Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:56 pm
In 2004, the inevitable finally happened: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor shipments surpassed Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs), reports In-Stat. This shift was the result of the exploding camera phone market, with shipments more than doubling from 2003 to 2004, the high-tech market research firm says.
Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:55 am
Motorola today announced its first Voice over IP (VoIP) Open Application-Enabling Platforms and outlined plans to extend the product range in the future.
Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:51 am
Motorola announced today that its award-winning IHF1000 Bluetooth car kit is currently available in Aston Martin's, Vanquish S and DB9 sports cars.
Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:09 pm
Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies today announced that Verizon Wireless has deployed Lucent's MiRingBack application across its network nationwide to support the company's popular Ringback Tone service which was deployed nationally in June 2005.
Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:44 am
Cingular Wireless today announced the availability of two enhanced services: Mobile Email and Mobile IM. Now, for the first time in the US market, Cingular customers can gain access to their existing email or IM accounts from AOL, MSN and Yahoo! through a set of simple, easy to use applications which can be accessed through a standard mass market phone.
Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:08 am
With a head-turning design, the Samsung SCH-A970 features an innovative swivel form factor to reveal a compact 2.0-megapixel camera with 2x optical zoom, auto focus, multi-shot and brightness adjustments.
Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:44 pm
Convergence is finding traction in mobile phones, with one-fourth of all U.S. Internet households willing to use a high-resolution camera phone as their primary camera, according to a report from Parks Associates.
Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:53 pm
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied a motion by Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry series, to stay or suspend a patent infringement case from returning to the trial court, where it faces a potential court order to cease BlackBerry production and service in the U.S.
Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:31 pm
New product introductions, portfolio refreshes, and exciting new form factors helped spur growth in the worldwide mobile phone market during the third quarter of 2005. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide mobile phone shipments rose 19.1% year over year and increased sequentially 8.8% in 3Q05 to reach 208.3 million units. Year-over-year growth increased substantially over the prior two quarters, signaling a balance against slower growth during the first half of the year. Each of the top 5 vendors within the industry reached all-time-high shipment levels and maintained the same rankings from the previous quarter.
Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:52 am
Motorola and MTV today introduces Head and Body, the first time an entertainment series especially created for the handset has been launched on a global scale. As the latest initiative to come out of their strategic marketing alliance, Head and Body follows in the tradition of Motorola's groundbreaking technological innovation and MTV Networks International's expertise in creating compelling content designed specifically for young people.