WASHINGTON-XM Satellite Radio last week quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. released its wireless e-mail and mobile software platform for the Dopod 900. The Dopod 900, is a 3G smartphone running on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and has been referred to as a "super-mini notebook" that fits in your...
LONDON-Nokia Corp. continues to pursue enterprise users, using last week's Smartphone Show here to unveil a trio of advanced devices that pit the manufacturer squarely against Motorola Inc., Palm Inc. and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. The new Eseries handsets are designed for European,...
Several handset makers, including UTStarcom Inc., Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Kyocera Wireless Corp., chose wireless trade shows from San Francisco to Singapore as venues to introduce new handset models Tuesday.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Smartphones Technologies Inc. and Collegiate Images announced mobile content licensing agreements with more than 30 U.S. colleges and universities that allow Smartphones to offer exclusively licensed college sports content.According to the agreements, Smartphones will create officially licensed wallpapers, animated screensavers, mobile video clips,...
Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it will abandon its attempt at the smart-phone business after a miserable outing with its first product, the Voq Professional Phone. Sierra said it will either divest its Voq business or simply terminate it. Investors reacted with apparent relief, sending...
Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it will abandon its attempt at the smart-phone business after a miserable outing with its first product, the Voq Professional Phone. Sierra said it will either divest its Voq business or simply terminate it.Investors reacted with apparent relief, sending the...
Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system, codenamed Magneto, in conjunction with its developer's conference this week in Las Vegas. According to several sources familiar with the company's announcement, Microsoft's new offering will replace its current Smartphone, Pocket...
Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system, codenamed Magneto, in conjunction with its developer's conference next week in Las Vegas. According to several sources familiar with the company's announcement, Microsoft's new offering will replace its current Smartphone, Pocket...
Microsoft Corp.'s revenues rose 5 percent in its third quarter, while its net income sprang from $1.32 billion in the same quarter last year to a major $2.56 billion. The news pushed the company's stock up slightly to $24.89 per share.In the company's mobile...
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...
Cingular Wireless is testing the SMT 5600 smart phone from UTStarcom Inc. for use on its network and plans to release the device by May. The device was initially introduced by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. before Cingular acquired the carrier, and due to customer...
LAGUNA NIGUEL-Over-the-air software developer Bitfone Corp. said it has been tapped by Swisscom Mobile to deliver customer care services to the carrier's high-end business users.Bitfone will provide OTA device diagnostics and configuration technology during a pilot project that will initially support two new high-end...
The beatings on Sierra Wireless Inc. continue. Just a week after the company released dismal first-quarter expectations, a law firm filed suit against the company, alleging the wireless modem maker misled investors and essentially mismanaged its business.Sierra Wireless said it had not yet seen...
Although some in the industry expect Microsoft Corp. chief Bill Gates to discuss an update to the company's mobile-phone operating systems during his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the company said it will not announce any new...
As usual, the wireless industry plans to come out in force during this week's Consumer Electronics Show, running Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas. Among the expected announcements: c LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will unveil three new devices. Prices for the phones were not...
After years of what seemed like endless hype, Bluetooth wireless technology has become a mass-market consumer product technology, having shipped in more than 240 million units with price points of less than $3 per chip. It is the only wireless technology that enables interoperable...
Provigent Inc., which makes system-on-chip solutions for broadband wireless, said its PVG310 single-chip modem is now generally available. The company said the modem uses cross-polarization interface cancellation technology to increase wireless channel capacity. The XPIC technology supports the co-channel dual-polarization operation, which allows simultaneous...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-BSquare Corp. introduced a solution for Windows Mobile-based device makers that makes integrating audio peripherals with phone subsystem components easier. The BSquare Audio Manager is a development framework that reduces complexity of implementing a complete audio solution by re-using code, said the company....
CHICAGO-Pointsec, which provides enterprise security software for personal digital assistants and smart phones, released its Pointsec for Smartphone product.The product is a new version of the company's security software for smart phones running Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003. The new version includes sign-on and encryption...
LONDON-Symbian Ltd. announced its sponsors for its Smartphone Show scheduled to take place Oct. 5-6 in London.The sponsors are Vodafone, UIQ Technology in association with Motorola Inc. and Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments and Metrowerks. Carphone Warehouse is the show's retail sponsor.
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
DURHAM, N.C.-PowerByHand, which provides mobile content and solutions, announced the best-selling applications from three of its mobile online properties.Utilities were the most popular category for Palm users at PalmGear.com, with twice as many downloads as other categories, said the company. Games, business and finance,...
Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of a digital camera.The phone includes a 3X optical linear zoom, along with a 4X...
