March 22, 2004 articles

CTIA: SplashID now avaiable for Symbian

Mar 22 2004 - 11:09 AM ET | In The News
SplashData announced that its popular SplashID program is now available for Symbian devices like the Sony Ericsson P900 and Nokia's Series 60 devices. SplashID is very popular on the PalmOS. bq. "[SplashID] securely maintains personal identification information on both the...

Texas Instruments announces smaller ship process

Mar 22 2004 - 11:03 AM ET | In The News
Last month chip maker Texas Instruments announced that it would announce later in the year a process to make its chips used in cell phones smaller. Well, now is that time: TI plans to move to a new manufacturing process...

Sun Microsystems and Nokia team for multiplayer games

Mar 22 2004 - 10:57 AM ET | Nokia
Sun Microsystems and Nokia are banding together to bring real-time multiplayer games to mobiles. Sun is the company behind Java, the platform most mobile games are written on. The solution is dubbed SNAP, and should be released in Q3 2004....

CTIA: AT&T Wireless inks deal with MapQuest

Mar 22 2004 - 10:50 AM ET | AT&T Wireless, Staff Picks, Unique
AT&T Wireless has signed a deal with MapQuest to provide maps to its customers through its mMode service. bq. "Mobile users can quickly find their way with full-color, interactive maps that pan and zoom. Step-by-step driving directions are available and...

CTIA: Nokia announces flip-style CDMA2000 1X cam phone

Mar 22 2004 - 10:45 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today announced the Nokia 6255--a CDMA2000 1X handset. It's a flip-phone, which is quite rare for Nokia. Here are a few of the features: * Dual color screens * MMC memory card support * VGA camera with flash and...

CTIA: Sierra Wireless announces EDGE PCMCIA card

Mar 22 2004 - 10:39 AM ET | In The News
Sierra Wireless has announced plans to ship a PC Card and GPS Modem for EDGE Network. AT&T Wireless currently runs the only US Nationwide EDGE network. Sony Ericsson has the corner on the market for PC cards. Look for the...

CTIA: Sprint PCS ships Nokia PM-6225

Mar 22 2004 - 10:19 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint PCS today announced at CTIA that it has begun to ship the Nokia PM-6225. It can be bought today at Sprint PCS stores nationwide. The retail price is $229.99. Here's a quite rundown of the features: * Camera (VGA...

CTIA: LG to make Fastap phone for TELUS

Mar 22 2004 - 10:15 AM ET | LG Mobile Phone
Digit Wireless, consumer electronics giant LG Electronics and Canadian wireless carrier TELUS Mobility announced an agreement to produce the world's first Fastap enabled mobile phone. What's Fastap? Little buttons between the normal buttons on a cell phone that negate the...

CTIA: Motorola announces phone trio: A845, A840, V710

Mar 22 2004 - 10:00 AM ET | Motorola
Motorola today announced 3 new phones at CTIA. All are very advanced: * A845 - First WCDMA/UMTS 1900 phone. Live video calls, Bluetooth, MP3 player, 64MB of memory. Look for it in Q2/Q3 from AT&T Wireless. * A840 - Dual...