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January 7, 2002
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Filming the Wireless Data Sequel
With apologies to actor Kevin Costner and the cornfields of Iowa, if a movie
about wireless data were made today, it might have the title "Field of Dreams."
The industry is writing the sequel now – but naming it later.
-- January 7, 2002
Battling the Battery Drain
The weakest link in the path to next-generation wireless is not likely to be
the networks, the back-office infrastructure, the billing systems or even the
handsets. While all those factors will continue to experience some glitches
and setbacks as U.S. carriers upgrade their networks, some industry experts
believe the most limiting element in the wireless food chain is the handset
battery.
-- January 7, 2002
Quick Payback critical to apps
Deploying a wireless data solution translates to increased productivity
and better customer service, but the clincher for enterprises today is a
speedy return on investment.
-- January 7, 2002
Cahners In-Stat Group Research:
Users want faster, friendlier devices
Cahners In-Stat Group's most recent research study probed early mobile Internet
adopters about the devices they currently use to wirelessly access the Internet.
It comes as no surprise to see that wireless phones and notebook computers with
air cards are the early leaders.
-- January 7, 2002
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WIRELESS DEVBIZ - for developers |
Working the developer pipeline
Hoping to capitalize on a formula perfected by Microsoft over the last decade,
technology companies now are setting their sights on software developers (using
a variety of relationship-building techniques) in hopes of building a critical
mass of application and developers for their products or architecture.
-- January 7, 2002
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Q and A - straight talk with industry leaders |
Airborne: The TV Network Of Wireless?
Privately held Airborne Entertainment Inc. holds the philosophy that third-generation
technology is important and one must be prepared for what's to come, but if the
applications and content aren't there today, it's going to be harder to get there
tomorrow. The two founders of the company, Airborne CEO Garner Bornstein and
President Andy Nulman, recently talked with Wireless Internet Magazine about their
business model.
-- January 7, 2002
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BIG IDEAS - a hard look at applications, solutions and hype |
Slow but sure on Micropayments
Starting small and building slowly isn't a strategy often used in the fast-paced
wireless industry where fleet-footed players are rewarded for their ability to
expand at lightning speed. But when it comes to mobile commerce, a slow, steady
approach just may be the winning proposal.
-- January 7, 2002
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OPINIONS - bold assertions, spirited responses |
Smell the Coffee:
Disruptive technologies on the 2002 horizon
Brad Smith: Can you have a cellular phone system without cell sites and
towers? How about self-configuring high-speed wireless networks virtually anywhere?
Those are the promises of a couple of futuristic wireless technologies that are
commercially still on the drawing boards...
-- January 7, 2002
Your Turn:
Wireless Data Outlook
Andrew Seybold: The term "wireless Internet" gives the impression that
wireless data is only about extending the Internet as we know it on our desktops.
My contention is that if all we do as an industry is try to wirelessly deliver
the same experience that we have on our desktops today, the uptake will be
lousy...
-- January 7, 2002
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