Mobility Phones – Mobile Phones

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, today announced that it has made an equity investment in Mobile Complete. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Motorola Ventures led the investment in Mobile Complete as part of a Series B Financing, along with participation from a previous investor, Innovacom VC. Founded in 2003, Mobile Complete develops, test and deploys mobile applications and services. The company launched DeviceAnywhere.com in December 2005 to help content providers address the issue of handset proliferation by accessing real mobile devices over the Internet at any time, from any location. This rapidly growing service has been deployed ...

Motorola to increase Vodafone’s network capacity and coverage in Turkey, provide complete managed service under eight-year contract Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) announced today it has won a major contract to upgrade, extend and manage Vodafone’s nationwide GSM network in Turkey. Under the eight-year contract, Motorola will modernize and upgrade Vodafone’s radio access network to increase coverage and capacity. In addition, Motorola will assume responsibility for operational management of the network. As part of the access network modernization program, Motorola also will ensure the 3G readiness of key sites. In addition to the benefits of enhanced network quality and performance, the agreement is expected to improve Vodafone’s network operating costs and ...

Pantech Wireless based subsidiary of Pantech Group, Korea’s leading mobile phone manufacturer today announced the introduction of the Pantech C3, an enhanced version of the world’s smallest camera flip phone.   Building on the success of the C300, the company has given the popular phone a stylish upgrade. Customers can now articulate their personal style by quickly customizing their world’s smallest camera flip phones with a variety of changeable color faceplates.  Upon purchase, the C3 comes equipped with both Secret Blue and Silver frontages.  Other colors and styles will be made available following the launch.  ...

The Sprint Power Vision M1 by Sanyo is the first Sprint handset with 1 gigabyte of internal memory – this massive storage capability allows the M1 by Sanyo to play and store up to 16 hours* of music or a combination of music, photos, video, and voice recording. Music can be easily loaded either from a PC or over-the-air music downloads from Sprint Music Store. The M1 by Sanyo also offers access to Sprint TV, with more than 50 channels of content including more than 20 live channels and top-quality sound through stereo external speakers. Additional key features include ...

Sprint (NYSE: S) today named two new executives to key marketing roles. Placing a laser focus on marketing to existing and new customers, Sprint's new marketing firepower comes with the hire of Matt Carter and William Morgan, both slated to start this month. Matt Carter will be Sprint's new Senior Vice President for base management, meaning he will be responsible for Sprint's existing base of customers, including their long-term satisfaction and retention. Bill Morgan will be Sprint's Senior Vice President of Brand/Advertising and will be responsible for Sprint's brand management, advertising and media strategy. "We're thrilled to have the depth of talent and experience that both Matt ...

Ridgefield Park, NJ - Samsung Electronics, one of the world's fastest growing consumer electronics brand has won 12 International CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Showcase Awards.Samsung once again evinces why the company is a worldwide leader in Consumer Electronics, Information Technology, and Telecommunications, winning coveted CES honors for innovation across a broad range of technologies. Samsung's award-winners include three handheld cellular phones, two Plasma HDTVs, two digital audio players, two Home Theater in a Box systems, a multifunction color laser printer, an ultra-Mobile PC, and a cutting edge washing machine. All of Samsung's Innovations Awards-winning products will be on display during the 2007 International ...

Building blocks in place to help businesses transform ad hoc mobility into real business value Nokia (NYSE:NOK), the world leader in mobile communications, today showcased its recent momentum in fueling the next wave of enterprise mobility. Speaking at the company's annual investor and customer events in Amsterdam, Mary McDowell, executive vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Solutions division of Nokia, discussed the company's strategic initiatives to help businesses move from opportunistic point solution purchasing to more strategic mobility deployments. "Unlike other IT elements, mobility is personal and often enters organizations through end user demand," said McDowell. "But few companies today have taken a strategic or ...

Nation's Largest Wireless Carrier Brings to Market Feature-Rich BlackBerry Pearl with Push to Talk, GPS-based Navigation Services The new BlackBerry® Pearlâ„¢    from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) will arrive on the shelves of select Cingular Wireless stores beginning tomorrow – just in time for the holiday shopping season – with an exclusive look and new features, including Cingular-exclusive Push to Talk (PTT) capabilities and a GPS-based wireless navigation⁽¹⁾ service.   Customers can now enjoy the benefits of these new features for the BlackBerry Pearl together with easy-to-use phone, email, organizer and browser applications - all in an incredibly small, ...

