Palm to launch Windows-based 3G handset in Asia
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Palm Inc. will begin sales of the Treo 750v, a Windows Mobile-based 3G (third-generation) smart phone, next month. The handset is the first Windows-based Treo to be offered in Asia.
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Vodafone is to kick-start a global push into 3G with an array of mobile phones that is likely to outstrip the range of handsets being sold by many of its rivals.
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Mobile phone company MMO2 says it will launch its first 3G handsets next week.
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CNET reports that PalmOne has evaluated versions of Microsofts Windows Mobile as well as Linux-based operating systems for use in its products.
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PalmSource Inc. has finally answered the smart-phone call. The maker of Palm operating systems for handheld computers plans to introduce Tuesday its first version designed specifically for so-called smart phones.
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The Japanese carrier will be standardizing on Symbian for their 3G mobile phone platform, and they will ship 3G phones based on Linux.
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Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.  , China's leading communications network equipment  maker, unveiled on Tuesday a new third-generation (3G) cell  phone model U210, designed for music lovers, which it aims to  start shipping in March.
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(InfoWorld) - A group of mobile phone operators and handset vendors is developing a 3G (third-generation) mobile phone platform that combines many standard hardware and software components in an effort to reduce phone development time and costs. NTT DoCoMo, Renesas Technology, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson Mobile CommunicationsÂ will jointly develop the platform that will support HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) as well as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution). Phones that use the new platform could become available worldwide and at a lower cost than other 3G handsets. In addition to the communications support, the platform will include a baseband processor, an application processor with multimedia functionality and a reference design including audio and power supply. It will also incorporate an operating system, with Symbian being the first supported. The companies expect to complete development of the platform in the second quarter 2008. The initiative is the third conducted by some of the companies involved. The first platform supported W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS and the second, still in development, incorporates additional software components. By joining forces to develop such a platform, the phone manufacturers don't have to individually build components that are common across all the phones. That means they can reduce development time and cost and focus instead on creating unique features for their phones. Renesas will sell the platform worldwide, even though most of the partners are in Japan.
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Microsoftâs Windows CE surpassed Palm OS shipments in worldwide PDA operating systems market in 3Q. Worldwide personal digital assistant (PDA) shipments exceeded 2.8 million units, as Microsoft Windows CE
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The open-source software Linux is making a bigger dent in China&#39;s ever-galloping mobile phone market. US-based PalmSource, provider of Palm OS, a popular operating system powering
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Palm Inc.  on Wednesday  introduced a compact portable computer to accompany its Treo  smartphone, seeking to regain its competitive edge in the  crowded high-end handheld device market.
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With the release of Windows Mobile 6 at 3GSM, several companies have unveiled new phones based on the platform. Among them are a high end PDA phone from Toshiba, and smartphone devices from HP and HTC.
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InfoWorld - A pair of Taiwanese companies signed a technology agreement to develop 3G (third generation telecommunications) and 3.5G smartphones around the Windows Mobile OS, adding to the growing pool of companies developing mobile phones around the Microsoft software.
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In an effort to show wide support for its newest Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft Corp. is highlighting several announcements from handset makers on Monday at 3GSM in Barcelona.
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(InfoWorld) - Chinese telecommunication equipment maker ZTEÂ has developed a prototype handset that supports both GSM and China's homegrown 3G (third generation) standard. The slim clamshell-design U80 handset, which was on display at the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) Telecom World 2006 conference and exhibition in Hong Kong. offers support for both TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) as well as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) networks. ChinaÂ has yet to issue 3G licensesÂ or announce when 3G services will be available. The country is widely expected to issue at least one or more licenses for TD-SCDMA, a 3G technology largely developed in China. A dual-mode handset that supports TD-SCDMA and GSM would allow users toÂ switch between future 3G services and GSM networks, currently the most widely deployed cellular technology in China. The U80's main display is a 262,000-color TFT (thin film transistor) LCD (liquid crystal display) screen with a resolution of 176 pixels by 220 pixels. A secondary display on the outside of the clamshell is a CSTN (color super-twist nematic) LCD screen with a resolution of 96 pixels by 64 pixels. The phone's other features include a 1.3-megapixel camera that can swivel 180 degrees, allowing users to use the camera for video calls or to take photos. The software included support for English and the simplified Chinese characters used in China, as well as a media player capable of playing MP3 and AAC+ audio files, as well as MPEG4 and H.263 video files. Telecom World runs through Friday.
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(InfoWorld) - Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson believes companies will be able to make 3G (third generation) mobile phones for as little as $70 next year as component makers step up their efforts to simplify the handsets, an executive said. The low-cost 3G handset would likely allow users to browse the Internet, and use messaging and voice services, according to Sean Gowran, president of Ericsson Taiwan. Low-cost handsets have been aÂ buzzword in the industryÂ for the past few years as a way to tune more people into the existing global GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) wireless network. The GSM Association (GSMA) has evenÂ launched a contestÂ to inspire mobile phone makers to create a low-cost 3G handset, an idea similar to their contest a year ago aimed at producing a GSM handset for under $30.Â Motorola won that contest. Demand for the low cost GSM phonesÂ has been brisk in emerging markets such as China and India this year, where mobile phone use is growing at frantic pace. India recently announced its strongest month ever for wireless subscriber growth, at 6.71 million people in October. The figure brings its total to 136.22 million subscribers, up from 75.9 million at the end of last year, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. By 2010, there will be 405 million mobile phone subscribers in India, according to market researcher iSuppli, thanks to ultra-low-cost handsets. In China, theÂ number of wireless handset usersÂ climbed to 449.02 million at the end of October, up from 393 million at the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Information Industry, that country's telecom industry regulator. Ericsson believes that efforts to reduce costs have had a big impact on the mobile phone industry. Cheaper components, and fewer components will be vital to efforts to develop a $70 3G handset. "The number of components is dropping dramatically," said Gowran. Fewer components reduces manufacturing complexity and can allow handset makers to reduce materials costs. The difference between a low-cost 3G handset and a high-end one will be huge, he said. An advanced handset with all the latest features, smart phone computing capabilities, the latest digital camera functions, multimedia applications with plenty of memory and the ability to use push mail and mobile TV will still be more expensive at around $500. Gowran also clarified that the $70 target is not an end-user price, but a cost-to-make price, and that Ericsson would not be producing such phones since it does not build mobile handsets anymore. The Sony Ericsson Mobile CommunicationsÂ joint venture with Sony took over all Ericsson handset production, and Gowran said he could not speak on behalf of the company. The original talk regarding low-cost 3G handsets was given by Robert Puskaric, the head of the mobile platforms division at Ericsson, at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 conference in Hong Kong. The exhibition runs through Friday.
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InfoWorld - Nokia is getting ready to ship mobile phones based on China&#39;s homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile standard.