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CategoryZagat announces Pocket PC application
Zagat has announced the availability of its popular restaurants and nightlife survey for Pocket PC devices.
Users will be able to access reviews of 18,000 restaurants and 1,800 nightspots with Zagat To Go, developed for the company by Wireless …
T-Mobile nears agreement on US merger
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is reportedly moving closer towards agreeing a deal to merge its US cellular subsidiary, VoiceStream Wireless, with the second largest US operator, Cingular Wireless. According to the Financial Times, the two companies a…
Tegic wins patent infringement case
Tegic, developer of the T9 input system and an AOL Time Warner subsidary, has prevailed in a patent infringement suit it brought against Zi Corporation.
Zi had been selling a rival input system for mobile devices – Ezitext – which was found to …
Orange chooses Nokia, Ericsson for MMS
Orange, the pan-European operator controlled by France Telecom, has chosen Nokia and Ericsson as its suppliers of MMS technology.
Both companies have entered into framework agreements which give them the opportunity to pitch their products to t…
Nokia announces multimedia handsets for the mass market
Nokia has announced two new handsets in its ‘expression’ category for high volume consumer markets.
The 3650 is a Symbian OS smartphone running Nokia’s Series 60 platform. Building on the innovations introduced in the 7650, Nokia’s first Series…
J-Phone, Hutchison confident of 3G prospects
Japan’s J-Phone and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said on Friday they would stand by plans to launch third-generation (3G) mobile services this year, despite a sluggish start to the high-speed service by industry leader NTT DoCoMo Inc. DoC…
Sony, Philips to collaborate on short range radio
Sony and Philips have announced they will work together to develop near field radio-frequency communication (NFC).
The technology will be embedded in mobile telephones, games consoles, smartcards and point-of-sales solutions, enabling transmiss…
Psion enhances netBook with GPRS
Psion has announced an updated version of its netBook sub-notebook device for enterprise markets.
The netBook uses the Symbian OS and provides a near full-size keyboard, colour screen and a full suite of PIM, productivity and communications app…