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News Roundup: GSM World 2001 in Cannes

Companies like Palm, Ericsson and HP all used GSM World 2001 to unveil their latest hot products while mobile bigwigs used... Read more

22 February, 2001 by ZDNet

Mobile giants battle for next generation

...smartphone" platform, codenamed Stinger, for the first time in public at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, which started Tuesday. Also on display were... Read more

21 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

GSM World Forum: Wireless future discussed

...services will pay for themselves will be foremost at this year's GSM World Forum, starting Monday. The forum is centred on issues related to... Read more

19 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Palm plays it safe with wireless

...is part of the reason it did not attend last week's GSM World Congress, the biggest international mobile event of the year. Palm lays... Read more

27 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Symbian chief blasts Microsoft

...access their data from [competitors'] products," Myers told ZDNet UK at the GSM World Congress this week in Cannes, France. "It's the customer that... Read more

22 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

IBM and Webraska push location services

...made wirelessly. IBM's deal with France-based Webraska, unveiled at the GSM World Conference in Cannes, France, should help speed up the expected launch... Read more

22 February, 2001 by Ben Charny

Palm-based phone to hit Europe this summer

...Handspring representative. "Visor is selling quite well." Handspring made the announcement at GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, which runs through the end of the... Read more

22 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

HP to merge handheld with mobile phone

...the year in the United States. HP made the announcement at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, where Microsoft announced separately that it will... Read more

21 February, 2001 by Ian Fried

Wireless data trials include free Visorphone

OmniSky's package simplifies mobile Internet access, but you still have to pay for airtime Read more

23 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Nuggets: Wappy days for Alcatel

...industry has decamped en masse and headed down to Cannes for the GSM World Congress this week. When not swanning around on yachts several companies... Read more

2 February, 2000 by Justin Pearse

BenQ Mobile kicks off CeBIT with six phones

...longer data entry tasks. The BenQ-Siemens P51 is a quad-band GSM 'world' phone with GPRS, and includes Bluetooth and USB for local connectivity... Read more

8 March, 2006 by Charles McLellan

Handspring Treo 600

Handspring's parting shot, the Treo 600, is one of the better blends of phone and handheld that we've seen to date. Read more

22 October, 2003 by Jon Morris

Five years ago: Intel tells GSM bosses: build the wireless Net

...group at Intel, made the comments in a keynote speech at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France today. "The GSM industry faces the same... Read more

18 February, 2002 by Martin Veitch

Eye2Eye: Symbian chief on 3G and Microsoft

...Symbian chief executive Colly Myers spoke with ZDNet UK at the recent GSM World Forum in Cannes, France. ZDNet: Give us an overview of how... Read more

12 March, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Palm begins shipping new PDA

...phone/PDA solution. While Microsoft and the Symbian consortium used the recent GSM World Congress in Cannes to show off their prototypes, Palm was a... Read more

6 March, 2001 by Matt Loney

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