October 22, 2004 articles

Treo 650 announcement on Monday [CTIA IT 04]

Oct 22 2004 - 04:16 PM ET | Palm
palmOne is set to announce the widely rumored Treo 650 smartphone on Monday at the CTIA conference in San Francisco. The device is certainly no secret, rumors of it have spread for over 8 months. Several photo sets have even...

LexisNexis improves BlackBerry support for lawyers

Oct 22 2004 - 12:23 PM ET | Data, Research In Motion
LexisNexis announced that it has improved its support for access by BlackBerry mobile devices. The update was aimed at legal professionals who need on the go access to court cases. LexisNexis notes that this can help out lawyers in many...

Ringback service finally launches

Oct 22 2004 - 12:16 PM ET | Ringtones
While not a national release, a US carrier was launched a ringback service (just about 11 months after it was supposed to come to the US). Preferred Voice is powering a solution for regional carrier First Cellular of Southern Illinois....

Java bug could lead to hacked phones

Oct 22 2004 - 11:56 AM ET | In The News
The Register is reporting on a security flaw in mobile Java that could allow hackers to gain control of users' mobile phones. This is one of the first major security problems for a large number of mobile phones. bq. Exploits...

Cell phone market growth slowing?

Oct 22 2004 - 11:51 AM ET | In The News
Ericsson said in its quarterly financial statement that it sees the growth of the cell phone market slowing during 2005. The announcement sent shares of Ericsson down, despite positive earnings news. bq. Booming mobile subscriber growth, which will see a...

Nextel Q3 profits

Oct 22 2004 - 11:48 AM ET | Nextel
Nextel today announced its third quarter profits: * Net income of $588 million, up 69% * Revenue of $2.89, up 18% * 550,000 net subscriber adds, 14.5 million total * Average revenue per customer, $69, down $2 Turnover (or churn)...