smart phones

In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian …

Monopoly claims on Microsoft Corp. might go out the window in the wireless space as major vendors, developers and operators expect to leverage both the software giant’s .NET and Java …

Smart-phone company NeoPoint Inc. quietly closed its doors late last month, apparently exiting the industry it lit up only a few short years ago with its advanced phone/personal digital assistant …

Heinz Corp. Heinz Corp., which provides services to wireless carriers, has promoted Rick Vogt to senior project manager. In his new position he will be responsible for Heinz’s projects for …

NEW YORK-Through manufacturing outsourcing and layoffs designed to return Ericsson Inc. to profitability, the company’s Consumer Products Division will wind up this year with about 5,000 employees. That compares with …

Motorola Inc. marked its Smart Networks Developers Forum in New Orleans last week with partnerships and new product initiatives. Far away in Oman, the company signed a $5.2 million contract …

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, …

Mobile devices Alcatel Alcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal …

NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian’s EPOC operating system, under an agreement announced last week. A simulation …

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 …

NEW YORK-Although Sprint PCS announced earlier this year its subscribers with smart phones had reached 1 million, “the number doesn’t mean anyone is using them and the smart phones are …

LAS VEGAS-Symbian, a provider of software platforms for next-generation mobile phones, made several announcements at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas and …

Like the stubborn ache of a mild whiplash, new wireless application service providers (WASPs) and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) are chipping away at the territories of established carriers, according …

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 …

Brightpod integrated AvantGo’s Enterprise product suite into its applications service provider platform. The companies said they will co-market the Brightpod offering through joint promotional activities. “We try to make `going …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-An alliance between iAnywhere Solutions Inc. and Ericsson announced earlier this year is paying off. The companies have reached their first agreement to provide mobile financial transactions. The new …

NEW YORK-The telecommunications environment has become so dynamic that it is forcing rapid and radical change in the way internal information technology departments and external middleware providers operate. Carriers’ legacy …

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 …

NEW YORK-Transmeta Corp. and its Crusoe line of processors received enthusiastic applause from investors as the San Francisco company went public Nov. 7. The 13 million share initial public offering, …

Handsets Neopoint The company released new dual-band and tri-mode smart phones that include increased capacity for personal digital assistant functions, built-in e-mail capabilities and a NeoPad Qwerty keyboard. The dual-band …

CHICAGO-Video content may be the new show to watch on the wireless Internet. Content is the name of the game in the wireless Internet evolution going forward. And while it …

LONDON-Wireless Internet-capable devices are set for explosive growth in unit shipments as the price/performance equation shifts over the next five years to accommodate the growing information, communication and entertainment needs …

SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp. said the entire engineering staff of 911 Consulting Inc., a digital signal processor consulting and design firm, joined PacketVideo. The 911 Consulting team will focus on optimizing …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

NEW YORK-Portable Life, Cupertino, Calif., launched a Web site May 3 intended to provide a portal to a variety of information sources related to portable and mobile electronic devices. The …