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Handset maker iMate closes, according to reports
Blog The last handset to be announced by the company was the ruggedised 810F smartphone, unveiled at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The mobile phone company iMate has, according to reports, shut down.
[September 18, 2009, 16:22]
Souped-up Wi-Fi handset includes Web browsing and email
News The Wi-Fi phone market is set to heat up, with a maker announcing a handset that can do Web browsing and email, in addition to voice. Handset maker Motorola and Avaya also are at work on their own versions.
[July 2, 2003, 9:19]
Sendo withdraws Orange lawsuit
News UK mobile phone handset maker Sendo has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Orange, agreeing to contribute to Orange's legal costs. The handset maker said that the lawsuit against Orange centres on a patent relating to miniaturisation...
[July 22, 2003, 10:38]
Nokia fights to retain smartphone dominance
News Nokia is still by far the number-one mobile-handset maker in the world, but as competition heats up in the smartphone market, it has become increasingly vulnerable to smaller players such as Apple and Research In Motion, which are increasing...
[March 13, 2009, 14:52]
Nokia-Qualcomm licence deal expires
News A key licensing agreement between the world's number-one mobile handset maker Nokia and mobile giant Qualcomm, which has prompted a bitter court battle between the two, has expired this week. Qualcomm has now filed an arbitration demand with the...
[April 11, 2007, 10:54]
Sendo hangs up on Microsoft smartphone platform
News Sendo, the UK handset maker that was one of the earliest hardware partners in Microsoft's Smartphone programme, has unexpectedly terminated its plans to sell a Microsoft-based device. The only other handset maker to have introduced a Smartphone...
[November 7, 2002, 10:23]
Kyocera bridges mobile standards divide
News Mobile phone maker Kyocera on Tuesday unveiled its first handset to use Qualcomm's GSM1x technology, which bridges two cellphone standards that are not interoperable. Just one other handset maker, Samsung, has announced plans for a GSM1x-compatible...
[August 13, 2003, 12:10]
Nokia opens lines for wireless banking
News The world's leading handset maker has joined the rush into mobile banking. The telecommunications slowdown hasn't spared Motorola, which has fired thousands of employees, or No.handset maker Ericsson, which said Tuesday it would cut costs by nearly...
[March 28, 2001, 8:31]
Microsoft hopes to create buzz for Stinger
News The software maker will announce on Monday that it invested an undisclosed sum in Sendo, a UK-based handset maker that is one of the four companies developing prototypes for a combination cell phone and personal digital assistant that will run on...
[July 23, 2001, 9:42]
Nokia and Vodafone team up on web services
News Nokia and Vodafone have announced a deal that will see the handset maker's mobile internet services platform cropping up on Vodafone handsets in Europe. Of course, we are in discussions with Vodafone locally on mutually beneficial opportunities for...
[November 8, 2007, 9:17]
Nokia expects dip in market share
News The mobile-handset market is worsening, as Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said on Friday that it's lowering its third-quarter market-share outlook due to the weakening global economy.
[September 8, 2008, 10:54]
Nokia gets on the mobile banking bandwagon
News The world's leading handset maker has joined the rush into mobile banking. The telecommunications slowdown hasn't spared Motorola, which has fired thousands of employees, or number two handset maker Ericsson, which saidTuesday it would cut costs by...
[June 21, 2001, 15:37]
Motorola chief calls it quits
News Motorola chief executive Chris Galvin plans to leave his post, citing differences with other executives over the company's future direction, the handset maker announced Friday. Meanwhile, executive vice-president Gene Delaney has said the firm will...
[September 22, 2003, 10:45]
Nokia and Qualcomm's fractious past
News Despite a commercial future that depends on working with each other, the relationship between intellectual property firm and chipset vendor Qualcomm and handset maker Nokia has been fractious at best during recent years.
[October 2, 2007, 9:44]
Microsoft-based smartphone arrives in Europe
News Dutch carrier KPN on Tuesday began selling a new mobile phone in Europe that uses Microsoft software, a move that could put pressure on handset maker Nokia. Microsoft's main competitor in the market is Symbian, a smartphone operating system maker...
[July 7, 2004, 10:15]
City angst as Nokia cuts global handset sales targets
News Investors have reacted badly to the news that Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has warned that global handset sales this year will be lower than it had earlier forecast. As the mobile handset market leader, Nokia was expected to make...
[April 18, 2002, 11:29]
Qualcomm to support Linux
News Qualcomm joins number two handset maker Motorola, Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo and other major wireless companies in endorsing Linux. The mobile phone industry generally yawned in 2003 when number one handset maker Nokia began a push...
[May 5, 2005, 17:50]
Nokia to buy Navteq
News Already selling more mobile phones around the globe than any other handset maker, Nokia has been aiming to add software and services like music, games and navigation to its business. Using the handset's embedded software, consumers can view their...
[October 2, 2007, 8:34]
Nokia targets Web 2.0
News Jarkko Sairanen, vice president of corporate strategy at the world's largest handset maker, remained cautious about the impact of such trends: "In the short term we'll make money from selling devices.whether that will be changing over the coming...
[October 4, 2006, 8:50]
Skype stakes a place on Nokia smartphones
News Nokia is not the only handset maker to announce a deal with Skype at Mobile World Congress. Nokia's flagship N97 handset will be the first to have Skype embedded. The company, owned by eBay, announced its partnership with Nokia, the world's largest...
[February 17, 2009, 15:45]
