Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 PDA sets itself apart from other handhelds with its expansion-slot keyboard and reliance on the open source Linux operating system. However, analysts say that despite their appeal to Linux fans and consumers, those distinguishing features are keeping the Zaurus from making inroads into the enterprise. "It has a lot of strikes against it," Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney told Wireless NewsFactor. "Sharp needs to go back to the drawing board on this one."
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In an effort to take mobile phone customizing to the next level, Motorola will hold an auction on its eBay store. The auction will let consumers design their own Motorola V60i, an upgraded version of the company's V60 product line set for rollout this summer.
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The Consumer Electronics Association has called on the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force to recommend an FCC rulemaking proceeding to allocate additional spectrum in the 5 GHz band for unlicensed devices, saying such an allocation would advance the FCC's congressional directive to promote competition and technological advancement.
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Nearly every industry has felt the effects of a dismal economy, but wireless has taken a particularly brutal beating. Many once-hopeful superstars lost their shine as they slipped behind the shadow of the dot-com debacle, and some of the glitzier ones were extinguished when user interest failed to materialize.
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Researchers at the University of Washington are developing artificial intelligence devices designed to serve as caregivers to patients, including those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In the works is a prototype wireless handheld device that incorporates both AI and GPS technology to assist individuals with diminished mental capacity.
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Describing mobile middleware as a critical link in the chain for connecting corporate information among mobile workers and corporate headquarters, analysts at IDC report that the mobile middleware market will increase from $227 million in 2001 to $1.7 billion by 2006.
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After missing its new-subscriber projection for the quarter, AT&T; Wireless fingered the industry's most popular scapegoat: WorldCom. The wireless carrier said that because WorldCom ended a reseller agreement, AT&T; Wireless fell short of its goal by more than 100,000 subscribers.
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Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates acknowledged in a speech that his company has done only an average job of deploying its .NET strategy, and continues to face challenges as it pushes the technology.
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The wireless Web generally is viewed as a pale substitute for the wired version of the Internet. To alter that negative impression, several stars must align to foster an environment that will produce more compelling applications, smoother-running networks and better-priced devices and services.
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The U.S. government has announced that additional spectrum for wireless communications services will be placed on the auction block by 2004, for use by the nation's carriers. Plans call for 90 MHz of radio spectrum to be made available for advanced wireless -- third generation, or 3G -- telecommunications services.
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