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Welcome to our roundup of articles with technical and marketing tips and
techniques for handheld devices and other wireless gadgets.
| CommWeb |
UC Devices
Coming Of Age: The Key Factors of Personalized Wireless Communication
(2/02) The Communicator, made famous in the 1960's Star Trek
series, is the ultimate unified communications device. With the ability
to easily locate anyone, anytime, and anywhere, a person with a
communicator was very productive. Connected to the ship's log, the
communicator could store and retrieve vital information by simply
accepting voice commands. I suspect in the not-to-distant future, we
will see an incarnation of the communicator in our pockets. Just as the
leading cell phone providers like Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson, have
added screens and keyboards to accommodate text messaging and
information display, so too have the text pager and PDA folks added
voice. |
| DevX |
From
Palm OS to Symbian OS: Making the Switch (8/03) Thinking about
switching from Palm OS to Symbian OS? The proliferation of smartphones
has made it necessary to build many wireless applications from the
operating system on up and Symbian OS seems to have this market
cornered. This two part series outlines the differences between
developing for Palm OS and for Symbian OS. So if you do decide to
switch, you'll know what to expect.
Developing Pocket
PC Applications In Visual Studio.NET (2/03) Microsoft designed the
ASP.NET Mobile Controls to help developers build applications that run
on devices with limited processing power, such as mobile phones, where
much of the application logic resides on back-end Web servers. In
contrast, the .NET Compact Framework (.NET CF) is a scaled-down version
of the .NET Framework, which you use to build applications that run on
specific mobile devices with sufficient processing power.
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| Equisys |
Making a Move (PDF,
2/03) This paper offers a pragmatic approach to developing a mobile
strategy which focuses on the needs of the enterprise.It considers the
benefits of mobile applications and provides guidance on how to
evaluate your company ’s specific mobile needs.The paper provides an
outline of the key issues to consider in developing a mobile strategy
including security,usability,data types,synchronization / access and
total cost of ownership. |
| JDJ |
Wireless
Devices - Java's Next Home (2/02) Software that leapfrogs the
intelligence and usability of wireless devices is quite a captivating
pitch, yet we shouldn't forget a similarly proffered claim regarding
Java on PCs when it became mainstream in 1995. Ultimately, it never
took off on the client side, even though it enjoys tremendous success
on the server side, resulting in a dedicated and growing base of
developers. What could possibly make a mobile and Java combination so
much more compelling and captivating than its somewhat failed union
with the PC? Will Java truly occupy the new breed of intelligent mobile
devices as its new home? I believe so - and a little bit of history can
help explain why. |
| Microsoft |
Introduction
to MAPI in Pocket PC 2002 C++ Applications Because the Pocket PC
2002 SDK removes the MsgStore APIs, applications based on Pocket PC
2002 must now use MAPI to interact with the user’s e-mail subsystem.
This can be quite daunting at first but don’t despair, help has
arrived! This article deals with the basic operation of MAPI
(initializing the API and sending mail). |
| Silicon.com |
Revealed:
PDA security risks - and what to do about them - part one (3/02)
Following silicon.com's revelation in January that the BBC is clamping
down on the use of PDAs among its employees to help secure its network,
the industry has been trying to come up with best practice guidelines
for such mobile devices. ICL is the latest company to join the debate.
It has identified some key security risks posed by PDA usage, and has
recommended actions for companies to take to make their PDA use more
secure. The Risks... |
| Symbian |
Symbian
OS: supporting packet-switched networks The introduction of
packet-switched 2.5G and 3G networks, which bring with them the promise
of always-connected devices, has built up a great deal of expectation.
This paper examines the opportunities for new revenue streams in
packet-switched wireless networks and the key role played by Symbian OS
phones in driving this market.
Symbian
OS phones Mobile phones are highly personal and varied. Products
available today, such as the Ericsson R380 Smartphone and the Nokia
9210 Communicator show the diversity of mobile phones that can be
created with Symbian OS. Check out the full list. |
| Techtv |
PDAs
on Patrol (1/02) Police officers around the world turn to handheld
devices to help fight crime. San Jose, California, police officer Kenny
Williams swears by his personal digital assistant. The device, which he
bought and enhanced himself, allows him to file reports, take
crime-scene photos, and sketch accident diagrams while on the beat. But
while Williams may be the first officer in San Jose going digital, he
isn't the only cop turning to a PDA in the war on crime. |
| WBT |
Symbian
on the Rise (2/03) Symbian, Ltd.
was founded in 1998 by Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, and Psion, using
Psion's EPOC OS as a starting point for its new system. David Wood,
Symbian's executive vice president, explains that the aim of the
founders was to create a standard operating system for advanced mobile
phones. "It was getting harder and harder to use the existing
proprietary operating systems to quickly and inexpensively come out
with new technologies," he says. Key to the concept behind Symbian
was the idea of an open platform, of encouraging developers to build
software for Symbian phones in the same way that had driven the sales
of PCs. |
| ZDNet |
PDAs
increasingly vulnerable to hackers Handheld computers are
increasingly vulnerable to hacker attacks and should not be trusted to
store "any critical or confidential information," security
experts have warned. The growing business use of personal digital
assistants (PDAs) raises concerns about security. Security firms have
been making similar warnings for some time.
What
will you find in the .NET Compact Framework? (1/03) Microsoft
recently announced the release of a scaled-down version of the .NET
runtime meant for mobile devices. This .NET Compact Framework opens up
an entirely new world of devices for .NET developers, but is the
environment at all like its big brother? Obviously, in shrinking a
23-MB runtime library into less than 1.5 MB for a mobile device,
Microsoft had to discard something. So what did they leave, and do the
changes preclude any compatibility between the two frameworks? Let’s
answer the last question first and then take a look at the primary ways
the Compact Framework differs from its full-scale sibling.
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Latest Handheld Headlines
Wi-Fi News Boingo Takes over Washington State Ferries
Boingo adds biggest U.S. ferry system to network: On the heels of acquiring the Opti-Fi set of airport Wi-Fi networks from Parsons and ARINC, Boingo Wireless has purchased Parsons's separate business operating Wi-Fi-based Internet access on the Washington State Ferry (WSF) system. WSF handles 26 million passenger rides per year, which is about half of all U.S. passenger ferry volume. (Just north, British Columbia's ferry system handles slightly more riders.) The announcement is slated for Monday. Boingo al...
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ZDNet Mobile tech to keep police on the beat
Police will be provided with 10,000 handhelds across the country in a bid to reduce admin by enabling them to log crimes on the spot
ZDNet RIM boosts BlackBerry with Wi-Fi
RIM has updated its popular business handheld with Wi-Fi capabilities, among other features
ZDNet Private-equity firm buys into Palm
Elevation Partners invests $325m in the struggling maker of handhelds and adds a former Apple executive to Palm's board
ZDNet HP's latest iPAQs
HP has unveiled a couple of updated iPAQs: a smartphone and a handheld with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
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