Elisabeth Freeman: WirelessArticles and links related to wireless development.Cellphone for teens- May 22, 2002 Wildseed is an interesting example of a foray into convergence wireless device aimed at the teen market. Combining games, messaging and cell phone capability with a cool form factor, the company still needs to find a hardware manufacturer and wireless network partner to make it fly.http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2002/04/30/fischer.htm Microsoft and Nokia battle for dominance in phone OS market- May 22, 2002 A very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal (which I've archived here) discusses the coming battle between Microsoft and Nokia (via Symbian) for market share in wireless device OS software. I personally hope that Microsoft does not come to dominate this market as well; despite the fact that it might be handy to synchronize my phone with my outlook calendar and address book, I'd hate to see Microsoft strong arm their way into yet another market to dominance. It will be...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103687/stories/2002/05/22/microsoftAndNokiaBattleItOutForPhoneOs... Making Wi-Fi pay- May 22, 2002 I love it when people come up with interesting new business models to fit (or at least try-on) our rapidly changing world. This article covers some ideas in the Wi-Fi space, including the efforts of three new companies, Boingo Wireless, Joltage and Sputnik. Boingo is aggregating paid services from several Wi-Fi subscription plans and provides a one-login use-all-services model that let's you access Wi-Fi in several locations around the country with one (paid) account. Joltage..http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=80082&verticalID=110&... J2ME Devices- May 3, 2002 Sun has a nice list of J2ME devices either available now, or coming soon.http://wireless.java.sun.com/device/ (Untitled)- May 2, 2002 This is a very interesting article about cell phone use in Japan. Originally from The Puget Sound Business Journal, I have put a copy of the entire article in my Stories section.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103687/categories/wireless/2002/05/01.html#a72 |