As the wireless industry kicks into high gear for the upcoming holiday shopping season, and handset makers pull out all the stops to hype their latest offerings, now seems a good time to take a tour of some similarly much-hyped phones from the industry's...
A collection of wireless industry entrepreneurs urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to build open access into one of the 700 MHz licenses set to be auctioned later this year, saying the agency has an historic opportunity to unlock a new wave of...
PalmSource Inc. is getting another makeover. Access Co. Ltd., which owns the operating system vendor, is now in the beginning stages of renaming all products that originally had Palm-based names. When Access purchased PalmSource it made an agreement with Palm Inc. to sell PalmSource's...
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y.—Janam Technologies L.L.C. said it licensed Access Systems Americas Inc.’s Palm OS Garnet platform until 2011. Janam Technologies provides rugged mobile computers, and the agreement allows Janam to develop and sell application-specific mobile computers based on the Palm OS Garnet platform....
SAN FRANCISCO-European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm Access Co. Ltd., which has sought operator partners for its new mobile-phone operating system. The companies made their announcement in...
SAN FRANCISCO—European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform (ALP) to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm Access Co. Ltd., which has sought operator partners for its new mobile-phone operating system. The companies made their announcement...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Nexage Inc., which provides wireless multimedia software and services, said it closed its first round of funding for its mobile TV platform venture. Funding came from John Ostrem, founder of China MobileSoft, a Linux-based mobile software company that was acquired last year by...
TOKYO—Japanese mobile browser company Access Co. Ltd. announced it plans to acquire IP Infusion Inc. in a deal valued at around $50 million. IP Infusion is based in San Jose, Calif., and supplies switching and routing products to the likes of Foundry Networks, L.M....
BARCELONA, Spain—Japanese browser vendor Access Co. Ltd. gave details about what it plans to do with Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc., which the company last year acquired for $324 million. The company said it would rebrand the Palm operating system as the Access Linux...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless is offering Palm Inc.'s Treo 700w smart phone running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system for use on its EV-DO network.Verizon, Palm and Microsoft last year announced plans for a Windows-based Treo exclusively on Verizon's network. Previously Palm built all of...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Operating system company SavaJe Technologies raised $40 million in equity financing, which the company said it plans to use to enhance its sales and marketing efforts.Investcorp's Technology Ventures Fund II led the round, while existing investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, Ridgewood Capital, RRE Ventures...
TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in two Tokyo-based wireless software companies.The carrier said it will spend $125 million to increase its stake in Access Co. Ltd., which develops and markets mobile Internet software under the...
JAPANAccess Co. Ltd. said it completed its acquisition of PalmSource Inc., which provides the Palm OS operating system for mobile devices. PalmSource now is a wholly owned subsidiary of Access. Each outstanding share of PalmSource common stock has been converted into the right to...
TOKYO-Access Co. Ltd. said it completed its acquisition of PalmSource Inc., which provides the Palm OS operating system for mobile devices.PalmSource now is a wholly owned subsidiary of Access. Each outstanding share of PalmSource common stock has been converted into the right to receive...
A group of Linux proponents announced today they have formed a new standards group aimed at promoting Linux software for mobile phones. "One of the key goals of the Linux Phone Standards Forum is to reduce Linux fragmentation," said John Ostrem, lead scientist for...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-In a letter addressed to Palm OS developers, Palm Inc.'s Ed Colligan reiterated the company's support for the Palm platform. "I'm writing to you today because I'm concerned by the number of posts I've read that suggest that Palm's support of Palm OS...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-In a letter addressed to Palm OS developers, Palm Inc.'s Ed Colligan reiterated the company's support for the Palm platform. "I'm writing to you today because I'm concerned by the number of posts I've read that suggest that Palm's support of Palm OS...
Motorola Inc. had planned to pay more than $300 million to acquire Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. That is, until Japanese software vendor Access Co. Ltd. upped its bid to $324 million in a dramatic 11th-hour turnaround. Although such revelations offer a rare glimpse...
Wireless developers really do own the short end of the stick. Whereas Microsoft Corp.'s Windows system largely dominates the computer industry, there is no such unifying platform in wireless. Developers in the mobile-phone space are left with a dizzying array of choices from Java...
SAN FRANCISCO-One of the device market's worst-kept secrets was let out of the bag last week as Palm Inc. announced plans to launch a Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile operating system version of its popular Treo smart phone. The device, which so far has not...
WASHINGTON-Federal regulators approved Japanese browser vendor Access Co. Ltd.'s acquisition of Sunnyvale, Calif.-based PalmSource Inc. Access announced earlier this month its plans to buy PalmSource for $324.3 million in cash.The Federal Trade Commission gave its go-ahead to the deal.Access sells Internet browsers for electronic...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system vendor PalmSource Inc., which is being acquired by Japan's Access Co. Ltd., posted a widening net loss and declining shipments, but its results came in above some analysts' expectations. The company's stock remained relatively unchanged after its announcement, hovering around $17.94...
Nokia Corp. is hoping to create a framework for Java-based developer tools with this week's expected announcement that it has joined Canada's Eclipse Foundation. Nokia said it will contribute software and developers to a new Eclipse project that seeks to create tooling support for...
Rumors continue to circulate that Palm Inc. will build a version of its Treo smart phone using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile platform, spurning its longtime support for Palm operating-system vendor PalmSource Inc. If true, the move would represent a significant event for all three...
