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Note from Jason Flick
There is
little doubt last week’s announcement that Palm and Microsoft, the two biggest
players in the handheld space joining forces to support the new Windows Mobile
Treo will change the face of the handheld world forever. This was not one of the best kept secrets as
Palm’s purchase of Handspring, which was already moving toward the PocketPC
O/S, laid the ground work over two years ago. This announcement is even more monumental than it appears. The PDA space
was taken over by Microsoft in its typical fast-follower business model, but
was struggling into the smart phone space. This partnership pushes Microsoft very positively into the
converged/smart phone arena and leaves Nokia’s Symbian as the next target. Both Symbian and Palm Source are of course
not standing idly by, making their move toward Linux, sighting that the
enterprise clearly doesn’t want another O/S to support. Thus the new battle ground is for enterprise
mobility between MS and Linux. The current worldwide smartphone score board is Symbian 61%, MS 18%, Palm Source
10% (Source: Canalys 2005 Q1). Cheers, Jason Flick, |
Verizon to Sell Microsoft/
Palm Mobile Phone
Microsoft Corp. and its longtime rival in the mobile software market, Palm Inc.
on Monday introduced a jointly developed cell phone that analysts say could
prove a big hit among corporate users.
Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service, will be the first to sell
the new Treo phone, which will blend phone functions with computer features such
as e-mail, Web access, basic word processing and spreadsheet software.
Online search leader Google is preparing to launch a wireless internet service,
Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company's website Tuesday.
A Wi-Fi service, which offers a high-speed connection to the internet, would
take Google even further from its search roots and move it into the fiercely
competitive world of internet access providers and telecommunications
companies.
Microsoft Global Contact Access
With Microsoft Global Contact Access, you can use Pocket Outlook on your Windows
Mobile-based Smartphone or Pocket PC Phone Edition to look up contacts in the
Global Address List (GAL) on your corporate Exchange server.
You can also check your co-workers' schedules to see if they're free or busy,
and add multiple recipients to a meeting request.
Intel-Cisco deal may be big for Wi-Fi
By Stephen Lawson
A joint development project announced this week at Fall Intel Developer Forum by
Intel and Cisco could have significant effects on enterprise wireless LANs.
The companies want to ensure Wi-Fi wireless LANs deliver good VoIP quality
and as much data capacity as possible, high-level executives of Intel and Cisco
said Tuesday. With their domination of the PC and network equipment industries,
the partners are well positioned to make those capabilities widespread, even if
they aren't blessed by a formal standards group, according to industry analysts.
Securing Handhelds: Old Problems, New
Challenges
By Salvatore Salamone
Ever since the first PCs with 5-1/4 inch floppy drives made their way into
corporations, IT and security managers have been dealing with the possible
corruption and theft of company data.
And the security worry level has only increased in the past year with the
introduction of a slew of varied handheld computers and devices such as the iPod, servers on a data stick,
Blackberries, Web-access cell phones, and wireless PDAs and pocket PCs. Not only do all these new devices
boast large storage capacities, they also can sustain high data transfer rates thanks to USB,
Firewire, Bluetooth, or WiFi connectivity.
PDAs Expected to Change Health Care in Future
By Patricia Reaney, Reuters
September 30, 2005
LONDON (Reuters)— Personal digital assistants (PDAs) could change the way
health care is delivered in the future by providing doctors with easy access to
patient data and the latest information on treatment.
Palm Pilots and other hand-held computers were originally designed as
personal organizers but they are becoming increasingly popular with doctors,
medical students and even patients to improve the quality of care and safety.
"The most commonly used clinical application is drug reference, so far. But
it has gone beyond just looking up drugs and dosages and running interaction
checks," Dr Daniel Baumgart, of the Charite Medical School of the Humboldt
University in Berlin, Germany, said in an interview.
CTIA: Smartphones for the Enterprise
Hammering home a theme of "mobility for everyone," a trio of industry executives kicked
off the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) Wireless conference in San Francisco in a series of
keynote addresses this week. Microsoft, Nokia and Intel all gave distinct pitches on where they see the mobile market
headed, though reaching new customers was a unifying theme in all their remarks.
"There is a huge opportunity in messaging and line of business applications," said Suzan
DelBene, a vice president of marketing at Microsoft's mobile and embedded devices division. Of Microsoft's 130 million
Exchange clients, DelBene said, Microsoft estimates only 10 to 15 million have a mobile phone solution.
Events
Rogers Technology Showcase
Monday, November 14, 2005 – 11:30
Westin, Ottawa
MS CRM and VOX Wireless
Webinar
October 19, 2005 - 10:00 AM (EST)
Meet the CRM Solution that delivers results!
Technology for Mobile Workers
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - Registration 8:30 AM
Ben Franklin Place Council Chambers and Atrium
101 Centrepoint Drive, Ottawa
MS CRM 3.0 Sneak Peek
Seminar
October 26, 2005
Microsoft Canada Co.
1950 Meadowvale Blvd.
Mississauga, Ontario
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