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RSS appsLocation location location: Where the mobile industry is pinning its hopes
Comment Compare this to WAP, which came with a fanfare of hype but few killer apps. After the disappointing introduction of WAP, and ahead of 3G, or even interim packet-based technologies such as GPRS, telecoms analysts and... [11 Oct 2001]
Palm chief slams Microsoft PDAs
News They've grafted a lot of apps from Palm. Palm has hit back at Microsoft's bid to take over the PDA market, claiming that even by stealing their ideas they still can't get it right. Mike Weatherley, vice president EMEA,... [10 Oct 2001]
F-Secure unveils apps for Merlin
News Finnish security firm F-Secure has unveiled file security applications for handheld devices. F-Secure's FileCrypto for Pocket PC Enterprise Edition is a file encryption application that protects against unwanted data snoopers for... [04 Oct 2001]
Happy birthday: Email @ 30
News The common or garden email celebrates its thirtieth birthday today. In the autumn of 1971, a US engineer called Ray Tomlinson wrote a 200-line program that later became known as email. The program allowed a user to send a message to any... [02 Oct 2001]
BT and Oracle launch ASP offensive
News BT and Oracle are joining forces to offer the software giant's products throughout Europe via an ASP initiative. The project will be managed by Oracle and hosted by BT's Ignite service. Both companies said they hope to have their first... [25 Sep 2001]
When CRM met mobile: Will the vendors get it together in time?
Comment Whatever you hear about live football highlights, making those expensive 3G mobile networks pay will be about delivering applications to business customers. It's business applications that will really do the trick and high-value systems... [14 Aug 2001]
I just called to say it's raining: weather reports by SMS
News Juhana Kaipio, MD of LT Mobile, said weather reports may be the killer apps for mobile phones. The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and LT Mobile have signed an agreement to offer a weather alert service on mobile... [06 Aug 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Palm v iPAQ v the rest in PDA wars
Comment Yes, there are many third party apps, but the hardware has simply not moved on. All over for Palm? From: Malcolm Cartledge I have a Palm and I use an HP Jornada. Why? The Palm just doesn't cut it any more. [03 Aug 2001]
ASP: Reports of a dying breed
Comment 'Apps on tap' and 'broadband Britain'. Two phrases that promised so much and delivered so little. They were fine ideas but the reality has left more than a little to be desired, until, perhaps, today. [02 Aug 2001]
Lost in (cyber)space: Mobile users have no idea where they are
News Simple systems which identify which cell users are calling from have been demonstrated in Europe, and simple commercial apps have started to appear, but nothing so complicated as the US system has yet hit the market. [26 Jul 2001]
The Gadget Showdown: Palmtops go fisticuffs
Comment The Palm also has a broad range of apps and boasts the added advantage of having an enormous range of third party software available to it. The iPaq comes bundled with an excellent range of software including established... [23 Jul 2001]
IT directors shun XP upgrade
News We know the issues and we've got our apps running well. Leading members of the UK's user community have given a resounding 'thumbs down' to Microsoft's latest operating system, XP. The operating system - which is due for... [25 Jun 2001]
WAP pioneers hit by 3G delays
News Trivanti, the 3G apps arm of Psion, is currently being wound down, with 15 redundancies. The bankruptcy of mobile data company Wapit has highlighted the plight of many small mobile data companies struggling to survive... [07 Jun 2001]
TUG of war: User group not backward in coming forward
Comment It seems the much-hyped 'rent your apps' concept has been trundling along on wobbly wheels for some time now, and TUG confirms that users are just not taking to the idea. TUG's annual survey takes a global look at how... [22 May 2001]
Volkswagen.co.uk gets a refit
News Remote Apps is working to integrate the site more closely with the carmaker's backend systems so that data can be more easily updated than the company's previous web presence. To manage this, RemoteApps has also wired a... [27 Mar 2001]
