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Vol: 2 Iss: 6 |
Our wonderful world of wireless is always a popular topic in the news these days. It is the latest 'big thing' in the technology world, and unwired devices are one of the most quickly adopted technologies in history. Lately, though, cropping up alongside the product announcements and a... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,385 |
No need to do everything at once. Start out small if you wish, and see what works best. There are two approaches to getting started. One is to do a strategic plan and rollout for the entire enterprise. The other is to begin with a limited pilot in which a single business area is mobili... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 6,927 Replies: 1 |
For many application developers, the fastest, easiest way to introduce a mobile solution was to 'chop down' an existing Web-based application. Users that had a device with a browser could then access the applications. However, because the resulting applications were not designed for th... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 11,887 |
Texas Instruments' chips dominate the wireless world, but unlike Intel, the dominant player in the wired world, its branding is nonexistent. Consequently, not many end users know they're there. As Intel now advances into the handheld space, WBT asks Danni Glaeden-Dreen from TI's wirele... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 5,415 |
While 3G crawls forward without any sign of speeding up its deployment in Europe, companies such as NTT and British Telecom are quietly escalating their Wireless LAN plans. Although 802.11b, or Wi-Fi as it's commonly known, has been around for awhile, it has always seemed to be the poo... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,685 |
As a platform for games and entertainment, the mobile phone seems to have ascended to a position that now demands serious attention. At the E3 convention in Los Angeles this past May, it seemed that an entire generation of growth and development had occurred in less than 12 months. Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,502 |
We are almost halfway through 2002 and I am still waiting for the flying cars. I was promised flying cars. Today is the future. The future was supposed to be filled with mystery and innovation: teleportation, jet packs, and perhaps a Cubs World Series. Yet I look around and the world l... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,575 Replies: 1 |
The remaining obstacle to the explosion of the mobile Internet is to acknowledge that the existing 50-year-old telephone keypad is no longer appropriate as a telephone interface...and to replace it with a new interface that is. Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 5,891 |
Research In Motion's BlackBerry wireless e-mail device has enjoyed a competition-free market for quite awhile. Over the past few months, a number of new products have started to appear with similar functionality, but will they be able to challenge the market leader? Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,196 |
Wireless data communications is a fascinating technology. The idea that a clean digital signal can be extracted from the analog soup of RF communications is audacious in concept and even more so in the implementations that are either currently available or being planned for the next fe... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,091 |
The debate continues over the three primary location technologies being deployed throughout the U.S. to support the E911 emergency mandate. U-TDOA, the leading network-based location methodology, has some unique characteristics that also make it an attractive choice for the emerging co... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,605 |
 What role has 802.11 played in the past, and how will that affect various vertical markets in the future? Here are some practical applications and implications brought about by the new innovation of the standards.Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 6,152 |
A secure mobile payment system is essential if m-commerce is to reach its potential. The most-popular method used credit cards has failed in this area, and fallen prey to astronomical levels of fraud and theft. Now, Paybox, a relatively new company with an authorization system that... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,828 |
How can your corporate network possibly be susceptible to drive-by hacking if your IS department hasn't set up or authorized any wireless LANs? Easily! A significant number of employees are setting them up on corporate campuses...without authorization. Read on for tips on how to protec... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,307 |
What wireless aficionados really want are devices that work like they have an Energizer Bunny inside, preferably on steroids. We want them to keep going and going...but they don't. Enter the Los Alamos National Labs, where scientists are going beyond Wi-Fi and radio frequency technolog... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 6,986 |
In Japan, not all the low-hanging fruit has been picked it looks like there's still lots of room for the Big D competitors to grab increased market share, for an additional reordering of market share holdings, and for overall growth in the national subscriber base. Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,028 |
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