Friday, October 11, 2002

Werbach on VoIP and WiFi Kevin Werbach has a few thoughts on opportunities for VoIP via WiFi, and references a couple of experiments/efforts in that area. I agree. I think the opportunity for coupling a variety of rich media messaging applications on top of WiFi makes tons of sense, but I suspect many of these will just leverage Internet-connected software (like Flash Player), streaming, and the built-in microphones/speakers/cameras in laptops and PDAs. Or so I hope. 9:38:51 PM    comment []

Borders Goes WiFi More great news for the emerging WiFi landscape. This one I picked up from 802.11b.weblogger.com, which offers up some good analysis, including conversations with principal actors from Borders and T-Mobile. Within 9 months, every Borders will offer WiFi service. Great! 9:35:33 PM    comment []

Building a Better Browser This piece in InfoWorld underscores the emerging trend towards rich Internet applications. It's great to see industry recognition for the category, though it still appears that people are just scratching the surface of what "rich" really means. Macromedia believes that RIA's (rich internet apps) combine content (text/graphics/audio/video/motion), applications (complex UI, web services, biz logic and data) and communications (real-time n-way media messaging and shared data). While there are other companies focused on putting more power on the client, I haven't seen anything yet that shares this approach/philosophy to RIA's. While smaller vendors and efforts attempt to break through, Macromedia community designers and developers are blasting forward with innovative RIA's in the thousands! 9:22:34 PM    comment []