DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson...
OSLO, Norway-U.K. phone manufacturer Sendo said it will use Opera Software's mobile-phone browser in its Sendo X smart phone.Opera, which has less market share than other mobile browser suppliers, said its small-screen rendering technology reformats the Web to Sendo X's screen size to avoid...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Sendo has released its multimedia smart phone, the Sendo X, featuring video, audio, camera, connectivity and Internet functionality. The release comes amid the company's legal battle with Microsoft Corp. after Sendo dumped the Microsoft operating system earlier this year and filed a...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile phone startup Sendo said its case against Microsoft Corp. will go ahead in a Texas courtroom instead of moving to Washington. Microsoft had filed a request for the case to be moved to its home state.Further, Sendo said the court will...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to sell a Motorola Inc.-manufactured smart phone that incorporates Microsoft Corp. technology.Motorola said it will launch a Microsoft Smartphone-powered handset next month, and that the two companies will collaborate on a series of smart phones and Pocket PC wireless...
Mobile-phone startup Sendo said it will drop its patent lawsuit against European carrier Orange due to a new licensing deal with Texas Instruments Inc., but that it will continue its fight against Microsoft Corp.Sendo said it withdrew the lawsuit and that it will contribute...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo's patents.Sendo said it has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London...
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo's patents.Sendo said it has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London against Orange...
T-Mobile International AG and Microsoft Corp. sought to clarify media reports concerning possible delays of the release of a T-Mobile phone using Microsoft software in Europe, but T-Mobile wouldn't give a specific release date.Media reports surfaced last week that T-Mobile had delayed the release...
Nokia Corp. hired a former Palm Inc. executive to head up its worldwide developer efforts, a move that highlights Nokia's continuing focus on its developer and licensing business and the potentially troublesome issues in the space.Lee Epting started as Nokia's vice president of developer...
REDMOND, Wash.-In an announcement that could have major implications for the wireless device market, Microsoft Corp. announced a new program to give device makers access to the company's closely guarded Windows CE source code. The action follows calls for such a move from those...
CANNES, France-Operators and vendors alike expressed a quiet optimism for the upcoming year as the GSM community gathered for its annual global meeting last week in the south of France. The event focused less on when wideband CDMA launches would occur in Europe and...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. has countered mobile-phone maker Sendo's claims that Microsoft purposely drove the company to the brink of bankruptcy, insisting instead that Sendo was to blame for the situation by not devoting enough resources to its planned Microsoft Smartphone and misleading Microsoft concerning...
Just months after European carrier Orange released the world's first mobile phone running on Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software bug in the phone's operating system, a bug that allows users to bypass the...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile-phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against its former business partner Microsoft Corp., a move that further illuminates the reasons behind Sendo's decision to dump Microsoft's smart phone software in favor of that from Microsoft rival Nokia Corp.According to media reports,...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., marking another chapter in the companies' tumultuous relationship.Details on the lawsuit are unclear. Sendo officials declined to comment on the filing, except to say that the allegations are "serious and substantial."...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile-phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against its former business partner Microsoft Corp., a move that further illuminates the reasons behind Sendo's decision to dump Microsoft's smart phone software in favor of that from Microsoft rival Nokia Corp.According to media reports,...
It's time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, we've decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced the industry in 2002? Enter your vote via the...
DUBLIN, Ireland-With the public snub Microsoft received with the news that U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo has dumped the software giant as the software provider for its new Z100 Web-enabled multimedia handset just days before the product was to launch, it is clear that access...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In what may look like a political victory of sorts for Nokia Corp., Phone maker Sendo jolted the wireless world with its decision to abandon its agreement to use Microsoft's software and Smartphone operating system for its handsets.The vendor decided to adopt Nokia's...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Emblaze Systems Inc. said Aug. 12 it has completed successfully a series of interoperability tests of its rich media delivery system over live GPRS networks to three advanced mobile phones, the Nokia 7650, the Sendo Z100 Multimedia Smartphone and the Sony-Ericsson P800.The...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Smart-phone maker Sendo announced it teamed with Tao Group to include Java technology in the company's new Z100 smart phone.The move is especially interesting because Sendo is the first device maker to use Microsoft's Smart Phone 2002 operating system, and Microsoft is...
Handsets/wireless devicesSonySony Electronics unveiled its CLIE handhePEG-T415 ld with reduced profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also...
