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The mobile future: more than just a smart phone
Comment The argument is that once third-generation GSM, or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), becomes a reality, users will be able to do almost anything, from anywhere, at speeds of at least 2Mbps. [23 Mar 1999]
Upwardly Mobile: Where are all the QRs?
Comment As usual it seems the cradle of mobile civilisation, Japan, has found and deployed a system to take advantage of cameraphones which is being embraced by retailers and consumers alike. Before I conclude, I'd also like to throw in a reference to the... [06 Feb 2007]
The Bloor Perspective: Symbian's future, US regulatory demands and spam strategy
Comment True they are doing quite nicely with some strong and committed licensees but despite a number of solid advances in the platform, we'd still only rate the Windows Mobile operating system product as 'Windows 3.1'. [22 Feb 2004]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.03
Comment It's commonly referred to as Global System for Mobile Communications these days, which is fair enough given that it's been deployed by 193 nations throughout the world. GSM originally stood for Groupe Speciale Mobile, even though it wasn't created... [04 Apr 2003]
Leader: The wider lesson of 'insecurity'
Leader Today we revealed how O2 has made it easier for customers to unlock their mobile phone. We also revealed how, in theory, O2 has made it easier for criminals to unlock other people's mobile phones. And to think, it only took some kids messing about... [05 Jul 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up The airline is spending a cool $27m kitting out its entire fleet of planes with an in-flight mobile communications system. The first travel-themed report of the week is news that Ofcom has waved a couple of table tennis racquets in the air and... [28 Mar 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Dubai-based Emirates launched its first full production mobile service in March this year on an Airbus 340, and it is deploying the system from technology partner AeroMobile on a number of its aircraft. [26 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Your communications - compromised
Comment But if the system is an omni-directional mobile phone or wireless LAN (WLAN), or just a PC on a desk that simply radiates energy in all directions, it can all be picked up with relatively unsophisticated equipment. [18 Sep 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Microsoft's 3G plans, IBM's web services plans, and Napster's survival plans
Comment After all, the mobile market of today is far more mature than the PC market of the 1980s and the incumbent vendors are established international organisations, not Taiwanese clone makers. This time the competition comes from incumbent mobile... [17 Jun 2002]
Analysis: why the business world won't want the XC
Comment The Mobile X100 is - as its name suggests - aimed at the mobile user. With an embedded operating system, the user can send or receive emails, surf the Internet, write and edit documents, and transfer data. [10 Jul 1998]
Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam
Comment As the number of mobile email users has grown rapidly in recent years - along with their increasing dependency - the impact of any loss of service is greatly magnified. But there's nothing wrong with the core technology, says Rob Bamforth - at... [21 Feb 2008]
John Lamb's week: WWW inventor goes wireless
Comment With the focus firmly back on company use of wireless communications, the launch of a new mobile data system from Teleware is timely. The mobile telephony firm is announcing a system that connects mobile workers with a central system that manages... [23 Jul 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Thank you India, McCashless fast food, and web services wars
Comment When it comes to third generation mobile technology, if enthusiasm is the criterion, Japan is well in the lead. Others include the mobile phone, dedicated electronic wallets, smart credit cards and even software carried on a palm type handheld. [04 Jun 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Biometric choices, 3G+WLAN and EMC buying VMWare
Comment Even newer 3G phones have the combination of Universal Mobile Telephony System (UMTS) with GSM bands. Calypso works with established handset manufacturers to provide suitable cellular phones but its bigger challenge will be winning over mobile... [22 Dec 2003]
The Ovum View: Speech - IT meets telephony?
Comment A distributed processing approach is valuable for mobile applications so that the embedded system can continue processing when the user passes through areas of poor radio network coverage. This can later be integrated with other channels when the... [07 Jan 2002]
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