eWEEK EDITORS

Waiting for a new wireless phone that lets you fire off pithy text messages to your pals or transact serious business with a few touches to the keypad? Dont hold your breath. All signs indicate that a full rollout of third-generation (3G) wireless technology in the U.S. will be slowed by government miscues, technical inertia […]

We arent there yet. The wireless data industry has been muttering this mantra for the past year. And though disappointing, its an improvement over its previous chant: Wireless data is here. The new one, at least, shows weve made it over the hype hump. Information services — like news and weather — delivered to phones, […]

The earth was trembling and buildings were crumbling, but telecommunications systems held up remarkably well last Wednesday during the strongest earthquake that Seattle has experienced since 1949. Measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, the quake injured hundreds, may have killed one and caused about $1 billion in damage by early estimates. Television and radio reporters […]

On the surface, NTT DoCoMos $9.8 billion investment in AT&T wireless looked like just another shrewd business deal, but overnight the pairing stirred fresh debate about Wireless Markup Language and data-delivery protocols. AT&T Wireless has a history of making moves that alter the course of the wireless marketplace. And the NTT DoCoMo partnership and a […]

From silk merchants to wireless communication companies, China has traditionally been a land of opportunity. Openwave Systems, the new combination of Phone.com and Software.com, is poised to take advantage of that opportunity. In late March, the Redwood City, Calif., company plans to introduce preproduction testing of its Internet services to subscribers in Chinas largest mobile […]

When the discussion turns to early adopters of technology, names like Chase Manhattan Bank and the Credit Suisse Group arent frequently mentioned. Thats why those financial institutions, along with their blue chip competitors, are eager to embrace wireless technology, says John Mennel, director of product marketing at 724 Solutions, formerly Tantau Software. “Our customer is […]

Indiqu co-founder Christophe Watkins freely admits hes in the addiction business. “Its fun and life is short,” he says. “We dont want to mess around with the weather and the stock quotes. Well leave that to the other guys.” Instead, Watkins 2-year-old San Diego-based company specializes in bringing gaming, extreme sports and, potentially, a mobile […]

Weve all been there: youre winging away on business when you remember your credit-card bill is still sitting, unpaid, on your desk at home. Or a coveted stock is about to hit your strike price, but youre on a fourth-grade field trip with your child. Or youre about to sign a check for the house […]

Microsoft has been taught some unpleasant and embarrassing lessons in the wireless world. But after early failures, the software company has swallowed its pride and is steadily on its way to becoming one of the most important suppliers of mobile software infrastructure. Microsofts first impulse, industry observers and even some Microsoft executives say, was to […]

Electronics for imaging has refined eBeam, its little $500 alternative to bulky digital whiteboards that enables you to print the content of a conventional whiteboard, distribute it across a network or record a meeting (with audio) as it unfolds. The units previously unnamed software, Mediator, lets you drag any bit-mapped file into the whiteboard window […]