DoCoMo's European Plans Hit A Snag

By | 7/17/2001

The Japanese wireless operator is delaying the launch of its popular I-mode service because of infrastructure problems.

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Linux In The Palm Of Your Hand

By | 7/16/2001

Playing the underdog is familiar territory for Linux, but now the open-source community prepares to go up against PDA leaders Palm and Microsoft. To make inroads in the market, Linux will need to provide a standardized platform for business applications.

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Toshiba entering PDA market

By | 7/16/2001

TOKYO--Japanese electronics conglomerate Toshiba unveiled Monday its first personal digital assistant, due for launch in Japan next month and in the United States this autumn, and aimed at high-end corporate users.

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Handspring to slash price of VisorPhone

By | 7/14/2001

Handspring plans to make a major price cut on the attachment that turns its Visor handhelds into a cell phone.

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California Launches Wireless Warning System for Blackouts

By | 7/13/2001

The new service issues real-time alerts over e-mail and mobile devices. And it also provides traffic reports and lottery results.

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Checking Out E-Books

By | 7/13/2001

The nation's public libraries are struggling to deliver e-books. But do cardholders even want books online?

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Psion backtracks on consumer plans

By | 7/13/2001

Despite initial reports, Psion is denying it will completely abandon the consumer handheld market.

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Disney Continues Wireless Push With AvantGo Partnership

By | 7/12/2001

Walt Disney Internet Group recently partnered with San Mateo, CA-based AvantGo's mobile Internet service to provide ABCNews.com and ESPN.com channels on AvantGo's network. AvantGo allows businesses to deliver their content and applications to approximately 2.5 million mobile consumers.

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Intel looks at leap in handheld memory

By | 7/11/2001

Intel is betting that consumers want handheld computers stuffed with 500MB of memory.

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Price of SD cards drops

By | 7/11/2001

Panasonic on Tuesday slashed the price of its Secure Digital Memory Cards and plans this fall to more than double its output of the cards, which are postage-stamp-sized pieces of flash memory used in digital cameras, handheld computers and MP3 players.

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Psion exits consumer handheld market

By | 7/11/2001

LONDON--Shares in Psion hit a three-year low on Wednesday after Europe's biggest handheld-computer maker said it would shun the consumer market to focus on corporate and education sales and intellectual property.

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Casio Invests $5 Million in Sybase Wireless Subsidiary

By | 7/10/2001

Casio will invest $5 million into Sybase within the next 30 days, Sybase said in a statement. Sybase hopes the move will allow iAnywhere to increase its development of mobile and wireless applications for the mobile business market.

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