Americas Cup in your mobile?
Posted on 19-Feb-2003 14:33 News, Mobile
The Americas Cup is full on, down under! You can watch it live in 3D using Virtual Spectator, or receive SMS with updates and results of the cup.
Phone Blogging is on now!
Posted on 18-Feb-2003 20:17 News, Mobile
Blogs took the internet by storm. Everyone wants to tell us a story, what happened to their lives. Now a company offers the possibility of adding up-to-the-minute pictures to blogs!
Pocket HackMaster website is live
Posted on 18-Feb-2003 20:05 News, Software
The website for Pocket HackMaster, a tool for control and scaling the speed of XScale based Pocket PCs is up and running
British Airways in-flight Wi-fi
Posted on 18-Feb-2003 10:24 News, Wi-Fi
Beginning February 18, 2003 British Airways will conduct a 90-day demonstration of in-flight Wi-Fi between London’s Heathrow Airport and New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport.
First Sony Ericsson 3G handset launched
Posted on 18-Feb-2003 07:28 News, 3G
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson launched its first 3G mobile phone on Monday and said it aims to return to profit this year by boosting market share as handset prices could fall more than 10 percent.
German T-Mobile will launch a Smartphone during Summer'03
Posted on 17-Feb-2003 23:40 News, Mobile
German mobile telecommunications provider T-Mobile International AG Monday said it will launch a smartphone that uses Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system across its major markets during Summer 2003.
Is your country 3G ready?
Posted on 17-Feb-2003 23:37 News, Mobile
Japan and Australia have been ranked as the two most 3G ready nations in the world, by a unique global survey of 40 nations conducted by 3G & Wi-Fi Pacific, an industry newsletter.
New Pocket PC Samsung SGH-i700 released during 3GSM World Congress
Posted on 17-Feb-2003 23:34 News, Windows Mobile Pocket PC
Today at 3GSM World Congress 2003, Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's third-largest manufacturer of wireless handsets, officially unveiled the Samsung Windows Powered MITs (Mobile Intelligent Terminal by Samsung) the GSM/GPRS-enabled SGH-i700.
InStat is giving away "The Mobile Glossary" report
Posted on 17-Feb-2003 19:22 News, Mobile
The mobile industry is one of the most acronym laden of any, with new terms popping up on a daily basis, and old ones being used in new ways. At In-Stat/MDR most reports written include a section with definitions for the terms introduced in that report. Furthermore, nearly every analyst has their own private list of terms that can be quickly referred to – a "cheat sheet", if you will. Many of us also refer to Internet-based dictionaries that contain terms, though most of these are not specific to the wireless industry.
The Bluetooth future?
Posted on 16-Feb-2003 20:34 News, Bluetooth
The great thing about Bluetooth is the ability to replace cable, allowing different devices to establish ad-hoc networks for specific purpose (profiles). How could the future be with pervasive computing and Bluetooth?
Strong growth for Bluetooth chipsets in spite of economy
Posted on 16-Feb-2003 17:55 News, Bluetooth
Although the economy has continued to impact the Bluetooth semiconductor market, it will experience high growth, according to In-Stat/MDR. With recent, adjusted outlooks of shipments by vendors, and a gradual expected up tick in the economy in 2003, the high-tech market research firm expects final 2002 chipset shipment figures to surpass 35 million, for a growth rate of about 250%.
Handspring fuels Treo solutions development with new developer program
Posted on 16-Feb-2003 02:18 News, Development
Handspring introduced a new developer program designed to fuel development of wireless, business and consumer applications for its line of Treo communicators. The program will give Treo solution developers start-to-finish technical and marketing support for getting solutions quickly developed and delivered to customers worldwide.
San Diego campus set to enhance quality of video over wireless
Posted on 16-Feb-2003 01:06 News, Computing
Armed with a new grant from the state of California and a wireless semiconductor company, an engineering professor at a San Diego campus said he is improving the quality and speed of video streaming on wireless handheld devices.
