Nathan Eddy

BARCELONA, Spain-Mobile handset maker LG did its best to steal the show on the first day of Mobile World Congress here, announcing, among other products, the world’s first “market-ready” 3G wristwatch phone, the world’s first “transparent design” phone and environmentally friendly (green) initiatives.In addition to the sort of James Bond-style handsets used mainly for show, […]

BARCELONA, Spain-IP and broadband communication company Alcatel-Lucent announced a slew of news on the first day of the 2009 Mobile World Congress here, including a certification by the WiMax Forum and a software module the company says enables service providers to expand the capabilities of their wireless networks through the rapid introduction of Long Term […]

BARCELONA, Spain-Nokia’s first day at Mobile World Congress wasn’t all about software and services, like the company’s Ovi application store, but about products as well. Nokia unveiled three new handsets: the E55 and E75, and an updated version of its GPS-enabled Navigator, the 6710, which has been synched up with Ovi.The Navigator 6710 boasts a […]

BARCELONA, Spain-At a press conference on the eve of the Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson executives Steve Walker and Lennard Hoornik unveiled a new video service; two sophisticated handsets, including a 12-megapixel touch-screen camera phone code-named Idou; and, perhaps most significantly, a new strategy called “Entertainment Unlimited,” centered around the concept of unlimited entertainment offerings. […]

BARCELONA, Spain– As location-based services continue to gain momentum, most notably with Google’s recent announcement of Latitude, it should come as little surprise that Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, hopes to grab a large part of the personalized application market.Nokia Executive Vice President Tero Ojanper??? used a keynote address to do just that, […]

While Washington lurches toward passing another economic stimulus package, Dell is reaching out to small- and medium-size business owners to help them stay afloat as the worldwide economic crisis ricochets onward. This week the company announced financing deals on select Latitude laptops and PowerEdge Energy Smart servers. Dell calls the “zero percent $1 buy-out lease […]

The mobile industry’s largest exhibition, GSMA Mobile World Congress, kicks off in Barcelona on Feb. 13. The four-day conference is expected to draw nearly 50,000 attendees and more than 1,000 exhibitors from across the globe.As the show draws nearer, rumors continue to circulate and whispered expectations are intensifying. But in the face of a tumultuous […]

With the number of Wi-Fi enabled devices, including the enormous range of smartphones, increasingly finding their way into small to medium-size businesses, it is hardly surprising to expect vendors and wireless Internet service providers to cater to midmarket companies. However, a report from ABI Research, which specializes in emerging trends in global connectivity, discovered the […]

Even though the economy is forcing many midmarket companies to cut costs and trim budgets, security–particularly data protection–is still a top priority. A survey by information technology research firm IDC reveals small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are increasingly adopting technologies like replication or disk-to-disk-to-tape backup, previously seen only in enterprise datacenters. The report, Data Protection […]

If the law firm of Quinn Emanuel, which bills itself as “the premier business litigation firm in the U.S.,” had a Facebook page, Wednesday’s status update might read something along the lines of “Quinn Emanuel is wishing it kept its mouth shut.” That’s because the firm’s public relations department accidentally disclosed the terms of what […]