Royal Philips Electronics has signed a letter of intent to transfer its remaining Mobile Phone activities to China Electronics Corporation (CEC) . CEC will take over the responsibility for Philips’ Mobile Phones business, which currently has an annual turnover of approximately EUR 400 million and approximately 240 employees, mainly in Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe. Under the terms of the letter of intent, CEC will receive a global license to market and sell mobile phones under the Philips brand for the coming five years. The transaction is still subject to confirmatory due diligence. The transaction will be conditional on all required shareholder, government and regulatory approvals and consents ...

Continuing its leadership in mobile data, Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced it is improving mobile messaging for its customers with the launch of Sprint Mobile Email, a new downloadable email client powered by SEVEN. The application provides easy access to multiple email accounts in one place. Users can access their accounts from well-known providers like AOL, Windows Live and Yahoo! all by using Sprint Mobile Email. Customers can also add other POP and IMAP email accounts to access through the service. "With Sprint Mobile Email, Sprint customers now have one place to go to check all of their email right on their wireless phones," said Jack ...

New handset offers users a rich wireless experience and broadband-like access for people on the move TELUS and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry® 8703e operating on TELUS’ Wireless High Speed (EVDO) and 1X networks. The BlackBerry 8703e offers clients uncompromising e-mail, browsing and voice performance in a sleek and stylish device with a full QWERTY keyboard. “TELUS is proud to offer innovative products like the BlackBerry 8703e, which help our clients stay connected with voice and data services using high-speed mobile communications for both their professional and personal needs,” said Robert Blumenthal, TELUS senior vice-president, Products and Services. “Operating ...

MOTO RED Ambassador Shaun White helps encourage people to make the right call to help fight AIDS in Africa Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced gold medalist and professional snowboarder Shaun White is the newest ambassador for MOTO RED. In this new role, Shaun will spread the word about Motorola teaming-up with (PRODUCT) RED and the mobile device company’s efforts to help fight AIDS in Africa. From snowboarding slopes to video games, Shaun helps inspire a new generation of sports enthusiasts, young people and others to achieve their dreams. As a global ambassador for MOTO RED, Shaun will help spread RED by building awareness for the MOTO ...

Nokia and Yahoo! today extended their partnership to offer Yahoo! branded services including Yahoo! Mail and Messenger on Nokia's wide range of mobile phones operating on the Series 40 platform. Yahoo! services will initially be available on the newly announced Nokia 6300, the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5200.  Moving forward these services and the ability to synchronise Yahoo! contacts, tasks and calendar on the PC and phone will be added to an even wider range of Nokia's Series 40 devices. Series 40 is the software user interface that powers Nokia's broadest range of mobile devices. Intuitively easy-to use, the Series 40 platform enables a ...

What a night for our partner teams in the UEFA Champions League! Both clubs sponsored by BenQ-Siemens landed convincing victories on game day two of this year’s tournament. German champions Bayern Munich won their away match at Inter Milan with 2-0. They now lead Group B with 6 points and a stellar 6-0 goal count. Looks like our partner team Munich could move into the elimination stage of the tournament once again. The other BenQ-Siemens team in the competition – Real Madrid completely crushed their opponent Dynamo Kiev 5-1. Star strikers Ruud von Nistelrooy and Raul scored two goals each and Reyes added another for the ...

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that its latest Motorola Printrak Biometric Identification Solution (BIS) equipped with Motorola Mobile Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) assisted Harris County Sheriffs Office (HCSO) in the capture of a wanted murder suspect. According to Pete Schroedter, AFIS manager, officers went to a home to serve an arrest warrant for a wanted suspect. Law enforcement officials did not find the suspect; however, they did encounter three males with no identification. Using Motorola’s Mobile AFIS in conjunction with the Motorola Printrak BIS officers were able to positively match one of the individual’s fingerprints against HCSO’s list of wanted suspects. He was ...

Alcatel announced today the successful demonstration of Europe's first broadcast of live TV channels on mobile handsets in S-band. The demonstration took place in Alcatel's UK premises. It is using the new DVB-SH standard (Satellite services for Handhelds), which is currently being drafted by the DVB Project. To perform this demonstration, Alcatel was assisted by UK broadcasters Sky, ITV and BBC. Representatives from European mobile operators, TV broadcasters, industry analyst firms and regulatory bodies attending this demonstration were able to enjoy high quality images displayed on SAGEM myMobileTV handsets. These terminals are using the S-band telecom frequency between 2.17GHz and 2.20GHz, which is adjacent ...