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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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

Oracle Corp. has made one more stride into the wireless space. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software vendor announced what it called its e-Business Suite, which will allow users of handheld …

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Microsoft has taken a stake in U.K. mobile handset newcomer Sendo Holdings. Microsoft’s smart phone platform, code named Stinger, is used on Sendo’s Z100 smart phone, set to launch …

The market for personal digital assistants, once thought to be a gold mine for anyone and everyone looking to make a profit, is now swimming in such bitter competition and …

Symbian received an important lift after Nokia Corp. said that half its third-generation mobile phones will use the company’s platform by 2004. The move ends speculation on whether Symbian’s stakeholders, …

Several recent announcements have cast an unfavorable light on Symbian Ltd., a maker of operating systems for a number of wireless devices. But even with the added illumination, it’s still …

The once questionable smart-phone market received additional validation last week as Sprint PCS announced it would market Kyocera Corp.’s QCP-6035 handset beginning later this month. The news follows the carrier’s …

LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS used the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show to finalize its widely rumored plans to roll out next-generation services using cdma2000 later this year. While …

DALLAS-Sendo Plc has chosen Texas Instruments Inc.’s high performance, low power OMAP technology to power its new Z100 Multimedia Smartphone. According to the company, TI’s OMAP architecture will give the …

LAS VEGAS-OmniSky’s service will run on two new devices and will enhance support for corporate e-mail. The company demonstrated its service running on the Kyocera QCP 6035 smart phone for …

When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country’s largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market. “Time to …

Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will introduce Kyocera Corp.’s 6035 smart phone onto its network beginning March 5. The dual-branded, Palm OS-powered handset features wireless Web access and a near-Palm …

Handsets Sendo European mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light …

Microsoft Corp. threw its rather large hat in the wireless arena at last week’s 3GSM World Congress, announcing plans to launch software aimed at multimedia-enabled phones that leverage its Windows-based …

NEW YORK – Audiovox Communications Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., has tapped into the computer expertise of its 5 percent owner, Toshiba Corp., to develop a combination cell phone and personal digital …

Motorola Inc.’s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe’s biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting after Motorola pulled out of a …

Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it bought NeoPoint Inc.’s myAladdin.com location-based content aggregation portal and wireless information technology. Leap said it will extend the service to its Cricket customers and …

LAS VEGAS-Those who got an early view of the new Ericsson R380 World Smartphone at Comdex here last week quickly dubbed it a “spork.” Developers Ericsson and Symbian didn’t seem …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed to develop GPRS phones using Microsoft Corp.’s Stinger smart phone platform and Mobile Internet Explorer microbrowser software for VoiceStream’s …

The evolution of the Symbian initiative advanced last week as the company held its first developers conference in London, supporting the release of version 6.0 of its open software platform …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Palm Inc. are collaborating to create a new smart phone that combines Palm handheld computer functionality with a mobile phone. The two have agreed to develop …