January 24, 2005 articles

PalmOne CEO announces departure, stock tanks

Jan 24 2005 - 09:17 PM ET | Palm
PalmOne CEO Todd Bradle announced he would be leaving at the end of the quarter, February 25th 2005. Bradle has been on the job since October 2003. Investors did not take the news kindly: shares of the company ( traded...

Fox inks mobile phone game deal

Jan 24 2005 - 03:59 PM ET | In The News
In what may be a sign of times to come, Twentieth Century Fox has signed a deal with Sorrent to make mobile phone games to hype movie launches. Sorrent will be the exclusive publisher of mobile games and content for...

Limited edition Motorola i860 offered by Boost

Jan 24 2005 - 03:41 PM ET | Motorola
Boost Mobile will begin to sell a new limited edition version of the popular Motorola i860. The i860 is the first iDEN phone with a camera and it also features 2 color displays. The new limited edition i860 Woody Box,...

Nokia and TI to develop single-chip GSM phone

Jan 24 2005 - 03:35 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia and Texas Instruments today announced a single chip that enables most GSM phone functions. Having a single chip handle the work makes for longer battery life and smaller cheaper phones. Nokia plans to use the new chip in entry-level...

Q4: Cingular adds 1.8M, records loss

Jan 24 2005 - 03:06 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular Wireless ended 2004 with a bang--the fourth quarter saw 1.8 million net customer additions. Some notable points of today's Q4 2004 release: * More than 49.1 million subscribers (Cingular remains the largest wireless carrier in the US) * Q4...

Gavno.a virus disables calls on Symbian phones

Jan 24 2005 - 02:58 PM ET | Security
Symbian security firm SimWorks has sounded the warning for a new mobile phone virus, Gavno.a. Gavno.a is the first mobile virus to cause serious damage--Gavno leaves Symbian 7 handsets unable to make calls. bq. The threat, Gavno.a is spread via...