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Wednesday, November 15
AllNetDevices : E-Book Format Aims at Kids The format integrates traditional print reading and animation, music, narration, and interactivity read more...
AllNetDevices : Palm Rolls Out Wireless Kit Using the kit, the handhelds connect to the Internet via infrared, if the phone supports it, or a separately-sold cable. read more... Tuesday, November 14
Forbes: Swiss 3G Auction Cancelled The Swiss government cancelled its third-generation wireless auction today after failing to round up enough willing participants to compete for four 3G licenses. Bidding was supposed to begin this morning and was expected to net between $4 billion and $5 billion. read more...
BBC : Wear the parts on your sleeve The first cloth keyboards should go on sale early next year said the spokesman. Future applications could be a fabric phone, smart car seats or computerised trousers. read more...
San Fran Chronicle : Headed Toward HANDHELDS Most analysts say Microsoft is attempting to dominate the handheld market the way its Windows software has come to dominate the desktop, a charge Microsoft does little to deny. read more... Sunday, November 12
Symbian : Wireless User Scenarios A businesswoman in the year 2002 is travelling from San Francisco to Paris on a business trip. On her way to the airport she narrowly misses a traffic delay. She avoids the traffic jam because her Smartphone beeps, read more...
ComputerWorld : Keep Wireless Simple Murray Kennedy, a truck driver for Landstar System Inc., needs to make only seven keystrokes on his wireless data phone to search for and find a load, determine its destination and compute his revenue, thanks to a wireless information system developed by Landstar within just six months. read more...
RedHerring : Are you ready for wireless ads? Norm was broadcasting to me from a motion-sensitive speaking advertisement, which is designed to pound a message into one of the most captive audiences available. That's the same type of audience wireless ads are designed for, only ads on your cell phone or Palm Pilot are likely to be targeted toward much more specific demographics. read more...
GuardianUnlimited : Lavazza wires caffeine to the web The technology will allow caffeine addicts to brew a cup to their preferred strength without leaving their computer terminals. read more...
WAPLand : WAP Phones And The Curse of Malformed Content Remember back in the early days of the Internet, visiting pages which came out horribly mangled because you had the wrong kind of browser? It's now a big problem on mobile phones, and particularly the cheaper ones read more... |
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| " it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value." Boston Post 1865 |