Shelley Solheim

Ex-president Bill Clinton last week delivered the keynote address at the launch of a new business-focused search engine at Accoona.com. “When I became president in January of 1993, there were a grand total of 50 sites. When I left, there were 50 million, and now theres a countless number, which makes the work of Accoona […]

PalmSource Inc. announced last week its plans for a Linux version of Palm OS. To meet that end, company officials said last week the vendor will buy Chinese mobile phone software provider China MobileSoft Ltd., which has a Linux version for mobile devices that enables longer battery life and faster boot-up times, officials said. The […]

Wireless carrier Nextel Communications is shipping its first BlackBerry device with Bluetooth support. In addition to the built-in Bluetooth wireless connectivity and Research In Motions always-on e-mail capability, Nextels BlackBerry 7520 device lets users make voice calls or employ push-to-talk functionality. The BlackBerry 7520 is available for $299 with a two-year service contract agreement with […]

Some users of PalmOne Inc.s Treo 650 are reporting problems connecting their new Bluetooth-enabled smart phones with their Bluetooth car kits—a result of automakers not being in sync with the latest Bluetooth standards. “Bluetooth was the main reason that I purchased the Treo 650. Id been holding out and had not purchased the Treo 600 […]

No one expected the merger of two of the largest wireless service providers—creating the largest single provider—to go smoothly. But tell that to some AT&T Wireless customers just weeks after the companys merger with Cingular Wireless LLC. “Can anyone tell me what the merger really means for AT&T customers?” wrote one user at AT&T Wireless […]

The New Orleans Police Department has good news for motorists: The ticketing process is getting a whole lot faster in the Big Easy. The department, which issues roughly 150,000 traffic tickets a year, is in the process of rolling out a new mobile ticketing system that combines handheld devices and portable printers to speed the […]

With the need for wireless access to corporate e-mail and other business applications outpacing the ability to manage it, several vendors have updated their solutions to make it easier for administrators to deploy mobile applications. Good Technology Inc. this week will announce the newest version of its GoodLink remote data access device and server software. […]

To help mobile-device users more easily compose text messages in multiple languages, America Online subsidiary Tegic Communications has added new language support in the latest version of its T9 Text Input software for mobile phones and PDAs. New multilingual support in Version 7.2 lets users switch easily between multiple languages in text messages. The software […]

Recognizing that no one device satisfies all needs, Hewlett-Packard Co. is readying three new iPaq handheld devices that offer enterprises varying degrees of security, wireless capabilities, memory, battery life and cost. With mobile security in mind, the high-end iPaq hx2750 includes a built-in biometric fingerprint reader that allows users to access data on the device […]

Motorolas newest high-end cell phone, the half-inch-thick RAZR V3, is now shipping in the United States from Cingular Wireless. Packed into the flip phone are built-in Bluetooth wireless support, video playback, a VGA camera, a speakerphone and a quad-band antenna. The phones metal-alloy casing gives the thin form factor more stability, according to officials. The […]