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Sony Announces New Clie for Japan

This may be the exception that proves the rule, but Sony shows that the PDA isn’t quite dead yet (at least not in Japan) with their latest, the multimedia PEG-VZ90. The biggest news is that it’s the first Palm with an OLED screen, but besides that it also plays back MPEG-4 video and both ATRAC3 and MP3 audio (hallelujah!), includes 802.11b wireless, and has a CF card slot that will take both communications and memory cards (plus the inevitable Memory Stick slot. According to Sony’s press release (in Japanese) this unit hits the street here at the end of September.

Buyer to Acquire Location Technology Assets of Kivera, Inc.

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., a global leader in wireless data technology, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Kivera, Inc., subject to customary conditions to closing. Kivera brings to TCS leading, proven wireless and internet-based location application software, geo-data professional service contracts, relationships with marquee customers, and leading geographical data sources.

Freetel Korea Adopts Mobile Java

Sun Microsystems expects that local mobile-phone operator KT Freetel’s decision to use Sun’s Java technology for mobile data services will speed the development of the non-voice mobile-phone applications that are increasingly becoming a focus of competition. KTF’s decision follows a Korean government mandate that mobile-phone carriers use the homegrown “Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability” (WIPI) from next year for mobile Internet access and data applications.

iPAQ's 1xEV-DO SwingPhone

Korean Telecom’s booth at ITU Telecom Asia 2004 is showing off the new HP iPAQ rw6100-series Pocket PC (the “iPAQ SwingPhone”) using the CDMA 1X EV-DO system combined with a wireless LAN 802.11b module. The PDA-style terminal [.jpg image] uses KT’s “NESPOT” service enabling high-speed mobile network connection using the Windows Mobile 2003 OS on the Intel PXA270 520MHZ chip. It boasts 128MB of flash memory over the 64MB of onboard RAM.