GLASGOW, United Kingdom-Handset-maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola's A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature the browser."Motorola believes that having Picsel software as an integral component of our Smart Phone product range will allow consumers...
OYSTER BAY, New York-Dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi mobile phones will enjoy support among business users and could grow to as much as 7 percent of the worldwide handset market by 2009, according to new research from Allied Business Intelligence.The firm said shipments of devices that can...
Handset maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola's A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature the browser."Motorola believes that having Picsel software as an integral component of our Smart Phone product range will allow consumers to...
News from RF Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp. and Skyworks Solutions Inc. reflects the flurry of activities in the semiconductor world.RFMD announced what it described as a strategic focus on three core business units, including cellular, wireless connectivity and infrastructure. All three division chiefs...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. becomes the latest mobile phone manufacturer to team with software giant Microsoft Corp. as it gears up to release its new LG-SC8000 smart phone running Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system. LG will release the device in its home...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and others led the charge on the mobile phone front, introducing a range of wireless devices from the most advanced to the most unique.First, Motorola introduced new devices running on Microsoft Corp.'s...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Kyocera Corp. announced that its smart phone equipped with Sherwood Personal Security's Mobile Security Protection will be the exclusive wireless handset in the Academy Awards Presenter's Basket. The secure, protected smart phone has never before offered as a combined package and is valued...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. appears to be prepping a range of new advanced devices for possible introduction during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France, including new 3G phones with the Symbian operating system, new phones running the Microsoft Corp. smart phone OS and the company's...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Motorola Inc. has selected Sleepycat Software's Berkeley DB application-specific data management software for use in Motorola's A768 smart phone in China.The phone, developed for corporate users, offers applications such as personal digital assistant capability, MP3 music playback, full-motion video recording and speakerphone. The...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. camera phone with a unique rotating screen design for $180 with a two-year agreement. Sprint PCS sells a similar Samsung camera phone for around $200.The Samsung SPCH-a610 for Verizon features an...
LONDON-Symbian Software Ltd. scored another victory in the nascent mobile-phone operating system market, with Fujitsu Ltd. introducing its fifth smart phone using the Symbian OS. The new F900i is for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s FOMA 3G service.The advanced phone also features a 1.28 megapixel camera,...
NEW YORK-ICT Technologies Inc. and its operating company EurophoneUSA Inc. said they will partner with Korean mobile phone design company Uroa Tech to sell a range of wireless devices across the world, including an advanced GPRS smart phone."We're on the horizon," said Konstantzas Takantzas,...
WASHINGTON-Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit and "erupt with force...
Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit and "erupt with force...
NEW YORK-Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market.Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United States by the second quarter...
Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market.Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United States by the second quarter of...
Former Microsoft Corp. executive Juha Christensen dumped his plans for a wireless startup and instead will helm the wireless and mobile devices business of Internet software company Macromedia.Christensen has long been at the forefront of the wireless industry, first as a co-founder of operating...
LAS VEGAS-RealNetworks Inc. said it will include support for PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone in its newly unveiled Internet music download service. The move marks likely the first such music download service to target wireless devices.RealNetworks' Music Store will sell MP3 digital music...
Former Microsoft Corp. executive Juha Christensen dumped his plans for a wireless startup and instead will helm the wireless and mobile devices business of Internet software company Macromedia.Christensen has long been at the forefront of the wireless industry, first as a co-founder of operating...
As businesses eye the beauty of wireless services on a massive scale, hardware and software vendors have stepped up their activities.Despite a continued sluggish economy, the frenzy began about a year ago, according to major players."I have seen more uptake in the last nine...
Microsoft Corp. scored another major distribution deal for its mobile-phone software with Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, announcing the availability of the Samsung SCH-i600 with Microsoft's Smartphone operating system.Verizon will sell the high-powered clamshell phone for $400 with a two-year service agreement...
Less than a month after Nokia Corp. introduced its first foray into the video gaming realm, hackers have managed to break the security settings on the company's N-Gage mobile phone/video game device and are making pirated copies of N-Gage games available on the Internet.The...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless and Motorola, Inc. announced nationwide availability of the Motorola MPx200, a Microsoft Windows Mobile-based smart phone for the North American market.The phone is available for $299.99 with any compatible AT&T Wireless service plan. AT&T Wireless said that when combined with its...
