T Bryce Yehl: Bryce's Wireless WeblogWiFi and Bluetooth and GPRS, oh my!Patented Keyboards- September 26, 2002 Dan Bricklin has written about the RIM keyboard patents. RIM is suing Handspring over the Treo Communicators.http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/26.html#a1021 (Untitled)- September 17, 2002 PDABuzz: First Look : T-Mobile Sidekick (aka Danger Hiptop)http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/17.html#a998 (Untitled)- September 9, 2002 BSquare CEO Bill Baxter shows off the Power Handheld prototype in a News.com video interview. via PDABuzzhttp://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/09.html#a969 (Untitled)- September 6, 2002 BSQUARE's CE.NET wireless reference platform The "Power Handheld" is CE.NET device with an XScale CPU, integrated GSMGPRS, retractable keyboard, and 4-inch VGA LCD (640x480). It's a bit larger than the current crop of Pocket PCs and uses a horizontal orientation. I want one. Coverage: InfoWorld, CNET, PPC Thoughts, BSQUARE Press Releasehttp://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/06.html#a962 (Untitled)- September 5, 2002 InfoWorld: BlackBerry attracting third party improvements. Nextel plans to offer a "slightly redesigned" Blackberry with Direct Connect. Brief mention of Boost Mobile, a SoFL company offering pre-paid Nextel service. I don't care much for Nextel's service because indoor reception is terrible, and Direct Connect is often more annoying than useful in business settings. On the plus side, they have a web interface for managing your phone contacts. Why haven't other manufacturers and carriers...http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/05.html#a959 (Untitled)- September 5, 2002 PPCW: Improve the Battery Life of your HP Jornada 928 WDA. Closing the cover only turns off the backlight, not the PDA. PPCW: How to dial SIM card entries with PPC PE. Smells like an opportunity for a third-party to build a better dialer.http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/05.html#a958 (Untitled)- September 5, 2002 PPCW: Peter Aloisson Diamante T68. Lots of gold bits, 849 diamonds, $28,000.http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/05.html#a957 (Untitled)- September 5, 2002 Where is Sendo This article suggests that Sendo will price their Smartphone device to be cheaper than O2's XDA, with an anticipated price of around $460 with contract. The article goes to report that the Smartphone won't be released until first quarter 2003, which would be later than the targetted SeptemberOctober ship date. PocketPCHow2 Log Same old story. I have serious doubts that Sendo will ever ship anything, and I'm still wondering what carriers they expect to offer $600 subsidies. Maybe.http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/05.html#a956 (Untitled)- September 5, 2002 infoSync: Smartphone 2002 gets J2ME support. Microsoft isn't smoking crack, the support comes via Insignia. No bundling deals announced.http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/05.html#a955 (Untitled)- September 5, 2002 infoSync: Bluetooth will succeed. Oliver Thylmann theorizes that Bluetooth will succeed because Apple supports it, basing his opinion on what Apple has done for Firewire and Digital Photography. I'm not so sure that Firewire is a raging success, particularly if you exclude Macintosh storage applications -- Apple forced Mac users into Firewire by limiting internal expansion options and eliminating SCSI ports. Digital photography certainly owes little to Apple. Way back in 1994, Apple was a...http://radio.ntwizards.net/categories/wireless/2002/09/05.html#a952 |