OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the number of German cell-phone users nearly doubled from 1999 to 2000, two new market forecasts are now predicting that growth in 2001 will have slowed dramatically to between 12 percent and 18 percent. Market researcher Matthias Plica said that he...
NEW YORK-Calling it "the most well-known secret in corporate America," Stephen Carter, president and chief executive officer of Cingular Wireless, said the nation's second-largest mobile operator will overlay all its TDMA and analog networks with EDGE, a software enhancement of GPRS technology.Atlanta-based Cingular, with...
READING, United Kingdom—Nokia Corp. has taken the lead in the European handheld device market, beating out such big names as Palm Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp, a new survey shows.According to research firm Canalys, Nokia commands 28.3 percent of the smart phone and personal...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Cell-phone operator BT Viag, the German subsidiary of BT's MmO2 mobile division, said it plans to launch Microsoft's combined Pocket PC and mobile device in early 2002. The device, which will be branded as O2 xda, will be based on Microsoft's new...
TOKYO—Qualcomm Inc.'s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless application platform received a boost through the company's deal with video game giant Sega Corp., which announced it will release its video game content and gaming technology to various wireless devices using the platform.Users could see mobile...
Palm Inc. watched its stock drop more than 20 percent after the company released its earnings with the news that it will not make profitability by the second quarter and that it is postponing the launch of its anticipated integrated wireless device."We simply thought...
DALLAS—JP Mobile has released the newest version of its SureWave Mobile Server, which delivers wireless e-mail and corporate applications to enterprises.According to JP Mobile, the enhanced version incorporates device-side synchronization based on SyncML and supports the J2EE standard, allowing users to update all of...
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 it will release a fully integrated wireless device by the end of this year.
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 to play games and chat in real time.The new platform, OSland, allows up to...
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 personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc.Microsoft made its announcement during the DEMOmobile 2001 conference...
Handsets/devicesToshiba Toshiba plans to launch its first personal digital assistant (PDA) in Japan next month and in the United States the fourth quarter of this year. The Genio PDA will run on Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system and a 206 MHz StrongArm processor from...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Jamaica's cellular market could be engaged in a fierce competition for the consumer soon. A new provider, Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd., is set to become the third operator by year-end 2001, with promises of bringing newer technology options and service to this Western...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.'s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML format, both on and offline.
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 users to enhance the style of their handwritten notes.Electric Pocket said the new versions...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.'s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML format, both on and offline.
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. made its biggest move yet to bolster its operating system business, this time doling out $11 million for Internet software company Be Inc.Palm is buying the intellectual property and technology assets of Be, which include its BeIA and BeOS operating...
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, view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents and view PowerPoint presentations.The offering is...
Just like the beginnings of the wired Internet, content on the wireless Internet is growing by leaps and bounds. Wireless Internet users now can schedule a flight out of Denver, challenge a stranger to a game of chess, check their stocks and access all...
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 devices to access a garden variety of applications and bring them closer to next-generation technologies."Our...
In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with marketing strategies, technical appeals...
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," he said. "You're going to have to be smarter now than before."The reason, he...
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 sold for wireless data only, and features a 640 x 480 color screen, a...
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.Texas Instruments Inc. and Intel Corp. separately said they would license microprocessing technology from ARM...
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems reported $7.9 million in net revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter ended June 30, down from the $9.8 million reported during the fourth quarter last year. Net loss jumped from $1.1 million last year, or 11 cents per share, to a...
