Devices and Endpoints

So...the new version of the iPhone will retail for $199 (8GB). Screeeeeech. That was the industry and the public at large saying: Say what? Announced by Steve Jobs today at the Apple developer’s conference, iPhone 2.0 also provides new functionality—the expected 3G capability (from the “it’s about time” file), plus GPS and a host of new compatible applications, including a ...

VoIP equipment maker Zultys Technologies has scored another distributor, a coup for a company that’s shedding the baggage from its 2006 bankruptcy and ensuing troubles with its founder. Zultys said on Thursday that NETXUSA Inc., a South Carolina-based distributor, will offer Zultys’ products to its resellers. NETXUSA will sell Zultys’ Media eXchange servers; resellers also will be able to bundle ...

Telecom equipment maker Avaya Inc. will slice 400 jobs by the end of May, the Associated Press reported late Wednesday afternoon. An Avaya spokeswoman blamed the weak economy and slow telecom equipment sales for the layoffs, which come after 600 positions were eliminated earlier this year. Most of the job losses will take place in Basking Ridge, N.J., where Avaya ...

Opera Software on Wednesday released the Opera Widgets SDK in beta, which will let developers deploy Web applications on any device. The Opera Widgets SDK features an emulator, libraries, documentation and Opera Dragonfly for debugging. It’s based on open standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), whose mission it is to create an Internet that can be treated ...

3G has finally come to the BlackBerry, and that likely has gear geeks and mobile professionals alike rejoicing. And announcing the BlackBerry 9000 “Bold” device at this point in time could be a very deliberate move: The signs point to the impending launch of the 3G iPhone, which Apple Inc. has made no bones about targeting to the enterprise. A block-and-tackle ...