PalmSource ships web browser
PalmSource, the software licensing business of Palm, Inc., has provided licensees with a web browser compatible with the latest version of its operating system. The browser supports HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0, Dynamic HTML, cHTML, DOM Level 1 and Lev…
Wireless power startup prepares for launch
MobileWise Inc., a start-up poised to revolutionise electric power delivery to mobile devices by creating the first safe wire-free electric power technology today expanded its executive team, and announced that it would formally unveil its first p…
Report emphasises benefits of operator consolidation
While the European mobile operators are all either trying to cut down on mobile phone subsidies in general, or move them away from pre-paid phones to the much more lucrative post-paid business customers, the Korean mobile operators got hit with a …
Associated Press to offer mobile services
Summus, Inc. and AP Digital, a division of The Associated Press that provides news to interactive markets, announced an agreement to develop AP Mobile, an interactive mobile news and photo package that delivers top AP national and international ne…
AirPrime wins new funding
CDMA solutions provider AirPrime has completed a USD 6.2 million funding round. The capital was provided by a consortium led by Omninet Capital and including Liberty View Equity Partners, Nova Ventures, Parker Price Venture Capital, Qualcomm, Quan…
Berlin intervenes in Mobilcom collapse
The German government has put together an EUR 400 million rescue package for the ailing UMTS licensee MobilCom. Last week the future of the German mobile virtual network operator looked bleak as its main investor, France Telecom, opted to withdraw…
Nokia highlights EDGE availability
Nokia has announced that it is now shipping EDGE network infrastructure to all major markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
EDGE, a so-called 2.75G standard, offers data rates of around 450 Kbs and sits between GPRS and W-CDMA in the GSM evo…
Sprint adds LG 5350 to Vision handset range
Sprint, the US network operator, is continuing to expand the range of handsets available to customers of its Vision service, adding LG’s colour 5350 model.
The 5350 can be used to access Sprint’s range of mobile services at speeds of up to 153 …