Smartphone

Microsoft Corp. announced two new sales agreements for devices using its Smartphone operating system and reiterated commitments from T-Mobile in the United Kingdom and Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless Services …

European carrier Orange SA said it will expand its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to offer text-messaging-based access to Microsoft’s instant messaging and e-mail programs to all of Orange’s 35 million …

T-Mobile International AG and Microsoft Corp. sought to clarify media reports concerning possible delays of the release of a T-Mobile phone using Microsoft software in Europe, but T-Mobile wouldn’t give …

LISBON, Portugal-Portuguese wireless operator TMN announced it will begin selling a phone using Microsoft Corp.’s Smartphone operating system though a partnership with oil and gas company Galp Energia. The companies …

Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you. Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported revenues ahead of analyst expectations, scoring $7.8 billion for the quarter ended March 31, and saw increased sales in its mobile and wireless division. Microsoft reported …

REDMOND, Wash.-In an announcement that could have major implications for the wireless device market, Microsoft Corp. announced a new program to give device makers access to the company’s closely guarded …

ATLANTA-Wireless enterprise company XcelleNet Inc. said it will add support for Microsoft Smartphone software, a move the company said will allow customers to centrally configure, manage and control applications and …

The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated. Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable …

NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless released its Wireless Office suite of services and devices for enterprise customers at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2003 trade show. Wireless Office includes voice tools, Internet and …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it plans to demonstrate its i.Smart smartphone reference design at the CTIA conference in New Orleans, La. The design combines its 2.5G integrated wireless platform and …

CANNES, France-Wireless operator Orange released sales figures and details about its business-oriented SPV device-the first wireless device to use Microsoft Corp.’s Smartphone operating system-and announced plans to offer a modified …

CANNES, France-Wireless multimodal platform and solution provider Kirusa is demonstrating its multimodal technology at the 3GSM World Congress taking place this week in France. Kirusa’s technology allows wireless users to …

MANILA, The Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. has become the second operator worldwide and the first in Asia to offer a Microsoft-powered smart phone, following Orange U.K. last year. Smart is the …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Application processor company NeoMagic Corp. said it will offer a reference design kit the company said will allow manufacturers to easily and quickly build a smart phone using …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has introduced a new GSM/GPRS smartphone reference design known as i.Smart, based on its i.250 innovative convergence platform and the i.MX media extension applications processor. …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported a strategic agreement with Microsoft Canada to provide mobile access to the full suite of Microsoft Office applications from wireless devices. Under terms …

Just months after European carrier Orange released the world’s first mobile phone running on Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software …

LONDON-Orange is looking into possible security breaches in its new SPV smart phone, according to reports. The device is the first to use Microsoft Corp.’s Smartphone operating system. Neither Orange …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create devices based on Microsoft’s range of …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smartphone on its network this week bolstering its handset lineup in time …

Motorola Inc. claims it is the only company that has full type approval certification for its wireless reference designs for handhelds. Texas Instruments disagrees. Pointing to its I.250 platform for …

DUBLIN, Ireland-With the public snub Microsoft received with the news that U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo has dumped the software giant as the software provider for its new Z100 Web-enabled multimedia …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In what may look like a political victory of sorts for Nokia Corp., Phone maker Sendo jolted the wireless world with its decision to abandon its agreement to use …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will license its Series 60 software platform, which Nokia licenses as a source code product to other handset manufacturers, for its next …