Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. announced an agreement to jointly create a new line of mobile phones based on Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.Specifically, Samsung will create Global System for Mobile communications and Code Division Multiple Access phones with Microsoft's Mobile Internet...
There seems little doubt the wireless Internet is going to be a reality, but what remains unclear is exactly who will use it, on what devices and using which technology.Many types of wireless devices are entering the marketplace with wireless Internet capabilities, using various...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-According to first-quarter survey results from IDC's Mobile User and Buyer ePanel program, 23 percent of mobile device users said they will buy a personal digital assistant during the next year, compared with 11 percent who said they plan to buy a notebook...
Led by an executive team that includes a lawyer, a doctor, an analyst and an engineer, GroupServe Inc. offers software applications that allow business customers the ability to organize, collaborate and communicate in an electronic group environment.Based in Washington, D.C., GroupServe introduced its GroupVine...
MONTREAL-PCS Innovations Inc. reported it has obtained investments of $2 million from Innovatech du Grand Montreal and $200,000 from Le Fonds Regional de Solidarite-Ile de Montreal.PCS said the investments will provide funds for the marketing and continued development of the company's mobile Internet platform,...
Tegic Communications Inc. signed a global licensing agreement with Voxson, allowing Voxson to integrate the T9 Text Input technology for Chinese and European languages into next-generation wireless phones.Triton Network Systems announced it has signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar deal with Advanced Radio Telecom Corp.,...
In a move seen as strengthening their respective weaknesses in the wireless industry, L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. said they plan to create a joint venture designed to develop and market end-to-end solutions for wireless Internet services.In addition, Microsoft introduced its long-awaited dual-mode microbrowser,...
Microsoft Corp. introduced its long-awaited dual-mode microbrowser last week, which allows wireless phones to access Internet content written in both Wireless Application Protocol language and traditional Hypertext Markup Language.Kevin Dallas, group product manager for Microsoft's Wireless Telephony unit, said the Mobile Internet Explorer browser...
TeleCommunications Systems Inc. launched a free wireless portal service called Data4Me, aimed directly at end users with the goal of increasing awareness of wireless e-mail services across multiple networks.The portal allows users to send and receive messages to and from others on the same...
There was a time, not so long ago, when reasonably priced voice service with decent coverage delighted most wireless subscribers. But subscribers soon were demanding the same features-like voice mail, caller ID and three-way calling-offered on wireline phones.These features, previously known as enhanced services,...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Oracle Corp. chose Qualcomm's pdQ smart phone as one of the key platforms for its Oracle CRM 3i customer relationship management mobile sales and service application.Oracle CRM 3i is a suite of 35 integrated modules that provide marketing, sales, service,...
GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. announced three manufacturers of Global System for Mobile communications handsets have agreed to incorporate Java technology in their products.First, Motorola Inc. plans to launch the Timeport P10888 smart phone with Java technology in Europe in the second quarter. Also, Sony Corp....
German manufacturer Siemens AG invested a 15-percent stake in San Diego-based Neopoint Inc., the maker of a CDMA smart phone that integrates a personal digital assistant and mobile phone.The investment will give Siemens much-needed expertise in Code Division Multiple Access technology. The vendor's U.S....
U.S. TDMA operators must make some critical decisions about competing in the wireless data market during the next year as they witness their CDMA counterparts begin to launch circuit-switched data services on a large scale.TDMA operators-which in the late 1980s banked on Cellular Digital...
LA JOLLA, Calif.-NeoPoint Inc. said it has begun volume shipments of the NeoPoint 1000 smart phone to Sprint PCS, which will market the handset as the Sprint PCS NP1000.Sanford Weisman, senior vice president of sales and marketing for NeoPoint, said the company is including...
U.S. TDMA operators must make some critical decisions about competing in the wireless data market during the next year as they witness their CDMA counterparts begin to launch circuit-switched data services in large scale.Time Division Multiple Access operators-which in the late 1980s banked on...
Wireless industry members agree smart phones will become a critical differentiating factor for handset vendors and mobile-phone operators within the next two years, but the proliferation of these devices remains relatively unknown.For handset providers, smart phones represent an opportunity to extend their products, boost...
TOKYO-Japan's smart handheld device market finished 1998 with 1.42 million shipments, an annual increase of 24.3 percent, and the market is expected to reach just under 10 million units in 2003, according to International Data Corp.While handheld companions receive the most media attention, smart...
General Magic Inc. and Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. both made advancements last week in the voice recognition world.First, General Magic announced it received a $6 million investment from Internet portal company Excite@Home. The two also formed a technology relationship to use General Magic 's...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access digital pdQ smart phone can offer the Palm Computing platform and support full-time access to the Internet, said the company.724 Solutions Inc. chose the pdQ smart phone as one of the key platforms for its new wireless...
Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, has been tied to several announcements in the weeks preceding its impending initial public offering that have served to elevate the company to new levels of recognition.Most recently, Phone.com has been mentioned in conjunction with Sprint PCS and Nextel...
TORONTO-Bell Mobility announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with NeoPoint Inc., formerly Innovative Global Solution, to introduce the new NeoPoint smart phone to Bell Mobility Digital personal communications services customers in Canada.NeoPoint's handset, the NeoPoint 1000, is a combined personal information manager and...
Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. has discussed our view of the prognosis for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in other e-mail briefings and in our white paper. We are often asked whether, given our appraisal of WAP, we think WAP will ever succeed.The answer is, surprisingly,...
Its vision of future wireless telecommunications, which includes the naming of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, previously the company's ASIC Products division, which develops and produces semiconductors and software. Next-generation radio-frequency and analog chips: The Code Division Multiple Access-based MSM3100, Qualcomm's sixth-generation single-chip Mobile Station Modem baseband...
