Sling Media Inc. was only a blip on the wireless industry's radar screen until April, when the company released its SlingPlayer Mobile software. The $30 software allows SlingBox owners to watch TV on any smartphone running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0, Symbian or...
For the wireless industry, it may be the most disruptive technology of 2006. And it all happened because Blake Krikorian couldn't watch a baseball game. Krikorian, a San Francisco native and baseball fan, was working with his brother at their technology consultants' firm several...
Like a high-tech runaway bride, Nokia Corp. is readying for another N-Gagement. The handset maker is preparing to dust off the familiar-but tarnished-brand next year, expanding the N-Gage from a single, gaming-focused mobile phone to a platform for sophisticated wireless games across a variety...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp. and Yahoo Inc. extended their partnership to include Yahoo services on three new Nokia handsets running on the handset vendor's Series 40 platform.The two companies have been working together since April 2005 to "establish an optimal Internet experience, including search,...
LONDON—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced plans to purchase UIQ Technology AB, a subsidiary of Symbian Ltd. UIQ, based in Sweden, licenses its user interface and application development platform to mobile phone vendors worldwide, including Sony Ericsson. The two companies have worked together on UIQ...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc will narrow its terminal platforms to three standards—Symbian Series 60, Linux and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile—to be more efficient at device support, the network operator announced. The operator also announced a deal with Microsoft to develop software to cost effectively speed...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—Microsoft Corp. said it will open a business support center for mobile technology in the capital of the Czech Republic to serve European network operators and "manufacturers of mobile equipment." The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant did not specify the services or technologies...
Having helped triple his company's year-on-year profits in the third quarter, Najmi Jarwala, Sony Ericsson's chief executive officer for North America, can afford to wax philosophical about his company's future. "Innovation is our differentiator," he said last week. "If we continue to innovate-and execute...
Nokia Corp. announced five new GSM phones-the company insists the devices are "multimedia computers"-for the United States, but did not announce any accompanying carrier deals. Three of the devices-the N70, N73 and N91-are optimized for music. The devices include enhanced memory with 1 GB,...
NEW YORK—Nokia Corp. announced five new GSM phones—the company insists the devices are "multimedia computers"—for the United States, but did not announce any accompanying carrier deals. Three of the devices—the N70, N73 and N91—are optimized for music. The devices include enhanced memory with 1...
LOS ANGELES--Motorola Inc. is putting the pedal to the metal on getting ideas more rapidly transformed into services with its "Fast Track" program, part of its MotoDev effort to spur innovative services--and, of course, take over the world. "We want to facilitate getting ideas...
LOS ANGELES--In its eight-year history, Symbian has had one profitable year--last year, its first in the black. While this is a critical turning point in its business fortunes, one likely to be repeated this year and henceforth, smart-phone penetration worldwide is about 7 percent...
Nokia Corp. announced plans to build on its relationship with Yahoo Inc., embedding the Internet giant's mobile search application on its NSeries multimedia handsets and other phones running the Symbian operating system. The world's largest handset maker said Yahoo will provide Web and image...
ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced plans to build on its relationship with Yahoo Inc., embedding the Internet giant’s mobile search application on its Nseries multimedia handsets and other phones running the Symbian operating system. The world’s largest handset maker said Yahoo will provide Web and...
LONDON—Smart phone OS vendor Symbian Ltd. announced increasing shipments and rising revenues in the second quarter, and promised more of the same in the future. "Looking forward … I expect to see an acceleration of Symbian smart phones in the lower-cost device market segments,...
SAN FRANCISCO-European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm Access Co. Ltd., which has sought operator partners for its new mobile-phone operating system. The companies made their announcement in...
SAN FRANCISCO—European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform (ALP) to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm Access Co. Ltd., which has sought operator partners for its new mobile-phone operating system. The companies made their announcement...
The Symbian operating system, championed by Nokia Corp. in its smart phones, currently has a majority of OS market share, a state of affairs likely to continue for the foreseeable future, according to projections from market research firm IDC. This is likely despite the...
Device-based security, which despite competing notions of stored data vs. data-in-motion, has its role. In that case, according to the Tower Group's Bob Egan, keep in mind that the drivers-both legal and "reputational," if you will-are powerful and the market is small. Smart phones...
LONDON—Symbian Ltd. announced the release of its operating system version 9.3, touting it as providing shorter start-up times for smart phones and applications. Symbian OS licensees are currently developing handsets based on v.9.3 and product launches are expected next year.Symbian, which holds about 69...
As smart-phone sales go, so go the fortunes of the operating systems that make the hybrid phone/computing devices run for prosumers and enterprise customers. Recent research by Compete Inc., which measures online consumer interest in the United States, however, shows that shoppers familiar with...
Flash Lite-essentially a stripped-down, mobile version of the popular Flash Player for computers-has quietly gained impressive ground since NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced handsets enabled with the software in 2003. DoCoMo recently touted surpassing the 2 million subscriber mark to its i-channel service, which uses...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Mobile social networking company NewBay Software said it acquired Inamobile Ltd., a United Kingdom-based handset application developer, in a deal NewBay said expands its product portfolio and adds high-profile mobile operators to its customer base. Inamobile’s technology provides image upload and viewing capabilities...
A warm and fuzzy-toned embrace of an open source, mobile Linux operating system sought by an alliance led by Motorola Inc. and Vodafone Group plc, among others, and announced last week drew both optimism and skepticism among analysts, who await further details-and results. Motorola...
