SAN MATEO, Calif.-PalmSource, the operating system subsidiary of personal digital assistant company Palm Inc., made a range of new announcements in conjunction with its annual developer's conference, including two new Palm OS licensees, a new deal with wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd.,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless selected Motient Communications as a National Master Agent for its Express Network services, including the carrier's Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry services and other wireless e-mail solutions.As an agent, Motient will offer data products and value-added programs to software companies, systems...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a buy-back and leasing program designed to attract users of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices from competing carriers to exchange their device for a BlackBerry 6210 or 6710 model designed for AT&T Wireless' GSM/GPRS network.The program provides...
SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. will build a mobile phone for Verizon Wireless that will include BREW application download technology from Nokia's archrival Qualcomm Inc.Verizon executives confirmed the move during Qualcomm's annual BREW developer's conference. Verizon and Nokia couldn't immediately provide details on the phone, including...
Manila, Philippines-Philippine wireless operator Smart Communications Inc. plans to introduce Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless platform and device on its GSM/GPRS network for its corporate customers.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Good Technology Inc. scored a strategic partnership with computer giant Dell Computer Corp., but neither company is releasing details of the deal.The companies plan to make a formal announcement and provide details of the partnership Tuesday. Good promised that the...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications launched its WyndPower pack, a collection of wireless services for deaf or hard-of-hearing wireless users.The solution, which enables TTY messaging, voice-to-text messaging and the ability to reach AAA Auto Club for emergency roadside service, will initially be available on...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Retrieval Dynamics Corp. and EarthLink Inc. announced a teaming to create a wireless data package for real estate executives. The program combines a BlackBerry wireless e-mail device from Research In Motion Ltd. with EarthLink's wireless service and real estate applications from RDC."By teaming...
BOSTON-InfoClarus, which supplies mobility solutions for enterprises, has signed an agreement to jointly market its mobility solutions for enterprises in collaboration with Skypath Networks.Skypath is a nationwide provider of wireless services via handheld devices that Motorola Inc. and Research In Motion manufacture. It has...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. scored gains above analyst expectations, upbeat news that sent the company's stock up about 6 percent to about $15 per share in trading.RIM reported revenues for the fourth quarter of $87.5 million, up from expectations and above the $74.2...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The heated and rancorous legal battle between corporate wireless e-mail companies Research In Motion Ltd. and Good Technology Inc. moved another step forward, with a California judge denying RIM's calls for an injunction on Good and pushing the case further toward a jury...
ATLANTA-Messaging service company Glenayre Technologies Inc. has been ordered to pay $12 million in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit, a verdict the company said it plans to appeal.A jury in a federal district court in Chicago ruled in favor of Philip Jackson in...
The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated.Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable marriage of computers and mobile phones, and the current selection of high-end devices seems to...
NEW ORLEANS-Although much of the news from last week's CTIA show focused on the typical consumer, Research In Motion Ltd. managed to remind the industry of the importance of the enterprise customer with its new BlackBerry Connect licensing program.The new licensing program expands on...
HANNOVER, Germany-Research In Motion Ltd. released two new BlackBerry devices, the 6210 and the 6220, for users in Europe."We continue to lead the industry with a growing choice of wireless handhelds that satisfy the demanding requirements of both large corporate customers and individual business...
WESTPORT, Conn.-Peace of Mind at Light Speed Inc., a developer of location-based and location-aware services, has entered a strategic alliance with New York-based Igicom L.L.C. to provide in-house software development for POMALS' data content.Igicom is an Internet professional services firm that designs and builds...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. said it will take an additional provision of up to $8 million due to its patent battle with NTP Inc., bringing its provision cost to about $40 million.RBC Capital Markets downgraded the company following the news. RIM's stock was...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Adding a new twist in a complicated legal drama, a U.S. judge ruled that Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. must begin negotiations over their heated patent battle, and that a magistrate judge will oversee those discussions.However, U.S. District Court Judge James...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- Bill Nguyen, the entrepreneur who sold Onebox.com (now Openwave Systems Inc.) to Phone.com for $850 million, is back at the head of wireless e-mail company Seven, just in time to see the company score European wireless giant Orange plc as a...
TORONTO-Canadian vendors are seeking more cooperation among carriers to promote interoperability. That's the message from a wireless conference hosted Tuesday by BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto.Mike Lazaridis, Research in Motion (RIM) co-chief executive officer (CEO), said, "The most important thing for us in inter-carrying...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. scored a deal to provide 20,000 of its BlackBerry devices to real estate company GMAC.The deal comes as RIM and Good Technologies Inc. are locked in a battle over enterprise customers as well as legal issues....
WATERLOO, Ontario-Telefonica Moviles Espana, a subsidiary of the Telefonica Moviles Group, will sell Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device starting in the next few months, a move that will make the carrier the first to offer the BlackBerry in Spain."With this agreement...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-According to the Toronto Star newspaper, Handspring president Ed Colligan said yesterday that it is logical that his company will use e-mail software developed by RIM with its Treo and other devices.The two companies have been involved in a rivalry for some...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Handheld device makers Palm Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. seemed to fare relatively well over the quarter, with both companies reporting relatively solid earnings.Palm said it managed to move into the black and capitalize on its new products, scoring a net income...
