AP - Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB and Swiss chip-maker STMicroelectronics NV unveiled plans Wednesday to create a 50-50 joint venture that will make a key component known as chipsets for mobile phones. -- read full article
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:50:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
AP - Palm Inc. announced Wednesday it will sell a new smart phone aimed at business users this fall, but it won't have the backing of a U.S. carrier. -- read full article
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Apple Inc has issued a
software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection
problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from
customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday
as Credit Suisse reported strong U.S. sales of the device.
Macworld.com - Design Science has announced the release of MathType 6, a new version of its mathematical equation editor for Mac OS X. It costs $97. Upgrades are priced at $49. -- read full article
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Research In Motion's
powerful new BlackBerry Bold is a "strong product," but it
isn't revolutionary, according to an analyst who reviewed the
smartphone ahead of its North American launch.
CNET - Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G's reception issues, confirming that the iPhone OS 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems. -- read full article
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:31:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Consumer electronics giant
Sony (6758.T) announced a new version of its Playstation
Portable handheld games console that can be used as a
telephone, to go on sale in Europe and the United States in
mid-October. -- read full article
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:57:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone
Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for
business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's
BlackBerry. -- read full article
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:33:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Hillcrest Laboratories asked a trade
panel to determine if Nintendo Co (7974.OS) and its U.S.
subsidiary have infringed four patents to make its top-selling
Wii game, according to a filing on Wednesday and a Hillcrest
statement.
NewsFactor - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, after two years of speculating fires in Japan involved iPod nanos, confirmed Tuesday that the fires were caused by Apple's music players.
AP - Apple Inc. said Tuesday that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for the meltdown of some models of its tiny iPod Nano digital music player.
Reuters - Apple Inc has issued a
software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection
problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from
customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday
as Credit Suisse reported strong U.S. sales of the device.
AFP - Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday.
