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Note from Jason Flick The operating system war is heating up again in the mobile world. Microsoft is re-asserting itself in the larger form factor space with an entirely new initiative called Origami (backed by Intel, Samsung and others) which is a cross between a PDA and a tablet. Linux is gaining ground with support from Nokia and Palm Source and ASIA is creating an entire culture around Linux-based smart phones. The big unknown is still whether or not Microsoft will be able to do what it did in the PDA space for smart phones. In the end, users saw PDAs as an extension to their desktops and Microsoft owned the desktop. Playing that card won’t work for Smartphones as the Blackberry has proven that a completely stand alone device delivers strong value for the enterprise. So the warning for enterprises deploying mobile software is to be ever-vigilant when choosing your platform.
Cheers, Jason Flick, |
MAGIC smartphone boasts 8GB HDD, 512MB RAM, dual QVGA
By Marc Perton
March 8, 2006
Malaysia's Advance Tech Communications is set to make a big splash in the Windows Mobile
smartphone market with the MAGIC (Mobile Advanced Global
Integrated Communicator), a 10.5 ounce behemoth that has specs to make even the
most devoted HTC fanboy jealous.
The quad-band GSM phone includes an 8GB hard drive, 512MB RAM, dual
QVGA displays, dual 2 megapixel cameras, QWERTY keyboard, GPS, Bluetooth, EDGE,
WiFi, VGA output, and a microSD slot.
T-Mobile Germany to bridge cellular technology with Wi-Fi
By Brian Osborne
March 14, 2006
T-Mobile Germany plans to bridge the gap between its UMTS wireless network and Wi-Fi networks. The new solution will be implemented with the help of Nortel and its Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) and Azaire Networks' IP Converged Network Platform (IP-CNP). The solution will support 3G, EDGE, GPRS, and Wi-Fi networks in Europe. The new service, which will support laptops and dual mode PDAs, is expected to launch in Summer 2006.
Mobile workforce tapping unified messaging systems
By Ann Bednarz
March 15, 2006
Aging voicemail systems, increasing interest in IP telephony, and a surge in
the mobile workforce are driving companies to consider unified messaging - a
technology that has long fallen short of industry expectations.
Unified messaging products are designed to streamline the way end users manage
their phone, fax and e-mail messages. With unified messaging, users can open,
sort and archive voicemail messages from their e-mail interface, for example, or
listen to an e-mail message from a telephone.
Mobile Device Security III: Employee-Owned Device Risks
You've seen them in the lunchroom, by the water cooler, and in the conference
rooms. They're small, colorful, powerful, and maybe even sexy. And they help us
stay connected and up to date all the time. Yes, I'm talking about
employee-owned PDAs and smartphones.
Employees are excited to bring their device to work and synch to the network.
Synching means they can work remotely; checking corporate e-mail, documents, and
contact lists from their PDA or smartphone while at home, at a customer site, or
in their car.
Review: T-Mobile SDA Smartphone
By Mark Long
March 13, 2006
T-Mobile's new smartphone, called the Smart Digital Assistant, or SDA for short,
is designed to keep you connected in every way possible.
In addition to behaving like a regular mobile phone, the SDA can connect to
the Internet through local Wi-Fi hotspots and through high-speed EDGE networks.
Measuring 4.53 x 1.82 x 0.69 inches and weighing 3.74 ounces, the silver
T-Mobile SDA is smaller than the typical smartphone and can fit comfortably in a pocket.
Switched On: Origami is a paper tiger for now
By Ryan Block
March 15, 2006
In its unending capitalistic quest, Microsoft is determined to figure out how to
sell people their nth computer. Today, its ideal consumer's computing inventory
looks something like this - a couple of desktops around the home, a notebook
for those mobile jaunts, a Media Center PC for controlling the television
experience serving up Windows Media files to an Xbox 360 or lesser Media Center
Extenders, and at least a Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone
device.
That could leave an unacceptable seven minutes and 34
seconds during waking hours when you don't have a Windows license at your
wallet-handling fingertips. What about all the times when a 2-pound
ultraportable notebook is too much but a PDA isn't enough? If the year-old
Origami video preceding the release of the Ultra Mobile PC from Microsoft and
Intel is any indication, there aren't too many of them.
RIM Upgrades BlackBerry Servers
March 13, 2006
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the immediate availability of
BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 and BlackBerry Enterprise Server - Small
Business Edition v4.1 for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino. Incorporating
feedback from thousands of enterprise customers across the globe, BlackBerry
Enterprise Server v4.1 includes new functionality that makes it easier than ever
to expand populations of BlackBerry users and manage larger scale deployments.
The new release further expands wireless communications in the enterprise by
providing tight integration with leading platforms for enterprise instant
messaging, including Microsoft Windows Messenger, Live Communications Server
2005 and IBM Lotus Sametime. BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 also incorporates
support for the new BlackBerry Mobile Data System v4.1 (MDS) application
development and deployment environment, which includes BlackBerry MDS Studio (a
new visual development tool for creating BlackBerry wireless applications from
Web Services).
Monitor Alarm System From Handheld
Alarm.com, a provider of wireless, Web-interactive security and monitoring systems, now enables users to
manage and monitor their home and business security systems from their PDAs.
Alam.com cites Gartner's recent analysis of the PDA market in its
announcement, which includes cellular-wireless handhelds like RIM's BlackBerrys
and HP's iPAQ Pocket PCs. So the new service works with Wi-Fi enabled PDAs and smartphones.
By logging into Alarm.com's new handheld-friendly Web site, Alarm.com users can
arm or disarm their systems, view current system status, assign and manage user
codes, and even control lights.
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