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Microsoft Corp. is readying a new version of the Tablet PC operating system that improves developer support, image handling and handwriting features. Code-named Lonestar, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2004 has a larger “ink-to-text” panel than the current version, meaning users can scrawl longer e-mail messages that the computer then translates into typed text. The […]

LAS VEGAS—In his keynote address at Fall Comdex 2003 here on Wednesday, PalmSource Inc. CEO David Nagel discussed the importance of back-office connectivity in the world of handheld computing. “Something we should have paid more attention to earlier was the importance of connectivity,” he said, referring to the PDA market in its early years. “By […]

LAS VEGAS—Since he last delivered a keynote address at Fall Comdex three years ago, AT&T Wireless Inc. CEO John Zeglis has learned that hype doesnt pay. In a more subdued keynote here on Tuesday, Zeglis apologized on behalf of the entire wireless industry for the wireless dot-com pipe dreams of 2000 that promised products ranging […]

LAS VEGAS—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on Tuesday launched its next-generation high-speed wireless data service across North America. The EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) offers average data rates of 100K to 130K bps, according to company officials in Redmond, Wash. “With EDGE we believe we have a distinct advantage in attracting and keeping customers, […]

Advances in wireless LAN technologies due to be announced this week will take the number of users managed to new heights. Bluesocket Inc. has developed a WLAN gateway that can control security and management on 802.11-based WLANs with more than 1,000 concurrent users. The WG-5000, slated to ship next month, is aimed at enterprise and […]

Startup Azimuth Systems Inc. has introduced a WLAN testing platform that emulates various network conditions and allows for consistent results across multiple testing environments. The Azimuth W-Series is designed to save time and space in wireless LAN testing for equipment manufacturers, standards bodies, systems integrators and enterprises that have their own labs, said officials at […]

For a company that doesnt consider itself a WLAN switching vendor, Cisco Systems Inc. has a lot of pull in the industry. Ask any company vying for customers in the new wireless LAN switch space who the chief competitor is, and the answer is always Cisco. Although Cisco doesnt sell WLAN switches, the San Jose, […]

LAS VEGAS—Sprint PCS Group on Monday will announce a walkie-talkie type service for its wireless phone customers. Like other push-to-talk services, Sprint Ready Link lets customers talk to each other with the touch (and holding down) of a button. Customers can talk one-on-one or with up to five other people simultaneously. Ready Link costs $15 […]

LAS VEGAS—Palm OS vendor PalmSource on Monday announced here at Comdex Las Vegas 2003 a new program aimed at bringing wireless operators into the operating systems development mix. The Palm Powered MobileWorld program gives operators the opportunity to collaborate with Palmsource to make sure their feedback is integral in developing the Palm OS platform. The […]

LAS VEGAS—Microsoft Corp. is readying a new version of the Tablet PC platform that improves upon the handwriting features in the operating system. Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates demonstrated the device and software in his Sunday evening keynote address. Code-named Lonestar, the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2004 software will offer a […]

While wireless number portability will give corporate customers a chance to consolidate service plans, experts say CIOs would be wise to wait a few months. Beginning Nov. 24, wireless subscribers in the United States will be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers to take advantage of better prices and services, thanks to […]

A senior mobile official at Microsoft Corp. this week announced that he will leave the software giant to start his own company. The corporate vice president of the Mobile Devices Marketing Group, Juha Christensen joined Microsoft four years ago. A spokeswoman for Microsoft in Redmond, Wash. said Christensen will move to the San Francisco Bay […]