Thursday, May 8, 2003

Its chips will go into 20% of the 450 million cell phones sold this year, but some analysts are picking up short-term static.
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T-Mobile Integrates Voice and HotSpot Billing. Nearly 18 months after T-Mobile (formerly VoiceStream Wireless) picked up wireless hotspot firm MobileStar, the company is getting around to providing unified billing. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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A New Palm Powerhouse. A review of the Tungsten C, the first Palm device with integrated Wi-Fi. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
3:50:38 PM    comment   

Flexible E-Paper on Its Way. Inching closer to the dream of electronic newspapers and books, scientists have created an ultra-thin computer screen that can be bent, twisted and even rolled into a cylinder without losing its image quality. Its creators say it's the first flexible computer screen of its kind. [Wired News]
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Scientists Fabricate Pliable Electronic Display [Scientific American]
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Cheap Bridging Takes Off. Zyxel to offer up to six bridged connections: It's a small but growing story that the wireless distribution system (WDS) is starting to appear in a number of consumer/small-business access points. WDS allows you to use multiple APs on a single channel to bridge network traffic to a master unit. Of course, the problem is that you massively reduce available bandwidth in your wireless pool by sharing the same channel, but you also reduce your wiring costs and make bridged networks possible where before you'd have to buy either very expensive equipment, a set of Linksys devices, or make lots of compromises. Apple's AirPort Extreme Base Station support up to four slaves pointing to a master in a point-to-multipoint configuration, but I haven't tested their version of WDS with other vendors.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
12:51:33 PM    comment   

Wayport, Concourse Team Up Again. A baffling press release says Wayport and Concourse Communications will partner to offer hot spot service at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport: Why baffling? Because Concourse launched service there in April 2002. Huh. In any case, Wayport's involvement means that more networks will have direct access. Previously, iPass was the gatekeeper, instead of a partner, and iPass charges per session; they don't have a flat rate. With Wayport in the picture in Minneapolis and at LaGuardia, Boingo and other network customers will have up to unlimited access under the terms of their monthly plans, or pay the per-session rates if they're on a pay-as-you-go basis.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
12:50:27 PM    comment   

Voice, Cell Convergence. Comprehensive reporting on the state of cell operators merging services with Wi-Fi: What's coming? Combined Wi-Fi/cell handsets, combined services, combined billing. T-Mobile will offer its voice customers hot spot service on the same bill. Seamless handoff between networks is also on many people's agendas, but they're concerned about making sure customers are aware of the cost change. And, Wi-Fi is the gap-filling technology for cell operators as they gear up to faster cell speeds.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
12:50:09 PM    comment   

m-Payments for Edinburgh parking meters. Don't flash the cash [The Register]
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Team targets 802.15.3 for wireless video networks. Potentially much faster than 802.11 [The Register]
12:48:56 PM    comment   

Linux Appliance Software Adds Wi-Fi. Cybernet's NetMAX Professional is getting support for 802.11 so it can turn the Red Hat Linux boxes it powers into more than just server, but also into access points. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
12:48:08 PM    comment   

Palm Strikes a Deal with RIM. The handheld maker will make RIM's wireless e-mail software available to its licensees. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
12:47:53 PM    comment   

Microsoft Taps Transmeta For Mira. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based low-power chipmaker gets a vote of confidence as part of a new portable Wi-Fi smart display that Redmond will roll out next year. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
12:47:36 PM    comment   

Xplore Rolls Out Tablet PC. The company's tablet is military tough and can support multiple wireless radios, including 802.11b, CDMA and GSM/GPRS. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
12:46:43 PM    comment   

Soft Access Points on the Way. Before the end of the year a couple of software solutions should turn wireless boxes into access points: PCTEL's will work with just about any laptop, while chip-designer Synad's uses its software to make instant dual-band access points with its Mercury silicon. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
12:46:25 PM    comment   

Newer, Smaller, Faster, and Not in Stores Now. When a gadget is so new that its not even here yet, a few Web sites can help you get it. By Jeffrey Selingo. [New York Times: Technology]
12:46:04 PM    comment   

Roving Instant-Message Pad Supplants the Portable Phone. Motorola, the electronic communications giant that got its start as one of the first makers of car radios 75 years ago, is introducing a device that just might persuade many teenage fans of online chatting to sever their ties to the computer mother ship. By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Technology]
12:45:43 PM    comment   

A Phone for Crime-Stoppers That Is Always at Hand. Many are those who have fished in pocket or purse for a ringing cellphone but failed to find it in time. DoCoMo, the big Japanese mobile phone provider, has addressed that issue with a wristwatch that doubles as a cellphone, like the one Dick Tracy wore in the comics. By Ken Belson. [New York Times: Technology]
12:44:28 PM    comment   

DoCoMo Is Back, Leading Japan's Cellphone Market. NTT DoCoMo, led by Keiji Tachikawa, is finally beginning to recover from staggering losses. By Ken Belson. [New York Times: Technology]
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A Once and Present Innovator, Still Pushing Buttons. If anyone is up to the task of cracking the market for small businesses online, it is Dan Bricklin, who has spent most of his career as an entrepreneurial small-businessman. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]
12:43:49 PM    comment   

Idaho Police Department Installs WLAN Gear. The Post Falls, Idaho, police department has deployed a Wi-Fi-based network, providing 11Mbit/sec. data rates to cruisers that patrol a 60-square-mile area. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
12:42:21 PM    comment   

IBM launches mobile application Jumpstart kit. IBM is hoping companies to test drive its mobile middleware with a starter version of its Web Everyplace Access and hardware from Palm. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Case study: Deutsche Bank tries to marry wireless and security. Bank officials said any company looking to bolster wireless security should start with its own internal policies, then be aggressive in shutting down rogue access points and bolstering security for hardware and software. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Companies still fighting rogue WLANs. The fight goes on against unauthorized access points as companies work to prevent WLAN clients on home systems from injecting Trojan horses into business networks. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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