BlackBerry to Debut in China This Month
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After eight years of attempting to break into the Chinese cellular market, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has received clearance to begin selling the popular devices in the country.
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Research in Motion has obtained permission from Beijing to sell its popular Blackberry mobile email device in mainland China, the world&#39;s biggest cell phone market, media said Wednesday.
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Research In Motion expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company&#8217;s CEO said Wednesday.
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(InfoWorld) - Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), the largest maker of mobile handsets that run the Windows Mobile OS, plans to launch a smartphone that looks like a BlackBerry, complete with a QWERTY keypad, by the end of the year. The handset, code-named Excalibur, is designed to promote theÂ push e-mailÂ function of Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and compete with the popular BlackBerry service offered by Research In Motion. The device, and otherÂ BlackBerry-like offeringsÂ entering the market, raise the stakes for RIM as it facesÂ increased competition. HTC's new handset will support a host of wireless functions, including GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication), EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment), WLAN (wireless-LAN) and Bluetooth, according to a person close to the matter. HTC declined to officially comment on the device. The device will likely be launched first by mobile phone service provider O2Â in Germany, with a QWERTZ keypad for the local market instead of QWERTY. Excalibur will then be offered in other areas of Europe. Pricing information was not available. More information about the HTC Excalibur can be found at the U.S. Federal Communications CommissionÂ (FCC) Web site.
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BEING - China Mobile may form a joint venture with Britain&#39;s Virgin Group to provide mobile communication service. Virgin Group had earmarked US$300 million for a mobile phone joint venture in China, the worlds
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Early next month, a small company called Cubic Telecom will release what itâs calling the first global mobile phone.
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Research In Motion has obtained the approvals to begin selling BlackBerry handsets in China.
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China is set to introduce a caller-pays policy for its two mobile telephone operators, allowing phone users to enjoy cheaper services as early as next month, a report has said.
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British Telecom is hoping to see annual revenues of $250m from its operations in China over the next three years.
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Research In Motion on Thursday introduced its latest BlackBerry phone called "Pearl," which takes a more stylish approach to handset design in attempt to appeal to both business users and consumers alike. Photos: View images of the BlackBerry Pearl
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(InfoWorld) - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications will launch late Thursday in Berlin six new phones, including a high-end Walkman-branded handset with around 9G bytes of internal Flash memory, according to a company spokeswoman. The music-centric Walkman will more than double the internal memory of previous models and will feature a newly designed media player and large-touch display for easy navigating. But, unlikeÂ Apple's planned iPhone, the new Walkman will include a keyboard. "Our new Walkman mobile phone isn't designed as a response to the iPhone but as a further development of the Walkman," the Sony Ericsson spokeswoman said. Sony Ericsson will also unveil the latest in its line of Cybershot camera phones, a 5-megapixel device. Several new accessories will be introduced in Berlin, including a GPS (global positioning system) unit that can be connected to a mobile phone and new Bluetooth headsets. What the Japanese-Swedish joint venture will not be announcing in Berlin is a new video game-mobile phone based on Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld device, the spokeswoman said. The blogosphere was full of rumors of a new PSP mobile phone after Japanese employees of Sony Ericsson last month filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a mobile phone with video game features. "The patent is registered; we register many patents," the spokeswoman said. "But we don't have a PSP mobile phone in the planning. I can't say that we won't see such a device in 10 years but there are no plans to build one at the present time." The spokeswoman said that the company's current focus is on music, imaging and the Web, but not on the PSP. Which isn't to say that PSP owners won't be able to make calls soon. Last month, British Telecommunications PLC (BT) announced its work on a software-based Internet telephony package for the portable device. The system will allow PSP users to make voice and video calls across a Wi-Fi network. Later it will be extended to cover calls and messages to PCs, fixed-line phones and cell phones. Â
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U.S. wireless technology firm and  chip supplier Qualcomm Inc.  is talking to potential  Chinese partners to prepare for the launch of third-generation  services, but its chief executive questioned on Tuesday the  market prospects for a homegrown standard Beijing is pushing.
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The popular BlackBerry service will finally launch in Taiwan this week after being delayed in order to gain regulatory approval, a company representative confirmed Monday.
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Chinese businessmen will soon be able to get their hands on Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry handset, following long months of delays getting approval to bring the devices to China.
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Motorola Inc. on Friday launched its  first online-game-playing mobile phone, picking China for the  initiative in a bid to tap into one of the world's top game  markets.
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Three big technology companies -- Microsoft, Palm and Vodafone -- are teaming up to take on Blackberry, the ubiquitous handheld device, with a new Treo 750v smart phone aimed at the European market.
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The smart phone market will grow more crowded Wednesday with the debut of two devices directed at opposite ends of the customer spectrum: a BlackBerry for consumers with a newfangled