(InfoWorld) - OKI Electric Industry Co. is testing a Safety Mobile Phone technology that could help pedestrians avoid being hit by vehicles.The phones use Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) technology to rapidly exchange location information about vehicles equipped with the same technology, the Japanese company said Monday. The OKI test is one of several supported […]

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(InfoWorld) - As part of its strategy to expand in developing markets, mobile phone operator Vodafone Group has launched two ultra low-cost handsets with the company’s own brand.The handsets, manufactured by China’s ZTE, will be initially available in Egypt, Romania, and South Africa next month, Vodafone said Monday. They are expected to cost between $25 and […]

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The 18-Fold Trickle-Down Impact of Microsoft Windows Bill Gates boasted about hardware innovation and platform opportunity at the 16th annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles on Tuesday. For starters, Gates cited strong sales momentum and positive customer response to Windows Vista in its […]

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(InfoWorld) - The mobile phone industry has moved forward in its efforts to agree to a global standard for delivering secure services such as credit-card payments on handheld devices, according to an industry executive.”There’s momentum,” said Nav Bains, projects director at the GSM Association (GSMA). “Everyone wants to move ahead.”Debate has been raging in the […]

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(InfoWorld) - If you thought developers were running out of new applications to squeeze into mobile phones, think again. Nokia hopes someday to add a new feature to its phones that could warn users of imminent lighting strikes.The Finnish manufacturer has applied for a U.S. patent for a lightning detector system designed for use in […]

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A year ago, Hands-On Mobile bought Bellevue-based Thumbspeed.
Hands-On, which used to be called mForma, was once also based in Bellevue and is now in San Francisco. It publishes games and other content for mobile phones.
Thumbspeed joined Hands-On to operate the messaging and communications group within the company. It develops and publishes messaging, photo-sharing […]

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Microsoft is betting on mobile phones to bring computing to developing countries. “The phone is going to be the PC, and the PC is going to be the phone,” Microsoft chairman Bill Gates declared in his opening keynote at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles.Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, […]

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(InfoWorld) - Next week, Symantec Corp. will broaden its mobile security product line by shipping new products designed for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile devices.The software will come in two versions: a consumer product called Norton Mobile Security for Smartphones and Symantec Mobile Security 5.0, designed for enterprise users. Both versions will be available May 29, […]

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