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...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to break into the European cell-phone market has proved harder than expected for the Far Eastern manufacturer Daewoo. The company, which had intended to launch two handsets in the second half of 2002, is now reviewing its plans following little interest...
LONDON-Orange is looking into possible security breaches in its new SPV smart phone, according to reports. The device is the first to use Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system.Neither Orange nor Microsoft was immediately available for comment.The security bugs were posted on a smart phone...
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,...
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart phone on its network this week bolstering its handset lineup in time for the holiday season.The 7135 handset, which is expected to sell...
SAN DIEGO-Mobile phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. will use software from Roxio Inc. to allow users of its forthcoming 7135 smart phone to edit and change images on their device.Using Roxio's PhotoSuite Mobile Edition running on a desktop computer, Kyocera 7135 users will be...
LONDON-Operating system company Symbian said ARM, Hewlett-Packard Co., Motorola SPS, RealNetworks and Texas Instruments joined the company's Platinum Partner program. The company also said it will work with ARM and TI to closely integrate and optimize its operating system with the technologies from ARM...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Although Microsoft Corp. wields tremendous power and has made several major recent forays into the market for mobile-phone software, the wireless industry's traditional handset manufacturers can hold on to their dominant position, according to a new report from Probe Research.Many of the...
TOKYO-Microsoft Corp. said it is in talks with a number of Japanese wireless operators to introduce its smart phone into the Japanese market, according to Dow Jones Business News."We're talking with J-Phone, KDDI and others," said Hidenori Kuraishi, senior manager of the Japan Mobility...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will license its Series 60 software platform, which Nokia licenses as a source code product to other handset manufacturers, for its next generation of smart phones.The deal quiets any rumors that Microsoft Corp. was on the...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it would begin offering its next-generation PCS Vision service through its retail stores and business channels nationwide beginning next week. Initial applications for the service will allow customers to take and receive pictures, check personal and corporate e-mail, play...
NEW YORK-Sprint PCS' highly anticipated next-generation network is scheduled to launch 10 August, according to Philip Christopher, Audiovox president and chief executive officer, who let the cat out of the bag during a quarterly conference call.While Sprint PCS had no comment on the report,...
CAMBRIDGE, England—ARM Ltd. has delivered a port of the Symbian operating system for ARM-powered 2.5 and third-generation smart phone devices to Motorola Inc."The port, which has been created ahead of silicon implementation, makes use of the advanced system emulation methodologies from ARM and incorporates...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...
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...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. gained a new president and chief executive officer as part of its effort to move into the smart-phone operating system and application business.The company's former chief operating officer, Steve Mitchell, was promoted as the company's president and CEO, and will help...
OXFORD, United Kingdom, and TOKYO—Hidden within the first cell-phone announcements from Sony Ericsson was the fact that the joint venture's P800 smart phone device will use the operating system (OS) developed by Symbian. The P800, one of six new devices announced, includes a large...
BIRMINGHAM, England—Mobile-phone and smart phone maker Sendo announced it will expand its business into the United States with the appointment of Greg Christian as its U.S. president and the opening of its North American office in Dallas.Sendo sells a variety of products in Europe...
Nokia Corp. continued its massive open mobile architecture standards push last week by signing up some of the world's largest infrastructure and application server vendors, including BEA Systems Inc., Borland Software Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Oracle and Sun Microsystems Inc.The move underscores Nokia's...
READING, United Kingdom—Nokia Corp. has taken the lead in the European handheld device market, beating out such big names as Palm Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp, a new survey shows.According to research firm Canalys, Nokia commands 28.3 percent of the smart phone and personal...
LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo announced it will use PacketVideo's mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) smart phone. Users can access media applications including video messaging, interactive games, and news and...
LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 GPRS smart phone.The Z100 is Sendo's first data phone and is based on Microsoft Corp.'s smart phone operating...
