BROWSING: wireless entertainment

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Analyst predictions of a groundswell in wireless gaming seem to be coming true, with a variety of companies making gaming-related announcements.Perhaps the most important news comes from Sprint PCS, which is continuing to expand its application portfolio for its new Vision network....

HELSINKI, Finland—In a deal that marks Playboy's entry into the wireless market, the U.S.-based adult entertainment company, partnered with Finland's Wireless Entertainment Services Finland (WES). Under the agreement, WES will create Playboy-branded content for wireless devices.Scheduled for a first-quarter 2002 launch, the deal will...

HELSINKI, Finland—In a deal that marks Playboy's entry into the wireless market, the U.S.-based adult entertainment company, partnered with Finland's Wireless Entertainment Services Finland Ltd.. Under the agreement, WES will create Playboy-branded content for wireless devices.Scheduled for a first-quarter 2002 launch, the deal will...

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Sonera Zed Ltd., the wireless Internet arm of Finnish telecommunications company Sonera Corp., will add a unique mass messaging function to its Wireless Entertainment Network offering through a deal with FreeRein.Under the deal, Sonera Zed will incorporate FreeRein's M/Gen Group product, which allows...

According to new reports from two major analyst firms, wireless data will be a huge business in the future, but not before software vendors, systems integrators and-especially-wireless carriers get in gear and make the tough decisions to take advantage of the situation.The mobile Internet...

Advertisers, like everyone else, want the biggest bang for their buck.They want to reach as many people as possible without a lot of expense, and they want to get those people to see and understand their ad. Advertisers want to own the eyeballs of...

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...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Premium Wireless Services Inc., a wireless entertainment and messaging platform provider, has licensed the copyrights to a variety of songs and music properties from Sony/ATV Music publishers.This agreement allows PWS to sample selections for Sony's catalogs for use as ringtones for mobile...

An overlooked and potentially huge segment of the mobile-phone market is eagerly following the exploits of Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. This segment watches PG-13 movies and, in general, must be dragged kicking and screaming to middle and high school.This segment is the...

LOS ANGELES-Last week was a big one for wireless gaming enthusiasts, with dozens of announcements hitting the wires in conjunction with the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. A variety of companies, both large and small, announced their wireless gaming plans to take advantage...

The news of WAP's demise has been greatly exaggerated, according to the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.The WAP Forum last week struck back against a report released by the Nielsen Norman Consulting Group downplaying the advantages of the wireless Internet technology. The report stated WAP...

SAN DIEGO-Indiqu Inc., a provider of wireless entertainment content, announced AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has launched its Edge Sports channel on the carrier's Digital PocketNet service.Unlike other sports content, Indiqu's Edge Sports channel provides news and event schedules for sports like skateboarding, snowboarding and...

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.-David Bell has quite a resume.He founded his own company in 1997 in his basement. He helped evolve the company from a mostly hardware-focused business into a software and content developer focusing on a niche market. Three months ago, Bell secured...

Flarion TechnologiesFlarion Technologies, a new company formed to commercialize a wireless data technology for Internet mobility market, announced that Matthew J. Desch has been appointed to a new seat on the company's board of directors. Desch is chairman of Airspan Networks Inc. and former...

PALO ALTO, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson has invested $7 million in start-up Red Jade Inc., which is developing next-generation wireless entertainment products.Ericsson also is supporting Red Jade with product design, development, marketing, manufacturing and distribution support through the Ericsson Business Innovation subsidiary.Red Jade's products are expected...