Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Vague ideas that wireless technology would let you conduct e-commerce transactions on an airline flight or stay connected across the continent are giving way to more realistic notions. For example, the most powerful applications may be ones in which the proverbial traveling salesman stops to sync up his wireless device with back-end systems only once a day. That's the pragmatic message from a panel of wireless industry observers assembled for a "virtual roundtable" on wireless strategy.
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IBM to offer Nokia's mobile VPN system to enterprises. Move could help Nokia penetrate the corporate market [InfoWorld: Top News]
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IBM tells carriers to make big changes. Carriers must implement new technologies, business models to grow [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Three Questions for IBM. Q&A: IBM's "gadget guy" identifies the headaches -- and ROI opportunities -- of wireless and mobile applications in the enterprise. [Computerworld App Development News]
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Compatibility Clashes. In the early days of wired networks interoperability was a big problem. In the unwired world of today, it still is, says columnist Mark Hall. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Glenn Fleishman: Quality of Servitude. Here's where I hope I represent Bob, David Reed, and David Isenberg's arguments correctly: it's better to focus on having more bandwidth than more intelligent networks. That is, forget about the fascist task of deciding that certain network traffic is more important than other network traffic. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Voice-Mail Alert!. New voice-mail alert systems automatically forward phone numbers of calls left on office voice-mail systems to the cell phones of mobile workers. That cuts air time costs while extending the functionality of office systems to mobile workers. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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High-speed connections surge. A 70 percent surge last year in subscriber numbers shows just how much Americans love their high-speed Internet connections, according to government figures. [CNET News.com]
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EBN reports on Bluetooth chip prices falling.
The OEM cost of adding Bluetooth capability to a device will cross the sub-$5 threshhold for silicon and passive components in 2003, declining to the mid-$3 range by 2006, according to Seamus McAteer, an analyst at Zelos Group LLC, San Francisco. The price break, McAteer said, will largely be a function of consumer acceptance driving production volume.
[The Bluetooth Weblog]
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Limits Sought on Wireless Internet Access. The Defense Department is seeking new limits on wireless Internet access, arguing that it could interfere with military radar. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]
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New Premise in Science: Get the Word Out Quickly, Online. A group of prominent scientists is challenging the leading scientific journals with the creation of two peer-reviewed online journals this week. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology]
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