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Smart cards will boom.... if standards are harmonized
News But standards are a key issue. The arrival of multi-purpose smart cards -- cards that can be used to pay for transport, phone calls and other low-value public services -- will drive the take-up of the technology skywards.
[February 2, 1999, 14:05]
Fujitsu plays smart with Symbian
News Microsoft's mobile phone software hasn't been incorporated into any phones using wideband-CDMA or similarly performing standards such as EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) and Qualcomm's more sophisticated versions of its CDMA technology.
[December 11, 2002, 6:46]
HP to merge handheld with mobile phone
News In Europe and Asia, HP's new device will use the GPRS and GSM communications standards, but the US standard has not been announced. HP made the announcement at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, where Microsoft announced separately that it...
[February 21, 2001, 12:28]
Microsoft backs mobile phone standards
News Aside from different and competing network and phone standards, there are also several types of operating systems for the higher-end cell phones, or "smart phones", that combine the functions of a PDA (personal digital assistant) and cell phone.
[June 13, 2002, 9:19]
Vodafone chief knocks Microsoft's mobile OS
News Microsoft is working with Vodafone on a number of areas, including a mobile Web services standards initiative and we look forward to working with Vodafone to offer Windows Mobile-based smart phones to their customers in the future.
[December 23, 2003, 14:20]
Ten reasons open-source smart phones will not win out
Blog Open standards Also Open Source does not necessarily mean Open Standards. There are advantages to following Apple's standards too. Jack fumes forgetting that in his first argument he was promoting open standards with "websites will load as expected...
[July 23, 2009, 17:32]
Wireless war: Who's gonna win?
News The winner in the wireless standards battle, analysts say, could wind up as the next "Wintel". Qualcomm's BREW is the most recent entry in what's become an alphabet soup of similar standards efforts aimed at dominating the fractured wireless industry.
[February 5, 2001, 8:35]
Switching on home networks
News But networking standards such as wireless LAN (802.11b) and Bluetooth are receiving a lot of interest here, which could stimulate the home automation market. These include LonWorks, which is gaining a footing in the home, and Universal Plug and...
[April 12, 2001, 14:49]
First look at MS 'Stinger'-based phone
News Waldman stressed that all of its products will be based on open standards so other companies and technologies will be able to work with Microsoft products. Acknowledging that there was no such thing as an ideal mobile device, Microsoft will support...
[August 10, 2000, 10:15]
BT to build common standards into home-network kit
News According to BT, emerging wireless standards, such as Bluetooth will be incorporated once they are widely adopted. It will launch systems -- each capable of supporting several wireless devices -- using wireless smart handsets, wireless phone...
[September 7, 1999, 11:14]
CES: Microsoft aims to simplify wireless world
News In attempting to bring everything from a digital watch to a Web tablet into the .Net fold, Microsoft has made efforts to use open standards such as XML (eXtensible Markup Language), so that any standards-compliant device should be able to take...
[January 9, 2002, 17:21]
The kitchen gets connected
News For the latest on everything from DVD standards and MP3s to your rights online, see the Personal Technology News Section. If they're running late, they can adjust cooking times via an Internet or mobile phone connection.
[March 27, 2003, 8:03]
WLAN switching extends Wi-Fi range
News Although wireless networking is not as robust in terms of performance as wired networking, Belanger pointed out that the evolving standards for wireless networking are at least making it as reliable. Belanger said that their experience building...
[January 9, 2003, 9:31]
Extreme Blue: IBM's student demo review
Reviews The system is built around open standards and can potentially be used in any chronic disease management programme. This location-based service aims to provide mobile phone users with information and access to services and utilities via a Java...
[September 13, 2007, 14:18]
UK government throws more money at banking (this time it's mobile)
Blog Help develop industry standards that will regulate the new technology and make it secure and cheaper for people to use 'branchless banking'. Carry out international research into how new technologies such as mobile phone banking, smart cards and...
[February 13, 2009, 10:51]
Concert tickets sent to mobiles
News Since there are two standards for mobile picture messaging -- Nokia Smart Messaging and Sony's Enhanced Message Service -- the message is sent in both formats and special 'sniffer' technology works out which is the appropriate format.
[November 7, 2003, 10:10]
Comdex 2001: Device makers expand on wireless
News Sony chose Bluetooth over other wireless standards because it uses less battery power thatn 802.11b, Jason added. In part of a gradual rise from obscurity, Korean phone maker LG Infocomm showed its TM-910 smart phone, a "2.5G" phone that builds...
[November 12, 2001, 16:32]
Sendo hangs up on Microsoft smartphone platform
News The decision was influenced by the use of open standards such as MMS (multimedia messaging) and Java in Nokia's and Symbian's software, Brogan said. Van Hooren confirmed that the use of open standards "played a role" in the decision to switch to...
[November 7, 2002, 10:23]
Jesse Berst: What MS and AOL are really fighting about
News But in this case, barking about open standards wins a pat on the head. And though Microsoft is usually in the dog house when it comes to open standards, in this current fight, Microsoft is in the right.
[August 9, 1999, 10:01]
Microsoft to mobile phone group: You need us
News We support any move to boost open standards, and we certainly don't see this initiative as a particular threat to us," said Robbie Wright, Microsoft European mobility marketing manager. With initiatives such as .Net and the Stinger smart phone...
[November 14, 2001, 17:22]
