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Carl Yankowski, who resigned as Palm Inc. CEO last November, has a new gig. Yankowski is now executive chairman of GeoPhoenix, a Cambridge, Mass., startup that specializes in user interface technologies for handhelds and other devices. The company was founded by two Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates. The companys premier product, the Zoom Enablement Kit, […]

Encouraged by the success of text messaging, wireless handset makers and their partners are banking on the next phase—multimedia. PacketVideo Corp. will announce this week at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, a multimedia distribution system. While the company has released software for handsets in the past, this system is designed for wireless carriers. […]

The long-awaited launch of startup Danger Inc.s Hiptop device, originally planned for the end of 2001, has now slipped until late spring. But officials said the device should appear in carrier trials within the next month. “In order for us to hit a date all of the partners have to align,” said Renee Niemi, vice […]

At its design center in Milan, Italy, Motorola Inc. today announced its 2002 fashion portfolio, which includes several new handsets and a bevy of accessories. Besides looking funkier than previous Motorola products, the phones focus on messaging applications, next-generation network capabilities, and support for Java2 Micro Edition. The 2002 handset collection includes the following, all […]

Carl Yankowski, who lost his job as Palm Inc. CEO last November, has a new gig. Yankowski is now executive chairman of GeoPhoenix, a Cambridge, Mass., startup that specializes in user interface technologies for handheld and other devices. The company was founded by two MIT graduates. The companys premiere product, the ZEK, translates datasets into […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.–Palm Inc.s software subsidiary has a new name, but many of the same old Palm OS problems in the eyes of developers and enterprise customers. PalmSource Inc., the new name of the operating system company announced at the PalmSource developers conference here last week, distributed the beta version of Palm OS 5 to […]

ArrayComm Inc. on Monday announced a manufacturing partnership with Kyocera Corp. and gave the first public demonstration of its i-Burst wireless Internet technology at the Demo 2002 show in Phoenix. Based on the companys IntelliCell smart antenna technology, i-Burst promises data speeds of 1 Mbps. The brainchild of Martin Cooper, the 71-year-old inventor of the […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Palm Inc.s Palm OS subsidiary is wooing developers with a new handheld operating system, a new name and a new focus; but there are still unanswered questions about how to woo enterprise customers. Newly renamed PalmSource Inc., the operating system company announced at its PalmSource developers conference here that it will be giving […]

Trying to fill the same niche as Handspring Inc.s Treo, a carrier and two hardware manufacturers are pooling efforts on a combination handheld. Nextel Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd. and Motorola Inc. are developing a device that will essentially be a RIM BlackBerry wireless, two-way e-mail device that also works as a phone and […]

Having kept their initiatives on hold while competitors tested the waters, Microsoft Corp. and its licensees are readying Pocket PC handheld devices that feature integrated wireless voice and data capabilities. The move comes as interest in integrated handhelds grows among corporate users and competition in the industry heats up. “Any rumors of us not doing […]