FORT WORTH, Texas-Flexible Innovations Ltd. released a new range of materials and applications featuring egrips technology.Last June, the company launched egrips to safeguard mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other handheld devices from falling and breaking by giving users better grips. The latest version...
TOKYO-Following its plans for an initial public offering, Seven Networks Inc. announced its mobile e-mail software will be installed on NEC Corp.'s BREW-based handsets for Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. The company's software offers real-time access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, IMAP4 and POP3 e-mail,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. reported declining revenues and net income in its third quarter, and predicted a net loss of between $4 million and $7 million for the coming quarter. The dismal news sent the company's stock down almost 17 percent to about $18.24 per...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Kyocera Corp. announced that its smart phone equipped with Sherwood Personal Security's Mobile Security Protection will be the exclusive wireless handset in the Academy Awards Presenter's Basket. The secure, protected smart phone has never before offered as a combined package and is valued...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. officially announced its new dual-OS strategy at the company's developer conference, an effort to support both high-end smart phones as well as low-end personal digital assistants. The company also announced processor company Nvidia Corp. will join the likes of Intel...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. camera phone with a unique rotating screen design for $180 with a two-year agreement. Sprint PCS sells a similar Samsung camera phone for around $200.The Samsung SPCH-a610 for Verizon features an...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company's president and co-chief executive officer."RIM's biggest competitor is ignorance," Lazaridis said. "Our challenge continues to be and has...
WASHINGTON-Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit and "erupt with force...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile phones will rule the electronics and computing industries in the coming years, proclaims a new report from research and consulting firm Zelos Group."The mass adoption of full-featured handsets will be disruptive," said Seamus McAteer, senior analyst and managing partner for Zelos Group...
Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit and "erupt with force...
Upstart push-to-talk platform provider Kodiak Networks Inc. announced its first carrier customer last week by partnering with European-based operator Orange and is rumored to be readying a U.S.-based launch with Alltel Corp. as early as this week.Kodiak's agreement with Orange calls for the carrier...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced it plans to offer 2.75 million shares of common stock. PalmSource's stock was down almost 10 percent after the news to about $21.50 per share.PalmSource said it granted its underwriters an option to purchase an additional 412,500...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced it is now shipping the latest version of the Palm OS, version 6, to its licensees.Palm's licensees include PalmOne Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and others. The Palm OS 6 features modularity, multi-tasking, memory protection, robust security...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. reported a 5-percent increase in revenues to $271 million for its second fiscal quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago, as well as a decrease in income from $9.5 million a year ago to $2.6 million for the second...
WASHINGTON-Wireless and high-tech vendors are undergoing a serious re-examination of policies they advocate before Congress, regulatory agencies and the White House in light of a growing outsourcing trend that some fear could hurt U.S. innovation and security even as it helps financially squeezed firms...
LAS VEGAS-PalmSource Inc. announced the launch of the Palm Powered MobileWorld program for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and software developers focused on the smart-phone market. The program's purpose is to allow mobile operators to collaborate with PalmSource on Palm OS platform development efforts and...
The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink in a $21 million deal. The move creates a combined paging carrier covering 90...
The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink. The move creates a combined paging carrier covering 90 percent of the U.S. population...
PalmSource Inc. made several announcements at the COMDEX show in Las Vegas this week. The company announced the launch of the Palm Powered MobileWorld program for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and software developers focused on the smart-phone market. The program's purpose is to allow...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Wireless devices will be high on holiday gift lists this year, according to a survey released by Staples Inc. The retailer predicts wireless handheld computers will be in high demand among both personal and business users. Staples expects business executives to flock to...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it scored another major carrier deal, with KPN Mobile in the Netherlands planning to use Visto's technology to offer wireless e-mail services over its i-mode wireless data platform.Visto currently counts a handful of carrier customers in the United States,...
The head of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile devices division, Juha Christensen, will leave the software giant to start his own company, which will focus on creating Web services for advanced wireless devices."We're sorry to see him go, but are thrilled that he will be working...
REDMOND, Wash.-The head of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile devices division, Juha Christensen, will leave the software giant to start his own company, one focused on creating Web services for smart devices."We're sorry to see him go, but are thrilled that he will be working with...
