“We’ll go on to cover all of Amsterdam with 125 base stations. The idea is to prove to the big boys that it can be done, and that consumers can live with a mobile phone and mobile Internet. The landline is dead,” According to Reuters, a company called HotSpot Amsterdam will enable WiFi access accross the entire city of Amsterdam within three months. Historic areas are already covered with the first seven access points. Originally …
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Fuel Cells for your Pocket PC
“Most personal-computing and communications technologies doubled their performance every 18 months in the 1980s and every 12 months in the1990s. Only power sources for portable hardware lagged this meteoric pace—until now. Direct-methanol fuel cells (DMFC) can finally free us from the last wire in the “wireless” device.” Portabe Design magazine highlights some new technologies in fuel cells which could bring much greater battery life to handheld devices. Bringing Fuel Cells to market will likely begin …
Continue readingPalm.Net to cease August 31
PalmOne announced that it will be ceasing operations of it’s Palm.Net services as of August 31st. This will affect the wireless functionality of any Palm VII, VIIx and i705 Hardware. Originally published on Pocketnow on August 12, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingTablet PC 2005’s New Handwritting Recognition Features
In the “Things I wish were in Windows Mobile” category… I just installed Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 on a friend’s Acer Travelmate C110. The new handwritting recognition features are really excellent. The input panel is even context sensitive meaning that if you tap your cursor into a field that is supposed to contain phone numbers, it will recognize your writting as such. Same for address fields like state and zip code. Even a …
Continue readingInfineon-Rosner Produces Bluetooth Enabled Multimedia Jacket
Uh-oh! Looks like Scott eVest is going to have some competition. Here’s a Bluetooth enabled jacket with MP3 playing capabilities and controls on the sleeve. It has integrated headphones and microphone which will also function as a Bluetooth headset for a Bluetooth enabled phone. “The German clothing manufacturer rosner from the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt and Infineon Technologies AG today presented a jointly developed product: A men’s jacket called “mp3blue” that features built-in functions such …
Continue readingAT&T Wireless Begins Selling Fast Data for Mobiles
AT&T Wireless Services Inc today said it introduced a high-speed Internet service for mobile phones in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Detroit. Using Nortel infrastructure, the service provides average data speeds of about 220-320 Kbps, and supports simultaneous voice and data connections. The service is priced at $25/month for unlimited mMode data access, (in addition to a standard voice plan,) and $80/month for full unlimited data. The company is offering the Nokia 6651 and Motorola …
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