BROWSING: Psion

In what has been called primarily a preening gesture for Mannesmann AG shareholders, Vodafone AirTouch plc announced plans last week to launch an Internet portal designed for wireless Internet and mobile data services, delivering data, audio, graphics and video to wireless devices.The company expects...

In a deal mirroring one recently completed by Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. announced it will license the Palm operating system from Palm Computing Inc. for use in future wireless products.In addition, Motorola and Nokia, as well as America Online, have invested a minority equity...

NEW YORK-To further enable data communications, Sun Microsystems Inc. has updated its Java2 platform for the corporate enterprise and is at work on a Year 2000 release of a version to facilitate ease of making transactions over wireless devices.At its Java Business conference last...

In a move seen as strengthening their respective weaknesses in the wireless industry, L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. said they plan to create a joint venture designed to develop and market end-to-end solutions for wireless Internet services.In addition, Microsoft introduced its long-awaited dual-mode microbrowser,...

LAS VEGAS-While the growing convergence between the computer and wireless industries has made headlines in wireless industry press and generated great excitement at wireless trade shows, the issue remains somewhat of a footnote within the computer industry.At last week's fall Comdex show here, some...

Microsoft Corp. said it plans to deliver mobile data services in Japan by creating a joint venture company with NTT Mobile Communication Network Inc. called Mobimagic Company Ltd.The purpose of the equally held joint venture will be to develop and market mobile data services...

Nokia Corp. and Palm Computing Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement under which the two will cross-license their respective technologies to create a new category of wireless phones featuring Palm's pen-based user input method and personal information management functions."It's an expansion of...

NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus '99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year and early next year.For those who want a wireless communications device rugged enough for...

Geoworks Corp. announced the latest stage in its continuing transformation last week with the introduction of a consulting division called the Professional Services group.The business unit was created to provide software development, strategic consulting, project management and quality assurance consulting services to the wireless...

Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. plan to announce this week they are creating a new wireless communications company to focus on the integration of wireless data, information technology and computers.According to information leaked to the press last week, the venture aims to extend Microsoft's...

LONDON-Motorola Inc. said it completed agreements to become a shareholder in the Symbian joint venture. Symbian is a venture of Psion Software, L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. created to promote the EPOC operating system for wireless information devices, such as smartphones and palmtop computers.When...

UNITED KINGDOM-Ram Mobile Data U.K. announced it was awarded a three-year contract to provide all nationwide field service communications in the United Kingdom for Lonco Industrial Services Ltd., one of the country's largest retail equipment maintenance contractors.The in-vehicle equipment includes Psion Workabout handheld computers-connected...

Sorry Microsoft Corp., but analyst firm Strategy Analytics predicts the handheld device market in the future will not be dominated by any single standard."Microsoft will not dominate this category as it has with PCs," Matthew Checkley, associate consultant with the firm, said in a...

LONDON-The European Commission approved the formation of Symbian, a joint venture launched in June between Psion Software plc, L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and, eventually, Motorola Inc.Symbian plans to promote wireless standards for mobile wireless operating systems based on the EPOC standard. The company said...

DENVER, United States-L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and United Kingdom-based Psion Computers plc conditionally have agreed to form a joint venture called Symbian, and Motorola Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding to join, said Ericsson.Symbian aims to drive the convergence of mobile computing and...

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 present, always just about...

CONCORD, Mass.-Psion Dacom, a global manufacturer of PC Card communications products, announced it obtained a license for L.M. Ericsson's new cellular data interface.Psion and Ericsson's Mobile Communications Division based in Stockholm are developing Psion data interface kits for Ericsson products. Under terms of the...

The clear leader in innovation as honored at the third annual Mobile Insights Mobility Awards dinner was Palm Computing Inc.'s Pilot organizer, a diminutive device that currently has no wireless access.Jeff Hawkins, Palm's chief technical officer, was named industry Person of the Year for...

Sabre Communications Corp. introduced a new line of monopoles designed to support antenna loadings for cellular, personal communications services, enhanced specialized mobile radio and microwave applications. The monopoles extend 200 feet and are constructed of tapered sections for easy assembly and low visual impact,...

NEW YORK-Like the fabled elephant described by a group of blind men positioned near various points of its anatomy, equipment vendors at the recent "PCS-1900 in North America" conference gave widely different definitions of so-called "smart phones."The closest thing to a consensus reached was...

SkyTel Corp. introduced the SkyTel Messenger for Windows CE, a software messaging system developed by SkyTel in conjunction with Microsoft Corp.Jackson, Miss.-based SkyTel said the software messaging application, which is scheduled to be available late this year, will be marketed with handheld personal computers...

BOISE, Idaho-Several of Extended Systems Inc.'s JetEye wireless infrared products will be used in products set to debut next year. The infrared technology allows information to be transported over a beam of light to local area networks, printers and personal computers.Extended Systems said infrared...

FREMONT, Calif.-Cirrus Logic Inc. announced a single-chip mobile compute engine targeted for next-generation mobile applications.Cirrus said its CL-PS7110, based on the ARM7100, has the highest MIPs per watt and the lowest system power consumption of any embedded processor available. The processor is ideal for...

Nokia Mobile Phones announced it has teamed with computer manufacturer Psion to enable wireless users to send and receive short messages over a Global System for Mobile communications-based PCS-1900 network using a Nokia PCS phone, Psion's palmtop computer and Palmtop BV's Messenger software. Messenger...