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from the dept. An iPAQ news from Slashdot. Compaq is selling iPAQ with 64MB of Mem. However, the price is still quite expensive for a handle device. Read More...
from the dept. Wireless giant Nokia and two Dutch companies -- network operator KPN Mobile N.V. and payment processor Interpay Nederland -- have announced a successful financial transaction using wireless security technology. The two companies successfully completed their m-commerce test using WIM (wireless identity module), a specification that lets wireless users perform transactions using a single PIN code. Read more here Read More...
from the dept. Wireless players are streaming millions of dollars into developing audio and video solutions for the wireless Web. Here's a review of where the industry stands, and what it plans to offer. Read More...
from the dept. Finally Alcatel and MapInfo Corp comes with a solution to tackle the E911 problem. They have unveiled a network based application which can provide emergency 911 capability fo the phone service providers. Alcatel's wireless solution has been integrated with MapInfo's location management softwares to implement the solution. They claim that they can track down the mobile user within a radius of 75 m 70% of the time. Read More...
from the dept. Only a week after Microsoft announced that its new PC operating system would not support Bluetooth connectivity, the company has announced a product that will. Read More... ( 2276 bytes in body)
from the dept. Call it 'auto-mobile' commerce. Telematics combines location-based technology with a context-sensitive brain. Providers would like to drive data to you while you drive...and hopefully make money doing it. Read More... ( 755 bytes in body)
from the dept. Linux newcomers are becoming part of the mainstream effort to create software for non-PC "embedded" computing devices, as indicated by a host of trade show announcements. A number of companies, such as TimeSys, Red Hat, Lineo, LynuxWorks and MontaVista Software have been working to squeeze it into smaller embedded devices such as network routers, handheld computers and set-top boxes. Read more here Read More...
from the dept. IBM Corp. announced on Thursday a semiconductor it said is designed for consumer-electronics devices connected to the Internet, continuing its push into what it and other high-tech players are calling "pervasive computing." The IBM PowerPC Internet Appliance Platform combines a microprocessor with other capabilities such as touch-screen management, memory drivers and liquid-crystal display drivers and will cost about $60, IBM said. Read more here Read More... |
