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Infrared Data Association wants to expand
Posted on 4-Aug-2004 18:15Tags News, Wireless
The association is holding an "IrDA Technology Day" in Shanghai, to lure developers and device manufacturers. Comments (Comments)

Group studying ways of safely using handhelds in planes
Posted on 5-Jul-2004 07:47Tags News, Wireless
An inter-industry working group is working to creating a "Recommended Practice" for manufacturers and airlines. Comments (Comments)

ZigBee future analysis
Posted on 23-Nov-2003 14:15Tags News, Wireless
According to In-Stat/MDR the future looks promising for the up and coming low-rate Wireless PAN (WPAN) technology, 802.15.4, and ZigBee. Comments (Comments)

Zeevo ships its one millionth unit
Posted on 21-Nov-2003 23:23Tags News, Wireless
Zeevo announced that it has shipped one million units to date. Zeevo Bluetooth chips are used on HP iPAQ H1940 and H2215. Comments (Comments)

Everything you wanted to know on how to connect your devices
Posted on 22-Oct-2003 08:35Tags News, Wireless
ExtremeTech published an article explaining how to connect wi-fi devices, topology and networking. Great guide for wireless and connected PDA users. Comments (Comments)

70% of Chinese wireless developers will deploy applications by Fall 2004
Posted on 23-Sep-2003 22:20Tags News, Wireless
Interesting thing is that Bluetooth makes the majority of the development. Comments (Comments)

Zigbee: another standard for wireless links
Posted on 2-Aug-2003 18:24Tags Articles, Wireless
Bluetooth and wi-fi serve different purposes in the wireless. Now another standard enters the arena: ZigBee. Comments (Comments)

Apple founder, Steve Wozniak, starts again
Posted on 28-Jul-2003 19:43Tags News, Wireless
Steve Wozniak’s new venture adds Wireless, Handheld, Software. Comments (Comments)

TI says coexistence problems with Bluetooth and wi-fi in same devices and areas solved
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 08:08Tags News, Wireless
Texas instruments claim its new complete hardware and software solution enables consumers to simultaneously use Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN). Using this solution, manufacturers of mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs and laptops can overcome the coexistence problems inherent to close range 802.11b/g and Bluetooth operations because they share the 2.4 GHz band. Comments (Comments)

New TDK Bluetooth stack available
Posted on 25-Mar-2003 15:41Tags News, Wireless
TDK released the Bluetooth Stack 1.3.2.19. It's available for download in their website. Comments (Comments)

Walker Wireless set to cover 75% of Auckland
Posted on 11-Feb-2003 08:34Tags News, Wireless
Today's New Zealand Herald tells what is the pricing plan for wireless broadband, supplied by Walker Wireless Comments (Comments)

CNET series of Wireless articles
Posted on 4-Feb-2003 18:38Tags News, Wireless
CNET is running a series of articles on Wireless technologies. The first one is very interesting: 'Growth: cities try to cash in'. Comments (Comments)

Who is the mysterious character who wrote this document, 250 years ago?
Posted on 4-Feb-2003 18:28Tags News, Wireless
This article on The Scotsman newspaper tells us the story of CM, a person who lived in Scotland, and wrote a theory that led to telegraph and mobile phone... But no one really knows who was this person. Comments (Comments)

A GPRS primer
Posted on 4-Feb-2003 15:08Tags News, Wireless, by M Freitas
Our first article was "What is Bluetooth?". We continue the series of articles with "What is GPRS?" Comments (Comments)

What is GPRS?
Posted on 4-Feb-2003 15:07Tags Articles, Wireless, by M Freitas
In this article we explain how GPRS works, speed considerations and other characteristics. Comments (Comments)

EMS messaging for Pocket PC and Palm OS
Posted on 16-Jan-2003 10:44Tags News, Wireless, by M Freitas
Software allows Pocket PC and Palm users to send and receive EMS (Enhanced Message Services) in addition to standard SMS. Comments (Comments)