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LONDON-Startup Gametrac Europe Ltd. is taking direct aim at industry giant Nokia Corp. with plans to sell a wireless video-game device very similar to Nokia’s N-Gage. And to do so Gametrac is siding with Nokia’s main rival in the space: …

LONDON-Symbian Software Ltd. scored another victory in the nascent mobile-phone operating system market, with Fujitsu Ltd. introducing its fifth smart phone using the Symbian OS. The new F900i is for NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s FOMA 3G service. The advanced phone also …

TORONTO-Mobile Diagnostix Inc., which provides a smart-phone customer-care system, said it is introducing its Mobile Care Framework to Saskatchewan wireless carrier SaskTel Mobility. The carrier’s customer-care team will use the product to support its smart-phone customers. The Mobile Care Framework …

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile phones will rule the electronics and computing industries in the coming years, proclaims a new report from research and consulting firm Zelos Group. “The mass adoption of full-featured handsets will be disruptive,” said Seamus McAteer, senior analyst and …

NEW YORK-Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market. Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United …

Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market. Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United States …

LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, …

LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the ongoings at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics, Audiovox Communications Corp. and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Symbian will come out the winner in the battle for mobile-phone operating systems, followed closely by Microsoft Corp. and the Linux open source OS, according to research and consulting firm Allied Business Intelligence. However, there will be plenty …

There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage to escape Nokia Corp.’s shadow and entice broad support? Will …

REDMOND, Wash.-Former Microsoft Corp. pointman Juha Christensen again popped into the limelight, this time as an appointment to the board of directors for wireless technology company Action Engine Corp. “We are delighted to have someone of Juha’s caliber step into …

Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies. In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years ago when they shed units they described as inconsistent with …

TORONTO-Mobile Diagnostix Inc. said it has secured an undisclosed amount of investment from Bell Wireless Accelerator Fund to develop its Mobile Care Framework. MCF has an engine that detects configuration errors, system parameters and known application conflicts, said the company. …

Mobile-phone operating system company Symbian Ltd. offered a positive outlook on its third-quarter results, showing more than 1 million Symbian phones shipping in the quarter and total revenues of about $16 million. “Symbian has continued to make good progress in …

Less than a month after Nokia Corp. introduced its first foray into the video gaming realm, hackers have managed to break the security settings on the company’s N-Gage mobile phone/video game device and are making pirated copies of N-Gage games …

Postings on Internet video games sites indicate that the security settings on Nokia Corp.’s N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device may have been breached, allowing hackers to play N-Gage games on other devices using the same operating system and possibly selling the games …

The head of Microsoft Corp.’s mobile devices division, Juha Christensen, will leave the software giant to start his own company, which will focus on creating Web services for advanced wireless devices. “We’re sorry to see him go, but are thrilled …

REDMOND, Wash.-The head of Microsoft Corp.’s mobile devices division, Juha Christensen, will leave the software giant to start his own company, one focused on creating Web services for smart devices. “We’re sorry to see him go, but are thrilled that …

NICE, France-Nokia made numerous announcements at its annual customer Mobile Internet Conference in Nice, France, and at its “Destination Nokia 100% Pure Mobility” event in Brisbane, Australia, The company shared its vision of a mobile services mass market to a …

NICE, France-Nokia made numerous announcements today at its annual customer Mobile Internet Conference in Nice, France, and at its “Destination Nokia 100% Pure Mobility” event in Brisbane, Australia. The company shared its vision of a mobile services mass market to …

LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution will be used by MetroPCS. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign’s secure database solution for debiting and crediting prepaid user accounts in real time. SmartPay provides MetroPCS with …

LAS VEGAS-Sony Ericsson released its much-awaited P900 smart phone today. The Symbian operating system-based phone is smaller, faster and simpler than the company’s successful P800 device, Sony Ericsson said. The device includes video recording capability, a 65K color touch screen …

FREMONT, Calif.-ArcSoft Inc. announced the availability of ArcSoft PhotoBase Mobile Edition 2 for Symbian 6.0, Symbian 7.0 UIQ and Pocket PC-enabled imaging phones. The software allows for photo management, editing and sharing on a mobile device via multimedia messaging service, …

LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced MetroPCS will use its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign’s secure database solution for debiting and crediting prepaid user accounts in real time. SmartPay provides MetroPCS with activity reports …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Sendo has released its multimedia smart phone, the Sendo X, featuring video, audio, camera, connectivity and Internet functionality. The release comes amid the company’s legal battle with Microsoft Corp. after Sendo dumped the Microsoft operating system earlier this …