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Worldwide mobile device shipments in the third quarter were up 83 percent from a year ago, with Nokia Corp. leading the charge, according to recent research from Canalys.The firm defines the mobile device market as feature phones, smart phones, handhelds and wireless handhelds.Nokia grabbed...

Bill Gates was on hand as two new Windows Mobile-based devices were rolled out at the Digital Entertainment Anywhere event Tuesday. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Audiovox introduced the smallest Windows Mobile smart phone in North America. The Audiovox SMT5600-which is also the first...

Music at home, on the go and on the cheap sum up the goal of a new partnership program penned by Microsoft Corp. with a slew of device vendors.Incorporating such handhelds as music players, media centers, smart phones, pocket PCs and digital audio receivers,...

Industry players announced new alliances and applications targeting on-the-go workers last week, signs that the much-sought-after enterprise market is progressing steadily. Nextel Communications Inc. said that it will partner with Symbol Technologies Inc. to develop and co-market mobile computing solutions, including embedding the carrier's...

Nextel Communications Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. will partner to develop and co-market mobile computing solutions, including embedding the carrier's iDEN technology into future handheld devices. The companies hope to produce voice and data mobile applications to help business customers reduce operating costs and...

Research In Motion Ltd.'s revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 far exceeded year-ago quarterly revenues, according to the company's financial results released late Thursday. RIM's revenues for the second quarter were $310.2 million, up 15 percent from $269.6 million recorded in...

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has entered into a deal with Microsoft Corp. to allow Windows streaming capabilities in wireless devices. Through the deal, consumers will be able to play back and stream Windows Media Audio and Windows Media Video content on handhelds that have Qualcomm's...

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to allow Windows streaming capabilities in wireless devices.Through the deal, consumers will be able to play back and stream Windows Media Audio and Windows Media Video content on wireless handhelds that...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless said it has agreed to supply Symbol Technologies’ mobile computers with its CDMA2000 1x modules.The modules, known as EM3420, will be embedded in Symbol’s handhelds known as the MC9000 series."By maintaining network connectivity and exercising full integration capabilities with Microsoft...

A number of semiconductor companies have come together to define the standard interface for storage in wireless handhelds and other portable devices. The companies hope this will make handhelds like cell phones and personal digital assistants more efficient storage devices.The companies include Intel Corp.,...

LONDON-Smart phones, personal digital assistants and notebook computers will generate more than $130 billion in data access revenues by 2009, according to ARC Group's Future Mobile Computing 2004 report.The majority of those revenues-72 percent-will come from cellular access, or wireless wide area networks. The...

LONDON-Smart phones, personal digital assistants and notebook computers will generate more than $130 billion in data access revenues by 2009, according to ARC Group's Future Mobile Computing 2004 report.The majority of those revenues-72 percent-will come from cellular access, or wireless wide area networks. The...

Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that will give iPass enterprise customers access to high-speed Internet connectivity while in flight.The agreement allows iPass users to access Connexion...

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. introduced a Wi-Fi card for use with its Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 handhelds to enhance the integrated Bluetooth technology solution already featured on the devices."With the expansion of hot spots and Wi-Fi networks in homes and in businesses, we felt...

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers to look to smart phones for replacement service.Current owners of the devices will...

PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers to look to smart phones for replacement service.Current owners of the devices will be...

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...

MILPITAS, Calif.-Playing on personalization, palmOne Inc. released palmOne persona, a line of accessories for palmOne handhelds and smart phones.The accessory line will debut with monogrammed leather cases designed by Vaja for use with the Treo 600, Tungsten C, Tungsten W and Zire 72 devices....

MILPITAS, Calif.-Playing on personalization, palmOne Inc. released palmOne persona, a line of accessories for palmOne handhelds and smart phones.The accessory line will debut with monogrammed leather cases designed by Vaja for use with the Treo 600, Tungsten C, Tungsten W and Zire 72 devices....

Research In Motion Ltd. is trading up more 12 percent at $66.71 per share-surpassing its previous 52-week high by $4-following the release of earnings for first-quarter 2005 that exceeded analyst expectations.Revenue totaled $269.6 million, up 28 percent from the previous quarter and up a...

New research shows the worldwide smart-phone market continues to grow, while sales of handheld computers decline, but that regional differences make for a jumbled marketplace."These regional differences can have quite profound effects on future global market progression," said Chris Jones, director and senior analyst...

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile computing company Symbol Technologies released its new MC9000-K and MC9000-S rugged mobile computers, which the company said feature Microsoft Corp.'s software, Intel Corp.'s chips and support for Wi-Fi as well as GSM/GPRS and/or CDMA wide area networks."We have integrated advanced...

Privately held wireless carrier Cellular South, which controls spectrum licenses covering more than 5 million potential customers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, said it recorded a 23-percent improvement in customer churn during the first quarter, from 2.2 percent last year to 1.7 percent...

ATLANTA-Longtime BlackBerry supporter Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell the BlackBerry 6280 and BlackBerry 7280 wireless handhelds through its more than 6,000 company-owned retail stores, a move the carrier said would help target business customers in the small and medium business markets."Cingular...