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SmartSiren: Virus Detection and Alert for Smartphones

whitepaper Smartphones have recently become increasingly popular because they provide "All-in-one" convenience by integrating traditional mobile phones with handheld computing devices. However, the flexibility of running third-party softwares also leaves the...

Tags: anti-virus

[11 May 2008]

Introduction to CC/PP Technology: Effective Ways to Manage Device Capability and Preference Information

whitepaper CC/PP enables an application server to obtain profile identification and profile differences from a client's handheld device and retrieve profile detail from a device vendor repository. Get to know Composite Capabilities/Preference Profile (CC/PP...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[11 May 2008]

Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle

Photo A handheld PC is used to program the UAVs with waypoints and threat detection is performed by the operator. The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can detect, identify, locate and report a comprehensive range of...

Tags: military, sensor, robot

[06 May 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment While worldwide computer unit sales continue to slow - although Macs are bucking the trend - it's in mobiles that growth is predicted as the web moves to handheld devices. That growth is partly because smart operating systems are filtering down...

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

SmartSiren: Virus Detection and Alert for Smartphones

whitepaper Smartphones have recently become increasingly popular because they provide all-in-one" convenience by integrating traditional mobile phones with handheld computing devices. However, the flexibility of running third-party softwares also leaves the...

Tags: security tools

[11 Apr 2008]

Mobilizing Your Pharmaceutical Sales Force With Handheld Access to Vital Enterprise Resources

whitepaper This paper discusses mySAP Mobile Business that combines the convenience and portability of handheld devices with the functionality of the mySAP.com platform to deliver vital business applications and resources beyond enterprise walls and out into...

Tags: pda, mysap, mobile business, handheld

[10 Apr 2008]

Make the Switch to a Handheld

whitepaper This white paper illustrates a number of features and benefits of handheld devices, allowing to determine not only why handheld should be used, but also what options are available, and what may be best suited for personal and business needs.

Tags: pda, handheld, handheld devices, display

[10 Apr 2008]

Physical Registration: Configuring Electronic Directories Using Handheld Devices

whitepaper Users identify physical objects using sensor-equipped, wirelessly networked handheld devices to build directories of virtual "entities" associated with those objects. An important problem in pervasive computing is how to create and maintain...

Tags: portable computers, objects, physical, pervasive

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS for Palm OS Developers

whitepaper The Palm operating system has been the foundation of Palm’s unrivaled success as the world’s best-selling handheld computer brand. It is tailored to the requirements of basic handheld computing: from the beginning Palm says its developers ‘set out...

Tags: pcs wireless, developers, consumer, os

[10 Apr 2008]

OrthoRehab Improves Inventory Management With BlackBerry

whitepaper Patient Services Representatives began carrying a BlackBerry handheld with a tethered laser scanner to scan barcodes on the machinery. A Flowfinity application would run on the BlackBerry handheld to offer wireless forms that could be instantly...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, inventory, handheld, blackberry

[10 Apr 2008]

New Automatic Identification Data Capture Technology Radically Improves Speed and Ease of Operation for Leading Parcel Operator

whitepaper The handheld equipment also needed to be ergonomically designed and to have integrated keyboards and GSM connectivity for up and downloading data from vehicles on the move. Ultimately, GeoPost and its Parceline subsidiary looked to Intermec...

Tags: gsm, gsm, gsm gprs, intermec technologies

[10 Apr 2008]

Enterprise Mobile Solution TCO Study

whitepaper The first generation of handheld devices initially found enthusiastic acceptance as the perfect Personal Information Management (PIM) tool for the busy business professional. Today's mobile computing devices have transcended the early adopter...

Tags: palm, component, generation, personal information management

[10 Apr 2008]

A Study of an Augmented Museum Experience

whitepaper This paper describes the design of a study of visitors to a science museum who are equipped with wirelessly connected handheld devices. The museum exhibits are augmented with information and services in the form of web pages, and the users can...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, physical, pages, virtual

[10 Apr 2008]

Improving Web Browsing on Wireless PDAs Using Thin-Client Computing

whitepaper An alternative approach is handheld thin-client computing, in which the web browser and associated application logic run on a server, which then sends simple screen updates to the PDA for display. Web applications are becoming increasingly popular...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, client, pdas, browsing

[10 Apr 2008]

Download SQL Anywhere 10: Enterprise database power anywhere!

whitepaper SQL Anywhere offers enterprise caliber databases that scale from 64-bit servers with thousands of users down to small handheld devices. SQL Anywhere® provides data management and data exchange technologies that enable the rapid development and...

Tags: infrastructure management, testing, enable, exchange

[10 Apr 2008]

Under the Yankee Group Microscope: NTT DoCoMo's Experience With Flash Lite

whitepaper Flash Lite can play a crucial role in this transformation of mobile phones into multifunctional handheld terminals. The next mobile revolution will see wireless phones used as music players, cameras and payment instruments.

Tags: japan, phones, flash, lite

[10 Apr 2008]

SCO and MICROS Bring Winning Combination to Safeco Field, Home of the Seattle Mariners

whitepaper Safeco Field houses the largest point-of-sale (POS) stadium installation in North America with 305-networked POS terminals and 39 handheld units in 100 restaurants, concessions, and luxury suites throughout Safeco Field.

Tags: linux - open source, field, sco, suites

[10 Apr 2008]

How BlackBerry Extends the Enterprise Wirelessly

whitepaper The BlackBerry platform for corporate data access consists of four key components: BlackBerry Wireless Handheld, BlackBerry Enterprise Server with the Mobile Data Service for secure network access to the enterprise, BlackBerry Browser for access...

Tags: communications software, blackberry, components, readers

[10 Apr 2008]

In Defence of WAP: The WAP Standard Is One Element in the Bigger Mobile Internet Picture - It Will Not, by Itself, Determine the Fate of GPRS and 3G - The WAP Factor

whitepaper Without an efficient and standardised way of formatting web content and applications onto handheld devices - which is the promise of WAP - it will be difficult for operators to exploit the full mobile internet potential.

Tags: wap, operators, exploit, protocol

[10 Apr 2008]

Attachment Service

whitepaper The Attachment Service is a feature of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server that enables BlackBerry Wireless Handheld users to open and view email attachments. This paper describes the BlackBerry wireless solution that enables mobile professionals to...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, email, professionals, blackberry

[10 Apr 2008]

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