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Nokia, Symbian increase their leads in smart-phone market

New research shows Nokia Corp. and Symbian continue to lead the worldwide smart device market, while PalmOne Inc. and the Palm OS have largely failed to increase their business.According to numbers from research and consulting firm Canalys, Nokia increased its share of the smart...

Linux platform targets mid-tier phone OEMs

MontaVista Software Inc. today released a version of its Linux platform built specifically for mobile phones. The new offering is also designed for the mid-range handset market-devices that comprise the bulk of the handset industry-an area platform vendors like PalmSource Inc. and Symbian are...

Motorola cancels Wi-Fi-enabled smart phone

Motorola Inc. canceled plans to sell its advanced MPx Windows Mobile smart phone. A company spokeswoman said the move was part of the company's "continual portfolio management and strategy evolution." Introduced at the 3GSM World Congress trade show last year, the MPx was to...

Sprint wins contract with Georgia

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it was awarded a one-year contract by the Georgia Technology Authority to provide wireless voice and data services to state and local government agencies. The contract includes access to Sprint's PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition, which provides users with...

Airline passengers want cell-phone ban kept in place, says survey

WASHINGTON-Passengers on airplanes do not want the ban on cell-phone use while in flight lifted, according to a study released Thursday morning by the Association of Flight Attendants/Communications Workers of America and the National Consumers League."Just think about being confined inside an aluminum tube...

Trio of wireless vendor acquisitions announced

Three mergers have just taken place in the wireless vendor space, one in the broadband arena and two in the software business. Airspan Networks said it has signed a deal to buy ArelNet Ltd. for $8.7 million. In the software space, Semotus Solutions Inc....

Study says major attack will prompt wireless anti-virus protection software

SAN FRANCISCO-A study from Visiongain predicted it will take a major virus attack for mobile operators and handset companies to realize the potential market for anti-virus protection for mobile devices and to begin offering such services on a more widespread basis. Worldwide spending on...

Study says major attack will prompt wireless anti-virus protection software

SAN FRANCISCO-A study from Visiongain predicted it will take a major virus attack for mobile operators and handset companies to realize the potential market for anti-virus protection for mobile devices and to begin offering such services on a more widespread basis.Worldwide spending on mobile...

PalmOne opens research center in Dublin

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. said it will open an engineering center in Dublin, Ireland, the company's first such facility in Europe.The center will focus on core mobile technology to help palmOne accelerate the delivery of next-generation smart phones to European carriers and their customers. PalmOne...

T-Mobile suspends iPAQ sales due to bug

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will suspend sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 personal digital assistant-style phone until the two companies can develop a software upgrade "that will deliver an improved customer experience," T-Mobile said in a statement.T-Mobile did not say what ails...

PalmOne investors wary of outlook despite solid 3Q

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. reported solid third-quarter results, and its stock enjoyed an upgrade from Bear Stearns, but investors appeared unhappy with the company's outlook. PalmOne's stock dropped 7 percent to $22.32 per share after its announcement.PalmOne reported increasing revenues and positive earnings in its...

Brightpoint launches wireless data business

NEW ORLEANS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has launched a new line of business called Advanced Wireless Services, which will focus on delivering bundled wireless products to meet customers' wireless data needs.Products the company plans to provide include Windows-based smart phones and Pocket PCs, activation services,...

M:Metrics aims to be Nielsens of wireless data

In the world of digital marketing, Will Hodgman sees himself as a kind of safe-cracker. Hodgman was the marketing savvy behind AdRelevance, a Seattle-based firm he co-founded with University of Washington computer science professor Dan Weld. AdRelevance quickly established itself as a leading online...

Intellisync, Sony Ericsson team on e-mail solution

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. "For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical to select a mobility...

Intellisync, Sony Ericsson team on joint e-mail solution

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. "For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical to select a mobility software provider who...

High-fashion video coming to four wireless carriers

PARIS-SmartVideo subscribers can stay stylish and ogle supermodels with a new 24-hour-a-day channel from the mobile-video provider. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. said it has agreed to carry Fashion TV, streaming fashion, style and beauty programming to subscribers with smart phones and personal digital assistants. The...

Smart phones to comprise 9% of market by 2009

NEW YORK-New research shows that smart phone sales will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent during the next few years. Research and consulting firm JupiterResearch said smart phones accounted for 3.7 percent of the mobile-phone market last year, but that number...

High-fashion video coming to subscribers of 4 U.S. carriers

SmartVideo subscribers can stay stylish and ogle supermodels with a new 24-hour-a-day channel from the mobile-video provider.SmartVideo Technologies Inc. said it has agreed to carry Fashion TV, streaming fashion, style and beauty programming to subscribers with smart phones and personal digital assistants. The channel...

Flextronics to make reference design for Microsoft OS

CANNES, France-Electronics manufacturing company Flextronics International Ltd. will make a smart phone reference design for companies looking to build devices running Microsoft Corp.'s smart phone operating system, the companies announced today. Flextronics is the 40th company with plans to use Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating...

Nokia to include Flash technology in Series 60 platform

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp. announced it will include Macromedia's Flash technology in its Series 60 platform, which will then be available to device makers building Series 60 handsets. The move marks Flash's latest step into the wireless marketplace. "We are pleased that Macromedia Flash technology...

Kineto Wireless, BenQ partner on converged device

MILPITAS, Calif.-Kineto Wireless said it is collaborating with BenQ to develop Unlicensed Mobile Access-enabled dual-mode GSM-Wi-Fi handsets. BenQ said it will use Kineto's UMA client software, test tools and integration services for its P50 Pocket PC phone, which will be the first product from...

Nokia to include Flash technology in Series 60 platform

Nokia Corp. announced it will include Macromedia's Flash technology in its Series 60 platform, which will then be available to device makers building Series 60 handsets. The move marks Flash's latest step into the wireless marketplace."We are pleased that Macromedia Flash technology will be...

Wireless device market ends 2004 on high note

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-The mobile-phone market grew at a staggering pace during the critical fourth-quarter shopping season, according to a variety of research reports. Further, that growth stretched from low-end phones to high-end smart devices. Mobile-phone shipments rose to 195 million units in the fourth...

PalmOne management shake-up could return company to roots

Todd Bradley, chief executive of Treo maker PalmOne Inc., announced plans to resign at the end of the quarter. The news alarmed investors, who sent the company's stock down by more than $2 per share to a low of around $24. The stock recovered...