• Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve 8900 may arrive in T-Mobile stores as soon as Feb. 11, according to the blog Tmonews.com. Early reviews of the device, which is already for sale in Germany, have been very positive.
• NBC Bay Area launched the NBC Bay Area Traffic Cam, a free service for commuters to receive live videos of traffic on mobile phones. The service is advertising-supported and works on a variety of carriers and handsets.
• DeviceAnywhere said its device testing service now works with the Google Android G1 smartphone. The G1 is sold by T-Mobile, which joined DeviceAnywhere’s network last summer.
• PCTEL acquired Wi-Sys Communications, an Ottawa-based company that specializes in GPS antenna and receiver technology. In 2008 Wi-Sys’ products and technology generated $2.2 million in revenue. PCTEL will pay $2.1 million for Wi-Sys and will fully integrate the Wi-Sys operations into its antenna products group.