David Haskin

Capitalizing on the momentum from the creation of public 8021.11 hotspots, Airpath Wireless has introduced called “Hotspot-In-A-Box” to encourage creation of the public access points. Hotspots provide public Internet access to devices like handhelds and laptops that are equipped with 802.11b network cards. The company said its all-in-one approach is aimed at hotels, airports and […]

Wireless streaming media is almost ready for prime time, which means that the success of wireless operators requires that they determine precisely what media content their users want, a study released Tuesday by Datacomm Research Company and AccuStream iMedia Research said. “Wireless streaming is ready for prime time, and operators need to know the leading […]

The race to be the leading software platform provider for mobile Net devices heated up Wednesday as German giant Siemens Information and Communication Mobile became a co-owner of mobile operating system vendor Symbian. And in another victory for the U.K.-based Symbian, Motorola’s semiconductor group said that it was committed to having its DragonBall MX1 processor […]

Finnish wireless giant Nokia reported stronger-than-expected profitability for its mobile phones in the last quarter and solid overall profitability, but cut its sales forecast for the rest of 2002. The company reported somewhat lower overall sales than the previous year but it exceeded profit targets for the quarter, reporting better profitability from its line of […]

U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Wireless (AWE) Tuesday rolled out a suite of wireless consumer services based on i-mode technology developed by Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. AWE said that its service, dubbed mMode, provides consumers with a variety of communication, information and entertainment services. The services include e-mail, news, weather and sports and games, according to the […]

Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said Monday that it will base its future UMTS third-generation (3G) devices on technology developed by Motorola, Inc. Motorola, like an increasing number of handset vendors, has said it plans to license its underlying technology as well as to develop mobile devices carrying its own brand. Siemens said it will […]

Wireless local area networks (WLANs), particularly those used in the home and in small offices, are a so-called disruptive technology that will have the same impact on the networking industry that wireless phones did to the telecommunications industry, a study released Wednesday by market research firm IDC claims. A disruptive technology is one that significantly […]

Wireless local area networks (WLANs), particularly those used in the home and in small offices, are a so-called disruptive technology that will have the same impact on the networking industry that wireless phones did to the telecommunications industry, a study released Wednesday by market research firm IDC claims. A disruptive technology is one that significantly […]

Chipmaker AMD , trying to blunt Intel Corp.’s growing strength in the field of microprocessors for Net devices, announced Monday that it is diving headlong into that arena. The company unveiled its Alchemy Au1100 processor, which currently is being sampled, touting it as a high-performance chip for devices that is easy to integrate into devices […]

Palm, Inc. , which once owned an overwhelming market share for its handhelds throughout the world but has been losing ground in the last two years, insisted Thursday that its position in Europe actually is improving. The company is still the leading handheld brand worldwide despite significant slippage of its market share, particularly in the […]

Research In Motion (RIM) Thursday announced that it has become the latest vendor of wireless devices to offer its technology as a platform on which other, potentially competing, vendors can build mobile devices. Many other leading vendors of mobile devices, ranging from Palm to Ericsson and Motorola have been making their underlying technology available to […]

Although it has barely been available for two months, Handspring Inc. confirmed Wednesday that it is raising the prices on some of its Treo communicator devices, which combine wireless telephony and handheld functionality. A spokeswoman said the company was raising the price for Treo 180 units that are not purchased as part of a wireless […]