Palm Inc.

OTTAWA, Ontario—RES Inc. has now made its wireless LookWAYup dictionary and thesaurus, previously accessible on computers, Web sites and cell phones, available on Palm-powered personal digital assistants. “Palm users have …

WEXHAM SPRINGS, United Kingdom-Bluetooth company Red-M said it is working with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. to ensure Palm’s devices are compatible with Red-M’s networking products. Palm has said …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-GIC-Software said it filed for a patent on its new gaming platform for the Palm Inc. operating system, a platform the company said allows multiple users the ability …

SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that ratchets up the OS battle with …

WYE VALLEY, United Kingdom—Electric Pocket Ltd. today released new versions of its BugMe! applications that include NotePack stationery templates, which the company said will allow Palm Inc. personal digital assistant …

Oracle Corp. has made one more stride into the wireless space. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software vendor announced what it called its e-Business Suite, which will allow users of handheld …

By The wireless application developer community is suffering, according to WirelessDeveloper.com President Konny Zsigo. “Fifty percent of the content developers have either left the space or gone out of business,” …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week took a stab at operating system rival Microsoft Corp. in an announcement that Palm users will be able to create, …

Two of the world’s leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices. …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless start-up PC-EPhone Inc. today released its new integrated personal digital assistant/CDMA phone, a device the company said was two years in the making. The PC-EPhone initially will be …

The market for personal digital assistants, once thought to be a gold mine for anyone and everyone looking to make a profit, is now swimming in such bitter competition and …

NEW YORK-Volantis Systems Ltd., Guildford, England, has crossed the pond and established U.S. offices on both coasts to market its new Mariner software, which is designed to improve the speed, …

Personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. released its much-anticipated earnings report last week, showing better-than-expected revenues and a positive outlook for the coming year. Wall Street jumped at the news, …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. today announced two distribution deals, one with a major personal digital assistant company and another with a wireless data carrier. Brightpoint’s agreement with Palm Inc. involves distributing Palm’s …

Executives for personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week discussed the possibility of splitting the company’s operating system business and its device manufacturing segment into two separate companies, an …

Police officers bicycling through Lake County, Fla., used to pester dispatch in order to run a suspicious license plate. And-even worse-everyone within earshot of the officers could listen in to …

Cellemetry L.L.C. Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.’s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. …

Deutsche Telekom’s recent acquisition of U.S.-based GSM operator VoiceStream Wireless Corp. again showed the ever-shrinking nature of the wireless industry. Including United Kingdom-based Vodafone Group plc’s partial ownership stake in …

As the nation’s two dominant personal digital assistant makers watch their stocks crumble, their revenue expectations halved and the fires of a price war blazing, some in the industry wonder …

While many Bluetooth companies have made small-stake announcements at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, computing heavyweight Palm Inc. stepped up to the high-rollers tables to introduce its Palm Bluetooth …

Nextel Communications Inc. privately sold $1 billion of 10-year convertible senior notes in a “drive-by” sale to capitalize on favorable market conditions. The carrier plans to use the proceeds for …

While seven-digit numbers are usually reserved for a company’s bottom line or telephone number, the seven digits in 6,219,694are of extra importance to Canadian-based wireless messaging company Research In Motion …

Citing the slowdown in the U.S. economy and market conditions, personal digital assistant stalwart Palm Inc. and Extended Systems Inc., which provides mobile information management solutions, ended their proposed merger …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The battle between Handspring Inc. and Palm Inc. rose to a new fevered pitch this week as Handspring announced a spate of new services and applications for its …

Symbian received an important lift after Nokia Corp. said that half its third-generation mobile phones will use the company’s platform by 2004. The move ends speculation on whether Symbian’s stakeholders, …