Sprint has announced that content from Disney and ESPN will be available through its Vision CDMA2000 1x network. Users will be able to download a selection of Java games, ringtones, animations and images to their handsets.

The content, which wi…

Research In Motion (RIM), provider of the Blackberry wireless e-mail solution, is pursuing patent infringement claims against Handspring and Good Technology. RIM’s suit against Handspring alledges that the company’s Treo 180, 270 and 300 communica…

Microsoft has announced a range of wireless and fixed networking products to spur adoption of broadband within the home and small office environment. Using an 802.11b Wi-Fi chipset from Intersil, Microsoft will brand wireless base stations, USB ad…

Handango has won a contract to operate electronic software stores for US network operator Sprint. Customers with Palm OS or Pocket PC devices will be able to browse and purchase software from a Sprint-branded web store or directly from their mobil…

A US discussion forum dedicated to mobile telephony has posted extracts from what it claims to be Motorola’s 2003 product line-up. Devices include a Symbian OS smartphone referred to as Paragon II and a camera phone with the code A835.

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Hutchison 3G, the greenfield UMTS operator, has announced it will use a platform from British developer Whereonearth for its location-based services. The operator also announced agreements with several other service and technology providers, inclu…

Canesta has announced the availability of a virtual keyboard system which uses an array of lights and sensors to project a full-size keyboard onto flat surfaces. The technology is aimed at handheld device manufacturers which want to provide keyboa…

Samsung Electronics Co said on Friday it has sold USD 400 million of mobile phone handsets to China Unicom Ltd in the South Korean company’s biggest telecoms deal in China. The world’s fastest growing mobile maker said the deal could lead to more …