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REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported revenues ahead of analyst expectations, scoring $7.8 billion for the quarter ended March 31, and saw increased sales in its mobile and wireless division.Microsoft reported revenues of $38 million in its mobile and wireless division, up from the $21 million...

REDMOND, Wash.-In an announcement that could have major implications for the wireless device market, Microsoft Corp. announced a new program to give device makers access to the company's closely guarded Windows CE source code. The action follows calls for such a move from those...

ATLANTA-Wireless enterprise company XcelleNet Inc. said it will add support for Microsoft Smartphone software, a move the company said will allow customers to centrally configure, manage and control applications and data on any Windows Powered mobile device from a single, Web-based console.XcelleNet said it...

The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated.Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable marriage of computers and mobile phones, and the current selection of high-end devices seems to...

NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless released its Wireless Office suite of services and devices for enterprise customers at this week's CTIA Wireless 2003 trade show.Wireless Office includes voice tools, Internet and intranet access, personal information management, e-mail and other customized solutions on a choice of wireless...

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it plans to demonstrate its i.Smart smartphone reference design at the CTIA conference in New Orleans, La.The design combines its 2.5G integrated wireless platform and its multi-OS compatible i.MX applications processor."This means that i.Smart is optimized for Linux, Palm OS,...

CANNES, France-Wireless multimodal platform and solution provider Kirusa is demonstrating its multimodal technology at the 3GSM World Congress taking place this week in France.Kirusa's technology allows wireless users to use voice and visual input and output at the same time on mass-market mobile-phone devices....

CANNES, France-Wireless operator Orange released sales figures and details about its business-oriented SPV device-the first wireless device to use Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system-and announced plans to offer a modified SPV aimed at consumers.Orange said it has sold 40,000 of its SPVs since it...

MANILA, The Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. has become the second operator worldwide and the first in Asia to offer a Microsoft-powered smart phone, following Orange U.K. last year. Smart is the largest mobile operator in the Philippines.Smart said the "Smart Amazing Phone," featuring Pocket Outlook,...

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has introduced a new GSM/GPRS smartphone reference design known as i.Smart, based on its i.250 innovative convergence platform and the i.MX media extension applications processor."It is designed to allow advanced voice, image, video and data capability on a single...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Application processor company NeoMagic Corp. said it will offer a reference design kit the company said will allow manufacturers to easily and quickly build a smart phone using Microsoft Corp.'s software.NeoMagic's reference design, dubbed Genesys, incorporates Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, as well...

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported a strategic agreement with Microsoft Canada to provide mobile access to the full suite of Microsoft Office applications from wireless devices.Under terms of the agreement the two companies will jointly provide and promote wireless offerings to the...

Just months after European carrier Orange released the world's first mobile phone running on Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software bug in the phone's operating system, a bug that allows users to bypass the...

LONDON-Orange is looking into possible security breaches in its new SPV smart phone, according to reports. The device is the first to use Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system.Neither Orange nor Microsoft was immediately available for comment.The security bugs were posted on a smart phone...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create devices based on Microsoft's range of device operating systems.Intrinsyc's wireless handheld reference design, the MicroPDA (

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smartphone on its network this week bolstering its handset lineup in time for the holiday season.The 7135 handset, which is expected to sell for $500, incorporates...

Motorola Inc. claims it is the only company that has full type approval certification for its wireless reference designs for handhelds. Texas Instruments disagrees.Pointing to its I.250 platform for GPRS as a key example, Motorola said it has moved ahead of the pack with...

DUBLIN, Ireland-With the public snub Microsoft received with the news that U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo has dumped the software giant as the software provider for its new Z100 Web-enabled multimedia handset just days before the product was to launch, it is clear that access...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In what may look like a political victory of sorts for Nokia Corp., Phone maker Sendo jolted the wireless world with its decision to abandon its agreement to use Microsoft's software and Smartphone operating system for its handsets.The vendor decided to adopt Nokia's...

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will license its Series 60 software platform, which Nokia licenses as a source code product to other handset manufacturers, for its next generation of smart phones.The deal quiets any rumors that Microsoft Corp. was on the...

FREMONT, Calif.-Wireless software company Insignia Solutions announced it developed a program to allow Java-based applications to run on wireless devices using Microsoft Corp.'s operating system for smart phones.Device makers using Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 operating system can license Insignia's Java virtual machine program, which allows...

TEL AVIV, Israel-Emblaze Systems Inc. said Aug. 12 it has completed successfully a series of interoperability tests of its rich media delivery system over live GPRS networks to three advanced mobile phones, the Nokia 7650, the Sendo Z100 Multimedia Smartphone and the Sony-Ericsson P800.The...

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Wireless Knowledge said they will work together to deliver a mobile email solution based on the new Kyocera 7135 smartphone and the Wireless Knowledge Workstyle Desktop software."Our goal in creating converged devices like the Kyocera 7135 smartphone is...

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said they will develop and distribute end-to-end solutions for Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PCs, smartphones and laptops designed to provide wireless access to e-mail, information and applications behind corporate firewalls.In addition, AT&T Wireless plans to be...