Jeremy Allaire: Content IssuesBlog entries about digital content -- business models, distribution channels, unique approaches.No stand-alone market for Wi-Fi access- May 19, 2003 An SVP from Verizon commented in a Q&A in the Boston Globe (no link, it's behind a paid subscription system like NYTimes.com) that he didn't believe there was a standalone market for Wi-Fi access: Q. Any chance you would offer WiFi as a stand-alone service unconnected to Verizon Online DSL or dial-up Net service A. We don't view WiFi as a service per se. It is an access technology. It is something our customers want in order to be untethered from the network. We have yet to see a business.http://radio.weblogs.com/0113297/categories/contentIssues/2003/05/19.html#a224 Blogging from Nokia 3650- May 13, 2003 Russ reviews a J2ME blogging app for the 3650: Blo Russ reviews a J2ME blogging app for the 3650: BlogPlanet Rules: J2ME Blogging MIDlet for 3650s, excerpt: "This is a... via fullasagoog.com full roast blend Great intro to a powerful new J2ME app for my Nokia 3650 camera phone. Will give it a try and report back. Most interesting tidbit in his article that was news to me was that the Nokia 3650 is one of the only phones with support for J2ME Media and Messaging APIs, which...http://cephas.net/blog/archives/000392.html Broadband Price-War- May 12, 2003 "We don't think there is going to be a price war," said Niraj A. Gupta, an analyst with Salomon Smith Barney. Huhhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0113297/categories/contentIssues/2003/05/12.html#a222 Verizon: Pay-Phones as HotSpot- May 12, 2003 From Broadband Intelligence: Incumbent telco Verizon is slated to announce 513 its by-now well-covered DSL service price cuts, along with the launch of its MSN portal for DSL. Verizon is also slated to announce that it will equip its pay phones to operate as WiFi hot spots, a move previewed by Vice Chmn.Pres. Lawrence Babbio in a 59 speech at a wireless security conference. This is both interesting news, and something that has been rumored for a long-time. Local telephone...http://radio.weblogs.com/0113297/categories/contentIssues/2003/05/12.html#a221 Wi-Fi Home Media Networks- May 9, 2003 This editorial from Patrick Houston at ZDNet provides good analysis on the challenges in creating a standard for PC - CE media convergence. He talks about several emerging products based on Intel's Digital Media Adapter (DMA) reference design, which provides a standard approach for moving media between PCs and existing TV's and Stereo's using 802.11b. The most telling part of his editorial is his skepticism around the PC and CE industries working together: "I'm now painfully aware..http://radio.weblogs.com/0113297/categories/contentIssues/2003/05/09.html#a220 |