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NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile phone operator, plans to start delivering a music service on its wireless PHS (personal handyphone system) network later this month, allowing users to download online music onto their PHS phones.
By 2003, more Internet connections will be made by wireless devices than by standard PCs. This revolution in data connectivity will facilitate the creation of entirely new kinds of software applications. Unless you work for an accounting firm that's so conservative that they still have...
Telcos in Europe are finding it enormously difficult to generate revenues from their massive technological investment in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).
WBT is pleased to showcase some farseeing comments on the emerging new wireless Java world from our International Advisory Board member Simon Phipps, who filed the following article - wirelessly of course
Almost 1 million homes will be built in the United States this year. And in most cases, the story will be the same - missed deadlines, supplies delivered too late or too early, mistakes when placing orders.
With all the hype surrounding the wireless Internet and its promises of anytime, anywhere information availability, the introduction of a new computing technology may make companies skeptical to yet another new Internet medium.
Sweden, Europe's undisputed leader in the Internet, is with Finland the world leader in mobile telephony. It's estimated that 50% of all Swedes have a mobile phone and are connected to the Internet.
Many of the technologies in use today can be compromised in many ways, Bluetooth among them, yet they continue to be used because the benefits are deemed to outweigh the risks.
Many of the technologies in use today can be compromised in many ways, Bluetooth among them, yet they continue to be used because the benefits are deemed to outweigh the risks.
I admit it. I signed up for a few newsletters. Bought a few things online. Registered for an online sweepstakes or two. Okay, so I gave out my e-mail address like flyers on a New York sidewalk.
People thinking about wireless applications for business are in a dither about wireless technology and where it's going. Wireless will change a lot in the next few years. But instead of trying to predict the future of wireless standards…
Red lights flash in my mirror. I can't believe it - another speeding ticket and I'm already late for my morning meeting. As I wait 45 minutes for the police officer to copy my license, registration, and insurance information, my mind begins to wander
Here's your future. Everywhere you go, devices and services know who you are and act accordingly. When you walk into the kitchen, your refrigerator knows you. It pushes the things you like to the front of its shelves. When you get near your car, it unlocks and adjusts the seat, mirrors...
The golden rule of journalism is to examine Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? and Why Does It Matter?
The rise and fall of WAP as the darling of the media and venture capital world seems to have run its course. Yet the unqualified success of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service has both start-ups and technology industry titans like IBM and Sun .
nteroperability is currently the hottest topic in the wireless application space, and rightly so: many of the early promises and exciting ambitions of the industry have been frustrated by reality.
So, you've just led the successful creation of a full-featured Web site with a three-tier back end, and you've now been asked to lead the company's new wireless Web site project.
In the premier issue of WBT, I wrote about the question: What is it that slows down WAP traffic?
Before moving into a new apartment a few months ago, I did what any self-respecting technology-obsessed person would do - ensure that all the necessary staples of my existence would be turned on and tested before I arrived. The week before I planned to move in, I scheduled installatio...