Mobilog

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

10-4 on that Wi-Fi, good buddy?. In one of the largest projects of its kind, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based maker of trucking products is installing Wi-Fi hot spots in 200 truck stops in 35 states. [CNET News.com]
6:24:46 PM

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Sun seeks to simplify Java for wireless. The company announces two initiatives designed to make life easier for developers of Java applications for wireless devices and head off defections to rival programming languages. [CNET News.com]
6:23:52 PM

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FCC: More Spectrum for Wireless?. Despite the spectrum shortage, the FCC might dedicate some public airwaves to the wireless industry. Also: AT & #038;T Wireless scores a $511 million tax refund.... Nokia is forced to pay a $60,000 fine to the FCC.... all in Unwired News. By Elisa Batista [Wired News]
6:21:24 PM

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Mobile Service Delivery and partnerships from BEA. Market-ecture [The Register]
6:12:25 PM

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Apple to ship PPC970 Macs ahead of 64-bit OS X. Smoothing the upgrade path [The Register]
5:41:29 PM

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Intel COO Hypes Wi-Fi. In India, Intel's COO says Wi-Fi next big thing: In other news, he says water is wet, and pope Catholic. Intel's actions over the last several months are reminiscent of Microsoft's "the sleeping giant has awoken" behavior starting December 1995 when they "discovered" the Internet -- or rather realized that their MSN sandbox wouldn't hold all the kids. Intel is wisely focusing on things they can deliver: reliable connections, standardized interfaces, good technical support and feedback, and chain-of-supply quality from manufacturing to OEM interaction. The article contains notable errors, most obviously -- did you spot it already ... I can wait -- that there are 10,000 hot spots in Manhattan. In fact, there are over 14,000 access points in use, according to researcher Marcos R. Lara, but these are all manner of locations, not actual hot spots. There are maybe 200 to 300 actual intentional hot spots in Manhattan. (I've written AP, but they make it darned hard to report corrections.)... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
5:40:38 PM

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Wi-Fi Everywhere. Fortune describes Wi-Fi ubiquity through additional distance: Not too much blue sky here based on current technology that's being deployed in painting a picture of ubiquitous Wi-Fi at high speeds.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
5:40:04 PM

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Handhelds and Archipelagoes. Wi-Fi networks are archipelagoes of access which may prevent ease of handheld use: Stephen Wildstrom states the differences between using Wi-Fi-connected handhelds and those that employ the phone network with a kind of clarity that's often missing. Wi-Fi is fast, but spotty: an archipelago, he calls it, with islands scattered around. He points out the annoyances in roaming, and having to enter or join and pay many networks for continuous access. Cell-based service is superior for seamlessness and consistent pricing, but it's slow.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
5:39:15 PM

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GSM Association's WLAN Roaming Guidelines. GSM Association's document IR 61 provides their guidelines for WLAN roaming [PDF format]: A European colleague wrote to point me to this download, which was created by the cell standard group GSMA, members of which run the world's GSM networks. The document describes the procedures for handling authentication in a uniform manner for interoperator roaming.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
5:38:24 PM

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Sun Tunes Java for Intel XScale. The two companies ink a deal to license the software for smartphones and other mobile devices. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
5:35:34 PM

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Pervasive Computing in the Palm of Your Hand. At this week's JavaOne show, IBM plans to announce Palm among the list of new partner for Websphere Micro Environment; all new Tungstens to include Java component. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
5:33:59 PM

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Radio ID tags get Microsoft backing. The software titan says it is joining a venture to help develop standards for radio frequency tags intended for use in tracking retail goods. [CNET News.com]
5:32:23 PM

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A Look at the Wi-Fi Chip Makers. A new research report says the future holds single chip 802.11b/g solutions, tough times ahead for startups, and changes in who leads the market by next year (think 'Intel Inside'). [allNetDevices Wireless News]
5:25:40 PM

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Critics say Microsoft's incredible two-decade run at the top of the computer industry has less to do with innovation than it does with bully tactics. But new research from Harvard Business School professors Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack suggest a different reason: the company's ability to spot technological trends and exploit key software technologies.
4:16:30 PM

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