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Microsoft Backs Mobile Phone Standards
News Aside from different and competing network and phone standards, there are also several types of operating systems for the higher-end cell phones, or "smart phones", that combine the functions of a PDA (personal digital assistant) and cell phone.
[June 13, 2002, 9:19]
When Will Video Be Delivered To My Mobile Phone?
White Papers It includes all key aspects of offering wireless video services, from handset and network video related technologies and standards to the mobile operators’ plans for introducing mobile video services.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
PalmSource And Orange Team Up For Mobile Linux Standards
News The Linux Phone Standard (Lips) Forum wants to standardise Linux interfaces so that higher-level software won't have to be customised for each variation of the open source operating system appearing in different mobile phone models.
[November 14, 2005, 7:55]
The Evolution Of VPN And Its Implications For Mobile Phone Security
White Papers Mobile VPNs enable enterprises to extend their network to mobile employees, partners, and customers without the risk of compromising their existing security standards. This white paper describes how Virtual Private Networking (VPN) technology is...
[September 15, 2003, 17:01]
Orange And T-Mobile To Set Sun Standards
Talkback There are so many problems with different phones and their bad Java implementations, different screen sizes, file size limitations - do they really want high-end phones to only use what we can fit into the smallest, weakest phone?
[June 25, 2004, 11:04]
Mobile Phone Trio Plan Wireless Gaming Platform
News Developers have been hesitant to create for mobile devices because they haven't had the standards to help guide them," said Suneil Mishra, chief executive of Califorian-based Synovial, a company that creates tools for developers of wireless games.
[March 26, 2001, 8:04]
Mobile Phone Alliance Marches Ahead
News The Mobile Games Interoperability Forum (MGIF) also intends to join the alliance, said Mike Wehrs, director of technology and standards for Microsoft's mobility group. The Open Mobile Alliance believes in open standards, rather than proprietary...
[November 21, 2002, 10:24]
Mobile Phone Forensics 'hole' Reported
News Law enforcement is at the mercy of mobile phone manufacturers, according to University of Cambridge researchers. Unlike PCs, where "deleted" data can still easily be accessed, information wiped from a mobile phone's internal memory can be almost...
[June 26, 2006, 15:30]
Mobile Phone Tariffs For Deaf Users
Forum Its now technologically simple for any phone network to create a Deaf Price Plan that would allow us to communicate easily with the hearing world through a universal device with internationally recognised standards - yet its being excluded from a...
[June 27, 2007, 17:19]
Mobile Phone Car Ban Is Debated
News The US Congress is also considering a bill that would curtail mobile phone use while driving, requiring people to dial, talk and listen via voice-activated, hands-free devices and headsets. But an equal number of surveys suggest mobile phones don't...
[July 3, 2001, 13:39]
Mobile Phone Tariffs For Deaf Users
Forum Two MPs have written to me and one promises to investigate the matter for himself - the feedback generally has been very good, many phone forums have typically helpful advice from well meaning users about finding the best deals - but sadly many...
[June 29, 2007, 23:19]
New Mobile Phone Java Holds Promise
News The cell phone market has been a bright spot for Java, a Sun-inspired initiative aimed at fostering alternatives to Microsoft by creating interoperable software standards for the PC and beyond. MIDP 2.0 gives push more abilities such as responding...
[December 19, 2002, 8:00]
Texas Instruments Backs Open Mobile Standards
News Several mobile phone manufacturers are planning to use TI's chipsets in future devices, so its support for the open standards drive is important. TI has joined a string of other important companies in the mobile scene by offering its support for...
[November 15, 2001, 16:48]
3G Is Dead, Says Mobile Phone Inventor
News 3G has problems, according to Marty Cooper, and he should know -- the chief executive of high-speed wireless company ArrayComm is credited with inventing the mobile phone while working at Motorola. The director-general of standards body ETSI had...
[October 31, 2002, 14:53]
HP To Merge Handheld With Mobile Phone
News Hewlett-Packard announced Tuesday that it will offer a Jornada handheld computer later this year that also acts as a mobile phone. In Europe and Asia, HP's new device will use the GPRS and GSM communications standards, but the US standard has not...
[February 21, 2001, 12:28]
Government To Investigate Mobile Phone Safety
News The announcement comes nearly two years after the Stewart Inquiry -- a government-backed investigation in the issue of mobile phone safely -- found no evidence of health dangers. Despite repeated assurances from mobile phone manufacturers that...
[January 25, 2002, 13:26]
Orange And T-Mobile To Set Sun Standards
News Major European cellphone carriers Orange and T-Mobile Europe will soon require that downloadable games and other data sold to their subscribers meet quality standards set by Sun Microsystems and several major handset makers.
[June 25, 2004, 9:20]
Microsoft To Mobile Phone Group: You Need Us
News We support any move to boost open standards, and we certainly don't see this initiative as a particular threat to us," said Robbie Wright, Microsoft European mobility marketing manager. With initiatives such as .Net and the Stinger smart phone...
[November 14, 2001, 17:22]
Studies Blame WAP For Mobile Phone Woes
News More than 90 percent of the handsets on the market contain WAP (wireless application protocol) programming, a set of standards for cell phones. A survey by JD Power and Associates discovered that one in four WAP phone users in the United Kingdom...
[May 25, 2001, 9:31]
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. GSM and Qualcomm's "1x" cell phone standards are usually incompatible.
[August 13, 2003, 12:10]
