Elisabeth Freeman: WirelessArticles and links related to wireless development.The Wireless, Non-Free, Paperless Future- April 30, 2002 The market downturn has meant bad news for R&D budgets: According to the research firm In-Stat, private companies are spending about 20 percent less on tech research today than they did before the dot com crash. But most firms say they are still busy developing the next generation of gadgets that will redefine how the news is delivered and received.http://www.ojr.org/ojr/future/1019160490.php Motorola and Siemens form relationship to accelerate availability of 3G handsets- April 28, 2002 Press Release: Siemens Information and Communication Mobile (IC Mobile) and Motorola today announced a collaboration on the development of Siemens mainstream UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) terminals using Motorolaís i.300 Innovative Convergenceô 3G platform, a comprehensive silicon-to-software, integrated UMTS solution. ... The first device that Siemens intends to bring to market in 2002 will be based on the Motorolaís A820, which meets a full array of...http://www.siemens-mobile.de/mobile/CDA/presentation/ap_mobile_cda_presentation_frontdoor/... (Untitled)- April 27, 2002 Wireless Devices to check out: Ericsson T68, Nokia 5510, Siemens SL45, Ericsson T29s, Motorola Accompli 8, Motorola V60, Motorola V90, Nokia 3330, Nokia 9210, Samsung SGH-A300, Samsung SPH-I300, Sony CMD-MZ5, Samsung A500, Siemens LOOX, Siemens Wristphone.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103687/categories/wireless/2002/04/27.html#a67 The 3G Triumvirate- April 26, 2002 Various phone companies are beefing up their infrastructure and networks to support 3G (defined as any phone that can support 144 Kbps). There are several different approaches to 3G, for example Sprint PCS is using CDMA, Lucent and Qualcomm are using CDMA-2000, AT&T is using GSRM, and others will be using GSM. One major diference with many 3G networks is that companies will start charging for the amount of data downloaded rather than connection time. This implies that some.http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article/0,,10692_986941,00.html Wireless is exploding- April 26, 2002 Everyone's going wireless. 1.5 million 802.11b cards are sold every month. Modular computers are starting to get some serious attention (why did everyone ignore the ipaq, but love square tablet-like things Will people really buy them). Toshiba just announced a Bluetooth-enabled mobile storage device (ie, a networked iPod). Personally wireless has made a huge difference in my house - there's no more network cables criss-crossing the living room floor...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103687/categories/wireless/2002/04/26.html#a64 Wireless battle- April 26, 2002 Microsoft and Symbian are battling for dominance in the OS for phones market. Symbian is owned by several companies that make cellular phones: Ericsson, Nokia, Matsushita (Panasonic), Motorola, Psion and Sony Ericsson, and licenses the technology to other partners. Microsoft is just getting into this space, with their yet-to-be-released Smartphone.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=1&cid=581&u=/nm/200... |