Mobilog

Friday, June 6, 2003

Worth the time to view [courtesy of Joe Barone]
4:51:55 PM

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".....Microsoft is also betting on mesh networks -- Gates believes that by spreading WiFi backhall among large numbers of clients, WiFi will facilitate broadband for everyone that may serve to replace cellular networks under many circumstances. Gates predicts mesh networks will be mainstream in the next 5 years and he's presumably already looking to build software to address the problems associated with the multiplicity of base stations....."
4:50:39 PM

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PSP will support both stereo sound and MPEG4 video. MPEG 4 is a new standard that compresses video down to a size that is suitable for handheld devices like mobile phones, PDAs and so on. And given Sony's place as a media entertainment giant with both a movie studio and a record label to support, it stands to reason that PSP is going to be a lot more than just a gaming machine. Ever notice, for example, that Sony's Playstation 2 also makes a fair DVD player?
4:14:11 PM

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Easy Deployment But Slow Adoption on Campus. California State Polytechnic University at Pomona's WLAN deployment was relatively pain-free, but the university is still trying to increase user adoption after discovering that proprietary technology that solved their security problem kept users away in droves. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
4:12:10 PM

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Reading the Palm and Handspring Deal. ANALYSIS: The PDA deal of the year is chock full of technology and emotion. Bottom line, say analysts, is these two companies needed each other. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
4:11:25 PM

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FCC Proposes to Free More Spectrum for Wireless Broadband. If ultimately approved, new rules would increase unlicensed spectrum availability by 80 percent. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
4:11:02 PM

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Motorola Unveils Connected Home Division. The company forms a new unit to sell networking gear -- including wireless cable modem gatesways and digital set-top boxes -- to consumers. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
4:08:56 PM

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MSN Direct Wants a Hit With SPOT. Coming this fall to a smart watch near, or perhaps on you: Microsoft's new wireless information and messaging service. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
4:08:25 PM

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Virgin Train Hot Spots. Virgin adds hot spots to two more of the stations it serves by train: A separate firm is handling the service, which is currently free while in trial. It's long been suspected that railway stations in Europe would become significant Wi-Fi hot spot locations because of the sheer amount of time people spend in them. Also, people settled into trains before they leave could continue to use the hot spots.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
4:07:29 PM

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Sybase: It's the Apps, Stupid. Sybase to spend $25M to improve using business apps over Wi-Fi: First AT&T, now Sybase. It's a trend as we move into another part of the business cycle for the industry. First, it's basic technology. Then, building out reliable infrastructure. Next, security fears overwhelm and are hyped. Finally, real utility emerges and the issues of providing consistent, seamless experience appear.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
4:06:34 PM

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Villages in India Adopt Wi-Fi. 200 villages in India band together for Wi-Fi: Small villages have formed a cooperative to build out Wi-Fi access.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
4:06:17 PM

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Wi-Fi for Voice. It's not a new idea, but it's starting to percolate down: Travelers might use voice over Wi-Fi instead of very expensive cell long distance when roaming. (I've toyed with buying Vonage service, and bringing the box with me when I travel so I can make unlimited calls and receive incoming calls when in a hotel room or anywhere I can bridge to a wired to Wi-Fi connection.)... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
4:06:01 PM

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Spokane Gets 220 Sq Miles of Coverage. Local wISP installs antennas enough for huge areas: No mention in the article of having to more specifically target for point-to-point uses. $40 per month for service, but no bandwidth listed.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
4:05:37 PM

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Sybase to invest $25M in Wi-Fi application development. Research efforts will include improving wireless software security, local caching of data and roaming abilities. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
4:00:48 PM

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Palm/Handspring offshoot seen as strong wireless competitor. The combination of Palm and Handspring will prove to be a strong competitor in wireless markets against both Microsoft and cell phone vendors, according to users and analysts. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
4:00:32 PM

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When Palm Does a Deal, Prices Get Crazy. The story of Palm and Handspring provides insights into how hard it is to make money even with a successful technology. [New York Times: Business]
3:57:27 PM

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Phoning Over Wi-Fi Getting Easier. Palm owners will shortly be able to use Wi-Fi networks to make phone calls. Getting the devices to work well may be tricky for now, but it will get easier. And the cell-phone industry may be in for a big surprise, analysts say. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
3:47:10 PM

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Communications Central in a Small, Colorful Package. Danger now comes in 65,536 colors - that is, the new T-Mobile Sidekick from Danger Inc. The Sidekick, a wireless communicator for telephone, e-mail, Web browsing and instant messaging tasks, first appeared last year with a monochrome screen but has upgraded to a 240-by-160-pixel color display. That is not the only improvement: the new Sidekick packs twice as much of everything under the hood. It now has 32 megabytes of memory and can hold 2,000 contacts and 50 text notes. By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology]
3:46:56 PM

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Following a trend by wireless players to chip away at Qualcomm Inc.?s stranglehold on the CDMA market, Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced a joint development program to offer chipsets for cdma2000 1x and 1xEV-DV.
3:24:18 PM

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