OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-In an attempt to make it easier and more cost effective for financial institutions to provide banking services to small and independent business owners, Sprint Corp. launched its Sprint Mobile Loan Officer, which the company said would allow bank employees to process...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. announced the opening of a store in Philadelphia International Airport that will distribute wireless devices, including its Zire and Tungsten handhelds, Treo smart phones and accessories.PalmOne has 10 other stores, located in airports and shopping malls in California, Maryland, Massachusetts and...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker PalmOne Inc. released Java runtime software from IBM Corp. for its device customers. The runtime will allow Treo 600 and Tungsten users to run applications written for the Java 2 Micro Edition platform, which is widely deployed in the...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. said it had revenues of $242.5 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2004, which ended Feb. 27. The revenues represented an increase of 22.6 percent from the $197.9 million reported during the same time last year.Net loss for the quarter...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. said it had revenues of $242.5 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2004, which ended Feb. 27. The revenues represented an increase of 22.6 percent from the $197.9 million reported during the same time last year.Net loss for the quarter...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s shares jumped almost 15 percent in trading after Wall Street investment firm JP Morgan upgraded the company's stock from "neutral" to "overweight," citing the success of the company's Treo 600 mobile phone/personal digital assistant device.PalmOne's shares jumped by about $1.63 to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. camera phone with a unique rotating screen design for $180 with a two-year agreement. Sprint PCS sells a similar Samsung camera phone for around $200.The Samsung SPCH-a610 for Verizon features an...
BOISE, Idaho-The wireless enterprise market continues its march with Extended Systems announcing an expanded agreement with European operator Orange to offer wireless e-mail services to Orange subscribers.Under the new agreement, Orange will offer Extended Systems' OneBridge Mobile Groupware solution, which supports wireless access to...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s stock dropped almost 9 percent following the company's announcement that it would cut about 100 jobs. The company said the 12-percent reduction in its work force was part of the second phase of its merger with Treo maker Handspring Inc., announced...
Upstart push-to-talk platform provider Kodiak Networks Inc. announced its first carrier customer last week by partnering with European-based operator Orange and is rumored to be readying a U.S.-based launch with Alltel Corp. as early as this week.Kodiak's agreement with Orange calls for the carrier...
European-based wireless operator Orange announced plans to launch its Kodiak Networks Inc.-based Talk Now push-to-talk service in 10 countries this year starting with the carrier's operations in the United Kingdom and France during the second quarter. Orange explained the Talk Now service would allow...
LAS VEGAS-RealNetworks Inc. said it will include support for PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone in its newly unveiled Internet music download service. The move marks likely the first such music download service to target wireless devices.RealNetworks' Music Store will sell MP3 digital music...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. reported a 5-percent increase in revenues to $271 million for its second fiscal quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago, as well as a decrease in income from $9.5 million a year ago to $2.6 million for the second...
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson...
MUNICH, Germany-Device maker Siemens announced a new music downloading device and service that it will sell to wireless carriers, following MmO2's introduction of the offering last week. Siemens said it is in advanced negotiations with an unnamed U.S. wireless carrier for the offering.O2 last...
Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text-messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off text messages without the need of a WAP browser.Critics have long disparaged Sprint's WAP-based text-messaging service as clunky and slow. Under...
Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off text messages without the need of a WAP browser.Critics have long disparaged Sprint's WAP-based text messaging service as clunky and...
As the guinea pig of technologies, enterprise has enjoyed some play in the wireless industry of late. Whether in terms of alliances or new enabling solutions, carriers and enterprise players are paying more attention. Sprint PCS manifested this interest in a suite of announcements...
LAS VEGAS-Access Systems announced at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show that Handspring's newly-released Treo 600's Blazer Web Browser will use Access' NetFront v3.0 as its core browser technology.The Blazer Web Browser supports a range of content types, including HTML 4.0, XHTML...
LG Electronics plans to enter the GSM race in the United States through two new clamshell phones, devices that will be available through Cingular Wireless. LG said pricing and availability details will be announced in the official unveiling of the phones next week during...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Handspring Inc. reported declining revenues and a growing net loss, but said shipments of its new Treo 600 were beginning to ramp up.The company posted revenues for its first quarter of $13.1 million, down from $14.5 million in the previous quarter. Handspring...
The world's handset makers are ramping up their holiday season devices, with Motorola Inc., Siemens and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. joining the fray.Motorola and Siemens both released new W-CDMA devices for the European market. Motorola will sell its new A835 through operator 3. The...
LONDON-Following its announcement Monday to launch a new Microsoft-powered smart phone from Motorola, Orange today launched Palm Inc.'s Treo 600 in the United Kingdom France and Switzerland. Orange said it developed the device with U.S. personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc., which Palm is...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The emergence of converged wireless handheld devices capable of multiple communications tasks may provide relief for the seemingly slowing PDA industry, according to research firm ABI.Converged devices, which ABI refers to as "connected PDAs," have thus far been slow to gain traction,...
