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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc., facing a potentially damaging court ruling, said it would appeal a U.S. district court's decision that Palm's widely used Graffiti handwriting-recognition technology infringes on a patent held by Xerox Corp. "Palm will defend itself vigorously and does not intend for...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. announced it will acquire longtime partner ThinAirApps Inc. for $19 million in common stock, a move Palm hopes will bolster its corporate wireless strategy with the addition of ThinAirApps' wireless corporate e-mail and enterprise data software products.Palm said its Solutions...

HURST, Texas—Handango, a wireless software publisher, announced it will exclusively power Palm Inc.'s Software Connection Web site and that the companies intend to conduct joint marketing activities to promote Palm OS software applications."This alliance is a strategic move in solidifying Handango's leadership in the...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Personal assistant maker Palm Inc. said it would report second-quarter revenues of between $250 and $280 million—meeting the upper end of its prior guidance and significantly beating analyst projections—but also that it would cut 250 jobs as part of its ongoing cost-cutting...

WEXHAM SPRINGS, United Kingdom—Red-M unveiled a pair of Palm OS developer kits allowing users to create and test Bluetooth applications.The kits, based on Red-M's Blade Bluetooth clip-on for Palm Vx, includes a Palm OS emulator cable that allows developers to create and test applications...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc.'s stock rose sharply in heavy trading after the company announced a new ad campaign and the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer Carl Yankowski.Palm's stock jumped about 20 percent in trading Friday to about $2.80 per share, which is much...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. dropped the price of its high-end m505 color handheld to about $400, down from about $450. The company also offered a special promotion for a free 16MB Panasonic Secure Digital expansion card and $250 worth of coupons.The moves are the...

READING, United Kingdom—Nokia Corp. has taken the lead in the European handheld device market, beating out such big names as Palm Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp, a new survey shows.According to research firm Canalys, Nokia commands 28.3 percent of the smart phone and personal...

OTTAWA, Ontario—RES Inc. has now made its wireless LookWAYup dictionary and thesaurus, previously accessible on computers, Web sites and cell phones, available on Palm-powered personal digital assistants."Palm users have been very enthusiastic," said Martin Laplante, vice president of technology at RES. "They sought us...

Palm Inc. watched its stock drop more than 20 percent after the company released its earnings with the news that it will not make profitability by the second quarter and that it is postponing the launch of its anticipated integrated wireless device."We simply thought...

LOS GATOS, Calif.-GIC-Software said it filed for a patent on its new gaming platform for the Palm Inc. operating system, a platform the company said allows multiple users the ability to play games and chat in real time.The new platform, OSland, allows up to...

WEXHAM SPRINGS, United Kingdom-Bluetooth company Red-M said it is working with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. to ensure Palm's devices are compatible with Red-M's networking products.Palm has said it will release a fully integrated wireless device by the end of this year.

SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that ratchets up the OS battle with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc.Microsoft made its announcement during the DEMOmobile 2001 conference...

WYE VALLEY, United Kingdom—Electric Pocket Ltd. today released new versions of its BugMe! applications that include NotePack stationery templates, which the company said will allow Palm Inc. personal digital assistant users to enhance the style of their handwritten notes.Electric Pocket said the new versions...

By The wireless application developer community is suffering, according to WirelessDeveloper.com President Konny Zsigo. "Fifty percent of the content developers have either left the space or gone out of business," he said. "You're going to have to be smarter now than before."The reason, he...

Oracle Corp. has made one more stride into the wireless space.The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software vendor announced what it called its e-Business Suite, which will allow users of handheld devices to access a garden variety of applications and bring them closer to next-generation technologies."Our...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week took a stab at operating system rival Microsoft Corp. in an announcement that Palm users will be able to create, view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents and view PowerPoint presentations.The offering is...

Two of the world's leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices.Texas Instruments Inc. and Intel Corp. separately said they would license microprocessing technology from ARM...

SAN DIEGO-Wireless start-up PC-EPhone Inc. today released its new integrated personal digital assistant/CDMA phone, a device the company said was two years in the making.The PC-EPhone initially will be sold for wireless data only, and features a 640 x 480 color screen, a...

The market for personal digital assistants, once thought to be a gold mine for anyone and everyone looking to make a profit, is now swimming in such bitter competition and crowding that one of the industry's leaders is bowing out-Psion plc, Europe's largest PDA...

NEW YORK-Volantis Systems Ltd., Guildford, England, has crossed the pond and established U.S. offices on both coasts to market its new Mariner software, which is designed to improve the speed, display and usability of data delivered over any wireless or wireline device on today's...

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. today announced two distribution deals, one with a major personal digital assistant company and another with a wireless data carrier.Brightpoint's agreement with Palm Inc. involves distributing Palm's handheld devices, focusing on wireless carriers and related retailers. Brightpoint's second deal involves Motient Corp.,...

Personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. released its much-anticipated earnings report last week, showing better-than-expected revenues and a positive outlook for the coming year.Wall Street jumped at the news, sending Palm's stock up about $1 per share. By Friday, the company's stock was selling...

Cellemetry L.L.C.Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.'s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. According to Geoff Girdler, head of the Numerex wireless communication group, "This powerful tool for...