Industry players announced new alliances and applications targeting on-the-go workers last week, signs that the much-sought-after enterprise market is progressing steadily. Nextel Communications Inc. said that it will partner with Symbol Technologies Inc. to develop and co-market mobile computing solutions, including embedding the carrier's...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. and Microsoft reached an agreement that will allow future Treo smart phones to use Microsoft's Exchange Server e-mail protocol, the companies announced.The partnership will give PalmOne customers with Treos compatibility with Exchange Server 2003 data, including wireless e-mail and calendar. PalmOne...
MUNICH, Germany-Research In Motion announced it will offer an aftermarket BlackBerry Connect software download for PalmSource Inc.'s Palm operating system.The partnership will allow Palm OS wireless device owners to sign up for BlackBerry wireless services, including the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service."We...
MINNEAPOLIS-TestQuest Inc. this week plans to release a new solution to automate the testing of Palm OS Garnet devices and Palm OS 4 devices with the TestQuest Pro test automation tool.TestQuest Pro connects to multiple mobile devices, PCs, base-station emulators and other test equipment...
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported a deal with MercuryMD Inc. to provide medical professionals with wireless access to patient information on personal digital assistants and PocketPC devices using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network.The solution includes the palmOne Treo 600 and Audiovox PPC 4100 devices...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s first-quarter fiscal-year 2005 earnings showed the company's revenue grew to $273.1 million, reflecting a 62-percent increase from the year-ago quarter. Net income was $19.6 million, or 38 cents per share, compared with a loss of $16.9 million, or 57 cents per...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. and palmOne Inc. reported a multi-year agreement to provide pharmaceutical industry market insight provider ImpactRx with wireless voice and data services via palmOne's Treo 600 smart phones to ImpactRx's network of more than 1,000 prescribing physicians by next March. Sprint...
LONDON-European wireless operator Orange plc commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The carrier said the trials produced positive results with 58 percent of users declaring they would change their handsets to...
European wireless operator Orange commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The carrier said the trials produced positive results with 58 percent of users declaring they would change their handsets to use...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. has expanded its distribution of palmOne Inc.'s popular Treo 600 smart phone, making it more readily available to retail consumers.T-Mobile, which began selling the smart phone through direct business sales channels in February, is now also offering the device in...
Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that will give iPass enterprise customers access to high-speed Internet connectivity while in flight.The agreement allows iPass users to access Connexion...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. introduced a Wi-Fi card for use with its Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 handhelds to enhance the integrated Bluetooth technology solution already featured on the devices."With the expansion of hot spots and Wi-Fi networks in homes and in businesses, we felt...
HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell and activate data devices designed for AWS' GSM-based data network. The deal includes Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices, which...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers to look to smart phones for replacement service.Current owners of the devices will...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. said the chairman of its board of directors, Eric Benhamou, plans to resign in October.He is expected, however, to remain chairman of the board for PalmOne. Benhamou has served on both boards since PalmSource was spun off from Palm Inc. last...
PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers to look to smart phones for replacement service.Current owners of the devices will be...
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Playing on personalization, palmOne Inc. released palmOne persona, a line of accessories for palmOne handhelds and smart phones.The accessory line will debut with monogrammed leather cases designed by Vaja for use with the Treo 600, Tungsten C, Tungsten W and Zire 72 devices....
LONDON-Symbian Ltd. said its operating results for the first half of 2004 show global shipments of Symbian OS-based phones nearly doubled to 5 million, as compared to the first half of 2003 when 2.7 million units were shipped.Six months into this year, six Symbian...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Playing on personalization, palmOne Inc. released palmOne persona, a line of accessories for palmOne handhelds and smart phones.The accessory line will debut with monogrammed leather cases designed by Vaja for use with the Treo 600, Tungsten C, Tungsten W and Zire 72 devices....
Aggressive tactics from some device manufacturers and conservative moves by others are causing a shift in global handset market share, according to new research from IDC.According to IDC, Nokia Corp.'s market share has dropped to 27.7 percent, having shipped 45.4 million units last quarter....
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.-SoundPix Inc., which develops audio-imaging software solutions, announced its first product for the wireless market, the SoundPix Mobile-Treo Edition.The product is designed to run on the palmOne Treo 600 and enables users to capture and share sound-enhanced pictures, said the company. With...
Wireless devices are outgrowing the cradles once used to transmit personal information like datebook reminders and contact lists from portable PDAs to desktop computers. Last week, Verizon Wireless launched PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone, including integrated always-on wireless synchronization capabilities that enable constant,...
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.-SoundPix Inc., which develops audio-imaging software solutions, announced its first product for the wireless market, the SoundPix Mobile-Treo Edition.The product is designed to run on the palmOne Treo 600 and enables users to capture and share sound-enhanced pictures, said the company. With...
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