Bluetooth

Handsets Kyocera Kyocera plans to begin marketing at the end of July in Japan its VP-210 VisualPhone, a PHS phone with a built-in camera that can transmit and receive images in real time at a rate of two frames per …

Electofuel Electrofuel Inc. announced the Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery, which has an energy density of 470 Wh/liter and 183 Wh/kilogram, almost doubling the previous endurance records of rechargeable batteries. With the SuperPolymer battery, laptop computers will run 15 or more …

NCR NCR Corp. introduced a software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer’s readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. Called MarketingAgent, the software is part of NCR’s Customer Relationship Management …

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-To move device interconnectivity from enticing theory to practical reality, the new Wireless Research Center of the University of California at Berkeley has formed a bi-coastal collaboration with the Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University in New …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has delivered the first Bluetooth Development Kit, which it said will enable early Bluetooth adopters to more quickly and cheaply develop applications using the technology. To date, members of the Bluetooth special interest group have …

Silicon Wave Inc. announced it is developing a Radio Modem Control integrated circuit for Bluetooth applications, using an advanced silicon-on-insulator technology known as BiCMOS. Silicon Wave hopes to combine Bluetooth radio, modem and controller functions into a single RMC chip …

SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-VLSI Technology Inc. announced it has incorporated Bluetooth technology into its portfolio of wireless technologies and, with L.M. Ericsson, has co-developed a Bluetooth baseband processor. The company also said it has made available a development kit for Bluetooth hardware …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it plans to incorporate Sun Microsystems’ Jini technology into a Motorola networking software project code-named Piano. Currently in the research and development stage, Piano involves technology that would enable most electronic devices to be aware of …

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Ensure Technologies Inc. announced it joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The company is a leader in the wireless personal computer security field and said it will apply the Bluetooth specification to its patent-pending XyLoc wireless PC security …

WOBURN, Mass.-Alpha Industries Inc. has become the latest company to join the Bluetooth Special Interest Group as an early adopter. Alpha Industries designs and manufactures products for microwave and radio-frequency wireless communications applications.

WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. has joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. Anadigics manufacturers gallium arsenide integrated circuits for high-volume communications applications, such as mobile phones.

The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions without the need for cables has brought together some of the industry’s heaviest hitters under the …

Audiovox Corp. and Tendler Cellular introduced a system to provide location information for wireless 911 callers using a Global Positioning System receiver built into a cellular handset. Using FoneFinder, emergency calls go through to public-safety answering points just as any …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc., which designs, manufactures and installs wireless local area network systems, bar-code systems and short-range wireless-connectivity products, today announced its support for and full participation in the development of the Bluetooth specification. Symbol is a member of …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have changed over time, but the predicted boom has always been …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. joined the team of computer and telecommunications companies supporting Bluetooth, a technology that would allow a variety of mobile devices to be connected wirelessly. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group includes Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Toshiba …

Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections. Companies including Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Toshiba Corp., Nokia Corp. and …