BROWSING: Smartphone

NEW YORK-Sprint PCS' highly anticipated next-generation network is scheduled to launch August 10, according to Audiovox president and chief executive officer Philip Christopher who let the cat out of the bag during a quarterly conference call.While Sprint PCS had no comment on the report,...

BEIJING—Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile announced it will license Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC and Smartphone 2002 operating systems for use in future wireless devices.The number of Microsoft OS licensees has been growing during the past few years.

HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week's CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for next-generation mobile phones.The first offerings should be available by the third quarter.Under the agreement,...

HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft Corp. are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week's CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for next-generation mobile phones.The first offerings should be available by the third quarter.Under the...

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said it created a wireless group within its Mobile Solutions Partner Program to ensure that other companies' products and services work smoothly with Microsoft's wireless systems.Microsoft's Mobility Partner Advisory Council will serve as a feedback mechanism for Microsoft mobility platform development...

Smart-phone company NeoPoint Inc. quietly closed its doors late last month, apparently exiting the industry it lit up only a few short years ago with its advanced phone/personal digital assistant offering.While the company hadn't yet filed as of Friday in the bankruptcy court that...

GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....

AudiovoxAudiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the 800 MHz AMPS/CDMA, 1900 MHz AMPS/CDMA and 1900 MHz personal communications services frequencies. The new...

When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country's largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market."Time to market is very important, and Verizon did a good job of getting the phone to...

Microsoft Corp. threw its rather large hat in the wireless arena at last week's 3GSM World Congress, announcing plans to launch software aimed at multimedia-enabled phones that leverage its Windows-based software.Microsoft said the smart phone platform, code named "Stinger," is built on a version...

Kyocera Wireless Corp. hopes to reach two fast-growing markets with its QCP 6035 Smartphone, combining the functionality of a tri-mode CDMA phone with a personal digital assistant incorporating Palm Inc.'s latest 3.5 operating system.The hybrid, set to launch during the first quarter of next...

LAS VEGAS-Those who got an early view of the new Ericsson R380 World Smartphone at Comdex here last week quickly dubbed it a "spork."Developers Ericsson and Symbian didn't seem to mind the term for their new integrated device that combines the features of a...

There's an ancient Japanese custom in which a man wooing a woman leaves romantic haiku poems tied to flowers or branches on her front lawn every day for as long as it takes until the woman agrees to accept his advances. According to one...

MONTE CARLO, Monaco-Seemingly lost in the breakneck expansion of the cellular industry is a largely forgotten fact-it was cellular operators wanting a common digital voice standard that drove the rapid adoption of GSM, not the technology developers.This market pull appears to be missing from...

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the drive to implement Internet e-commerce is being hyped almost on a daily basis, with some justification, as the way forward for almost all future business transactions, the possible success of this application within the mobile world remains less than clear.Many...

HOUSTON-Seven Seas Communications announced it will unveil a new line of satellite communications products at the Offshore Technology Conference this week, which will include products from Iridium L.L.C., Inmarsat and American Mobile Satellite Corp.'s Oceancell venture.Devices include Iridium handsets made by Motorola Inc. and...

Brightpoint Inc. announced it entered into an agreement to provide integrated logistics services for Nextel Communications. Under the agreement, Brightpoint's wholly owned subsidiary, Wireless Stockroom, will provide a variety of services for Nextel's retail and direct-to-end-user channels. Brightpoint's services will include call center management...

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...

GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller of Information Mechanics Inc.'s line of wireless data applications for smartphones and other handheld devices. Under the agreement, GoAmerica will feature IM's Web product line on its Web@Hand portfolio of wireless...

EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Inc. announced it plans to broker more than $250,000 of software development work to its channel of certified developers in the next year.According to Zsigo Wireless, which provides advanced wireless training and consulting services, the funds are to...

MONTREAL-Microcell Labs-a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.-and Northern Telecom Ltd. announced they plan to create a joint venture to offer wireless data applications globally.The venture will provide operators with the necessary bureau services, software and hardware to offer customers wireless Internet access,...

InStep Mobile Communications Inc. announced it is collaborating with BC TEL Mobility, Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications to test a new wireless Internet dispatching solution.A select group of customers in the Vancouver area are being offered a limited trial of the Internet...

CANNES, France-Comverse Network Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology Inc., said it is developing a new set of mobile unified messaging applications for the Global System for Mobile communications smartphone market.The new applications will give subscribers visual access via the Internet...

Motorola Inc. announced that it will use and distribute the full family of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java platform technologies, according to a licensing agreement the two entered.Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will incorporate the Java technology into its entire portfolio of consumer...