June 9, 2004 articles

Nokia's Symbian buyout approved

Jun 09 2004 - 01:26 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia's purchase of Psion's 31% stake in smartphone OS maker Symbian has been approved by German competition authorities. The move has also been approved by Psion's shareholders and the other compteition authorities that have jurisdiction. According to the AFP, there...

Bluetooth spec gets a speed boost

Jun 09 2004 - 01:22 PM ET | Bluetooth
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced a new spec dubbed Enhanced Data Rate that promises to speed up Bluetooth's data transfer up to 3x. Moreover, less power is used which should lead to longer battery life. If everything goes as...

LG, Qualcomm plan EV-DV by 2006

Jun 09 2004 - 01:17 PM ET | 3G, LG Mobile Phone
LG inked a deal with Qualcomm that secures a plan to launch EV-DV by 2006. Qualcomm will provide LG with CDMA2000 1xEV-DV chipsets by the end of this year. LG Telecom will launch EV-DV trials as soon as early 2005...

AT&T Wireless launches Spanish mMode content

Jun 09 2004 - 01:11 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless expanded its mMode data service to include Spanish language content. ¡Todo Latino! is now available to all mMode subscribers, and is targeted towards Spanish speakers in America. Here's some of the included content: * Terra Deportes - Gives...