Samsung picks Weatherbug

Samsung has partnered with WeatherBug, a weather source for Samsung's new widget platform, reports Business Wire.

The pre-installed WeatherBug widget will initially be available on the Samsung Omnia II, which will be available with Verizon Wireless in the coming months.

Samsung mobile users will be able to access current weather information from their mobile device offering live weather information for more than 45 000 locations worldwide.

Handset and IT distributor Brightstar has taken its BlackBerry pitch on the road to show IT resellers how to benefit from selling mobile competitively, writes Mobile News.

Brightstar and its IT distributor joint venture partner Computer 2000 have more than 11 000 dealers reselling mobile and IT services and hardware, and is looking to help its IT base add mobile to their business, as the two industries get closer.

The meeting showed just how far apart the two industries currently are despite the mobile side of the industry discussing IT and its importance for more than a year now. None of the IT resellers in the room admitted to knowing who Brightstar actually was, having dealt previously only with Computer 2000.

Sybase is partnering with Siemens Enterprise Communications to roll out an integrated mobile and fixed line voice and data solution, states TMCnet.

The Afaria solution has a central Web-based console that enables users to manage multiple devices, applications, data and communications.

Terry Stepien, president of Sybase iAnywhere, says: “As a result of this widespread adoption and to fully empower today's information workers, Sybase and Siemens are committed to helping enterprises overcome the management challenges that accompany rapidly emerging mobile technologies, including collaboration and unified communications.”