Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Belkin Designs PC-Less Video Extender. Belkin on Tuesday announced a wireless remote technology that would beam live video to a remote monitor. [eWEEK Technology News]
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Manga for Mobile: Video Preview. WMP 400k Real 400k QT 500k Japan's 3G networks enable new types of high-bandwidth mobile content that weren't viable under 2G for either economic or technical reasons. One of the coolest is mobile manga, delivering full-color comic book ... [Wireless Watch Japan]
7:10:25 PM    comment   

Freetel Korea Adopts Mobile Java. Korea Herald, 13 September 2004 Sun Microsystems expects that local mobile-phone operator KT Freetel's decision to use Sun's Java technology for mobile data services will speed the development of the non-voice mobile-phone applications that are increasingly becoming a focus of competition. KTF's de... [Wireless Watch Japan]
7:06:22 PM    comment   

MobileTV: Hype or Reality?. By Philip Sugai, 8 September 2004 With KDDI's May 2004 announcement that they had developed handsets with embedded digital TV tuners and ample battery life, and with NHK, Mobile Broadcasting Corp., and others promising direct-to-mobile broadcasts, TV is again being widely touted as the "next bi... [Wireless Watch Japan]
6:58:22 PM    comment   

Shell Pipeline Cuts Paper Sludge With Mobile Tracking System. Shell Pipeline cuts through paper sludge with Infowave's mobile tracking system. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
6:57:53 PM    comment   

Boston's Beth Israel to pilot PanGo's asset tracking technology. When the asset-tracking project goes live on Oct. 1, the hospital expects to be able to better track patients, clinicians and critical equipment. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
6:54:48 PM    comment   

Polaris locates some real value in mobile location. Location based services have been touted as the big revenue opportunity for mobile. After all, almost everyone carries a mobile phone, and surely we all want to find the nearest ATM, fast food outlet or parking space? [IT-Director.com - Mobile and Wireless]
6:53:26 PM    comment   

Intuwave tests mobile revenues. What does the future hold for mobile phones? More smart devices, more high volume shipments, and more complexity. For all of the industry from manufacturers, operators to independent software vendors this means there is much more to go wrong. [IT-Director.com - Mobile and Wireless]
6:52:32 PM    comment   

Hey - send me a voicemail, Anita!. One way to create a new success is by product line extension. Take a good idea and extend it. Even better, take two good ideas and combine them. So what are the successful applications for a mobile phone? [IT-Director.com - Mobile and Wireless]
6:51:59 PM    comment   

Nic Wolff's single-signon bookmarklet. As has been widely noticed in recent days, Nic Wolff's password generator is a brilliant hack. It hashes a passphrase with the domain name of the site you're on and fills in the password field on the page. Each site's password is unique; you need only remember a single passphrase; the passphrase is only handled locally. Sweet. ... [Jon's Radio]
6:27:05 PM    comment   

Let a Thousand Ideas Flower: China Is a New Hotbed of Research. In recent years, hundreds of multinational companies have set up research laboratories in China. By By CHRIS BUCKLEY. [The New York Times > Technology]
6:26:09 PM    comment   

Satellite Service Battles Lag. Satellite internet service providers are often the only alternative to dialup in far-flung areas. The battle with latency still rages, although companies are making gains in upload speeds. By Elliot Borin. [Wired News]
6:25:11 PM    comment   

Aural Heaven: IPod and Analog. In high-tech Japan, an antiques dealer pioneers a new way to listen to digital music -- by piping the tunes through tube radios. Nobuyuki Hayashi reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]
6:24:08 PM    comment   

Technology Review: Wireless Gets Up Close. When comparing wireless transmission range, longer is almost always better. Yet the developers of a new technology called Near Field Communications, or NFC, boast not about how long a distance it works over, but how short. With a range of just 10 centimeters, NFC can get by with a very small, low-cost radio transmitter that draws only a pittance of power. [Tomalak's Realm]
6:22:48 PM    comment   

AT&T Wireless's Ogo Appears.

att_ogo.jpg imageEngadget snagged pics of the new AT&T Wireless OGO messenger from the FCC and it looks a lot like what we've been expecting - sort of a cut-rate Sidekick 2, minus all the cellphone parts of the phone. They're reporting that the Instant Messaging clamshell will be available to AT&T Wireless customers for only $15 a month, and an inside source of ours is reporting that the price should around $100 when it hits the streets before the end of September (treat that as rumor, of course, until we can double up on sources).

Looks like a fun device, and with AIM, MSN, and Yahoo messaging built-in, as well as email and SMS, it could be a very useful little gadget for anybody - not just the kids they are marketing it to. Hopefully the interface is as polished as the Sidekick II, as well.

Read - AT&T Wireless[base '] ogo is a go go [Engadget]

Update: Super intern Liam found the FCC document itself, filled with many a'picture for your viewing. It's sort of an ugly little cuss, but I still think it could be a big product for the Death Star.
Read - FCC Document [PDF] [FCC]

[Gizmodo]
6:20:01 PM    comment   

Yahoo! snaps up Musicmatch. $160m cash purchase to propel digital music market entry [The Register]
6:17:07 PM    comment   

Group Sense readies Palm OS 5.4 smart phone. Nokia-size screen, slide-out keyboard [The Register]
5:07:57 PM    comment   

Greenlight Wireless, Plaxo Ink Deal. IRVINE, Calif.--Greenlight Wireless Corp. today announced signing a deal... [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
5:07:25 PM    comment   

Open Road for Freescale. Freescale Semiconductor Inc., the Motorola spin-off, is in a good position to have the scales tip in their favor in the UWB race, say market analysts. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
5:04:31 PM    comment   

Nokia's Brighter Days. After being shadowed by a big cloud, Nokia says brighter days and better numbers are ahead for this quarter. Plus, the handset giant dials up three new phones. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
5:03:56 PM    comment   

Spectrum Happy. The Federal Communications Commission designates more spectrum on which more advanced wireless services can ride. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
5:03:16 PM    comment   

China Breach. Yes, China is a hot market for wireless services. Yup, it's enjoying a robust economy. So why are operators and handset vendors in China watching profits sink, asks ABI. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
5:02:32 PM    comment   

Lebesgue integration for fun and profit. Gregory Narain summarizes at Corante the arguments why pull-based publish/subscribe messaging will supercede push-based email. To me, there[base ']s an interesting follow-on from this. We[base ']re seeing the further elimination of the middleman from your communications system. Up until now you[base ']ve had... [Telepocalypse]
5:00:21 PM    comment   

Economical with the truth. This evening I[base ']m sat in the rather chilly lobby of the Holiday Inn in Ellsworth, Maine. The surroundings (beyond the strip mall) are gorgeous, the weather today was perfect, and dinner was delicious. So why am I frustrated and feeling... [Telepocalypse]
4:41:47 PM    comment   

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