Year: <span>2004</span>
Year: 2004

Year: 2004

ACCESS Announces First Full-Featured Browser for QUALCOMM'S BREW

ACCESS, a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, today announced that its NetFront v3.0 microbrowser is now available for QUALCOMM’s BREW(R) solution. With NetFront for BREW, mobile operators and handset manufacturers will have access to the some of the most advanced mobile browsing technology in the world. The company announced the product at the BREW 2004 Developers Conference being held June 7-9 in San Diego, California.

Fujitsu for FeliCa F900iC 3G FOMA

Yet another important pre-launch milestone for FeliCa, the break-through IC chip technology we feel is going to turn Japan’s mobile phones into e-wallets from next year, has been announced by Fujitsu: The company will incorporate the hardware it its next-generation F900iC handsets a scant 8 weeks from now. These new handsets, as we have argued in a series of articles over the last six months, have a very good chance of sparking a revolution in the way keitai are used in Japan.

Digital Broadcast to Mobile Phones

Satellite Broadcast to Mobile PhonesKDDI R&D Laboratories have jointly developed a mobile-phone terminal that receives digital terrestrial TV broadcasts with interactive services in conjunction with NHK Science and Technical Research Labs. The two companies are the first in Japan to develop such a product in advance of digital TV broadcasting aimed at mobile terminals, which is due to commence in fiscal 2005. We visited NHK’s open house for a peek at the prototype, a modified Hitachi W11H 3G handset. The demonstration allowed users to watch a newscast and scroll through a menu of relevant links to view different segments, like weather forecasts or sports highlights. Full Program Run-time 4:26, also available in Real Player and QT formats.

NEC's Software Verification System Cuts Mobile LSI Development Costs

NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation today announced that they have succeeded in increasing efficiency of the development of software that operates complicated system LSI used in digital appliances and mobile phones through the development of a software verification system that substantially reduces development cost and time of system LSI.

LG Electronics' Vision for 3G

LG Electronics announced its vision of “Global Top 3 by 2006,” a vision to rank among the top three handset makers in the world, on June 4 in the presence of 2006 employees. LG plans to run global R&D centers in China, Europe, then in North America, Asia/Central Asia and Latin America. The company integrated GSM and CDMA handset units into one business group as of June 1st, and is gearing up for the launch of their one-chip, dual-mode “world phone” integrating CDMA and GSM.

Multimedia Cellys: TV and FM Go Mobile

If you’ve been watching Japan technology news lately — or better yet, logging onto WirelessWatch.jp — you’ll have noticed an increasing amount of coverage devoted to the new multimedia cell phones. These are basically cell phones that have been adapted to include analog TV and FM radio broadcast receiver chips. The idea is to integrate the TV or radio receiver chip into the phone to enable mobile users to watch regular terrestrial TV broadcasts or listen to FM radio. Full program run-time: 4:52

Portable Reportable audio updates are short, 3- to 5-minute news items in MP3 format. You can listen via PC or download and copy to your portable player for tomorrow morning’s commute. — Eds.