MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. released its new Bluetooth-capable personal digital assistant, while fellow handheld maker Handspring Inc. reported declining revenues and losses. Further, research firm IDC released results showing sales of PDAs continue to decline.Palm said its new Tungsten T2 handheld features more memory and...
Palm Inc. released its new Bluetooth-capable personal digital assistant, while fellow handheld maker Handspring Inc. reported declining revenues and losses. Further, research firm IDC released results showing sales of PDAs continue to decline.Palm said its new Tungsten T2 handheld features more memory and a...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wheels of Zeus Inc., a startup founded by Apple Computer company luminary Steve Wozniak, offered further details on its business plan, as well as additional executives.Woz will offer a wireless platform, system reference design and wireless network that will "help people take...
A new consumer study finds that U.S. wireless users show little to no interest in advanced smart phones, and that handset makers and carriers would be better off selling specialized wireless devices.According to a new study from Jupiter Research, most U.S. consumers would not...
The smart-phone operating system race continues unabated, with Palm Inc.'s PalmSource subsidiary announcing another device win for the Chinese market. Hong Kong electronics manufacturer Group Sense Ltd. said it will build a smart phone using the Palm OS for the hot Chinese device market.The...
While the industry looks to foster the growth of third-party software, many of the industry's advanced phone makers will not replace a ruined device if that same third-party software caused the problem."It hasn't been an issue yet," said Michael King, senior analyst at Gartner...
LONDON-Operating company Symbian claimed another win with the Fujitsu F2102V phone for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed FOMA network.The mobile phone includes two digital cameras for video capabilities, as well as authentication for mobile payments, a memory card storage slot and audio compression for streaming...
Operating company Symbian claimed another win with the Fujitsu F2102V phone for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed FOMA network.The mobile phone includes two digital cameras for video capabilities, as well as authentication for mobile payments, a memory card storage slot and audio compression for streaming...
Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...
WASHINGTON-Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon late last week reached a settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS that ends a wireless consumer lawsuit that was to have gone to trial in early October. The agreement requires both carriers to use clearer and more...
WASHINGTON-Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon today said Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS have agreed to settle a wireless consumer lawsuit that was to have gone to trial in early October. The agreement requires both carriers to use clearer and more explanatory language in...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Enterprise software company iPass Inc. looks to file an initial public offering and said it expects to file 7 million shares for between $9 and $11 per share, according to the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company did...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. reported a relatively solid quarter of earnings, news that prompted the company to pronounce the end of the decline in the personal digital assistant industry and investors to rally around Palm shares.Palm's stock was up about 7 percent following the news...
In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender.Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing $50.4 million during an extended, three-month fund-raising round. The news comes shortly after Visto acquired fellow wireless corporate e-mail company...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. reported a relatively solid quarter of earnings, news that prompted the company to pronounce the end of the decline in the personal digital assistant industry and investors to rally around Palm shares.Palm's stock was up about 7 percent following the news...
The two main rivals in the PDA operating system business sought to bolster their offerings, each touting improved and enhanced products.Further, Microsoft Corp. announced two additional licensees for its operating system for personal digital assistants. Computer maker Gateway Inc. and consumer electronics company JVC...
Content provider Handango expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics, a move that places the company squarely in the wireless industry and a strategy that some think could create a significant business in the near future."There...
NEW YORK-Palm Inc.'s operating system business PalmSource announced a range of new deals to bolster the enterprise appeal of its product, including new agreements with IBM Corp., Visto Corp., Novell and others.Under PalmSource's deal with IBM, the companies said they plan to collaborate on...
HURST, Texas-Content provider Handango announced it expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics.The move is notable as Handango already provides thousands of applications for a variety of platforms, including Symbian, Palm and Java systems. The company...
Handspring Inc. followed up on promises to update its Treo mobile phone/personal digital assistant device with the release of its new Treo 600, which breaks from the PDA form factor to look more like a mobile phone.The slimmed down Treo still features a full...
The 2003 JavaOne Developer Conference witnessed a collision of giants as Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. pushed their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid segmentation.Sun announced that wireless heavyweights like Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Sony...
The 2003 JavaOne Conference is witnessing a collision of giants, as Sun Microsystems and IBM Corp. are pushing their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid fragmentation.Sun announced that wireless heavyweights like Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Sony...
The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced an all-stock, $169 million plan to acquire rival Handspring Inc.Industry luminaries Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky founded Palm in 1992, but they left the company in...
The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced plans to acquire Handspring Inc.Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky founded Palm in 1992, but they left the company in 1997 to form rival Handspring. Now Hawkins...
