network offering to rural carrier Western Wireless Corp. Nortel said it will supply Passport 15000 Multiservice Switches to bring the carrier's CDMA, GSM/GPRS and TDMA/AMPS networks onto one transport network. "This new converged network...
LOS ANGELES-Mobile entertainment publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. will partner with Nickelodeon to develop and distribute games based on the network's most-watched shows, the companies announced Thursday."Dora the Explorer" and "Blue's Clues," the No. 1- and 2-rated shows for preschoolers, will be the subject of...
TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which develops products under the Panasonic name, announced a multimedia processor-based platform that can be used with mobile phones and other digital appliances.The platform can accelerate speed to market by five times the current rate, develop higher sound and...
CLEVELAND-Verizon Wireless is the first carrier to offer Univision Movil, a Hispanic-focused mobile content offering that was quietly deployed during the past couple of weeks.American Greetings Corp.'s AG Interactive will publicly launch Univision Movil at tonight's Latin Grammys Awards in Los Angeles. Six applications,...
SAN DIEGO-Consumers can expect to see more of LG Mobile Phones, as the mobile-phone manufacturer has launched its biggest advertising campaign since its 1998 U.S. debut.The company is being promoted in motion-picture screenings, through major national and regional print media outlets, and in TV...
TOKYO-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will deploy cellular devices that use Royal Philips Electronics' Near Field Communication chip solutions.An NFC-enabled mobile phone could connect wirelessly with an NFC-enabled personal computer or television to transfer digital pictures or other data. It is hoped NFC eventually will...
TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones Ltd., a joint venture between TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. and Alcatel Corp., has officially begun operations.The companies announced the JV June 18 and since have completed operational agreements and obtained shareholder, board and regulatory approvals.TCL holds a 55-percent...
