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Moblin.org provides a glimpse into MID/netbook development

Moblin.org is Intel's Linux-based initiative to develop a software stack for a new range of highly mobile computing devices, including MIDs mobile Internet Devices and netbooks like the Classmate. This site was highlighted during a keynote at IDF last week and, while the focus is clearly on MIDs, it...

Tags: Developer, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Intel Corp., Moblin.org, Netbooks, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-06

JVM adds to iPhone's seduction of enterprise IT buyers for mobile computing

JVM adds to iPhone's seduction of enterprise IT buyers for mobile computingHot to trotSomeone thinks that we computer users are just a bunch of salivating glands ready to slobber all over anything new. I've run Macs since 1984 and I'm getting used to upgrades. Same thing on the PC side....

Tags: Java, haha, Apple iPhone, JVM, seduction, IT buyer, mobile computing, information technology, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

JVM adds to iPhone's seduction of enterprise IT buyers for mobile computing

Sun Microsystems' plans to tune the micro Java Virtual Machine to the iPhone -- leveraging the new SDK to characterize the JVM as an "application" -- could quickly turn the iPhone into a powerful business tool that IT executives can love too. The iPhone may have hit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Information Technology, Mobile Computing, Internet Device, JVM, Mobile Internet Device, Advertising & Promotion, Java, Marketing, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-03-08

The Role of Rugged mobile computing in Overhaul, Service & Maintenance Operations

This paper explores the strategic, operational, and technological issues that are addressed by rugged mobile solutions for maintenance and service managers. The overhaul, maintenance, and service environment is in the process of adapting to a barrage of new forces. Those forces include increasing sophistication and computerization of the equipment that...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Equipment, Larstan Business Reports, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

White papers 2008-02-08

Policy Management - Manage & Control Your Mobile Workers

This demo provides a detailed look at the power of Mobility XE Policy Management, an optional module for NetMotion Wireless' award-winning Mobility XE Mobile VPN software. You'll see how Policy Management provides granular control over access to information and applications based on any conditions an IT manager defines. You'll also...

Tags: Mobile, NetMotion Wireless, Mobile Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Marketing, Hardware

Presentations 2008-02-01

PC OEMs might no longer be able to rely on games to sell high end systems

PC OEMs might no longer be able to rely on games to sell high end systemsNot good for MS. They have depended on gaming as one thing to keep peopleon Windows. With that lock being removed for the vast majority, there are fewer reason to stay on Windows.Steam sales figures?Discounting...

Tags: Games, Desktops, mobile computing, desktop, Vista Gaming, hypocrisy, game, PC

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Trican Increases Field Worker Productivity with Mobility XE

Alberta-based Trican Well Service has business operations across Canada, the United States, Russia and Kazakhstan. With over 1,500 field technicians working in some of the most remote areas of the world, Trican struggled with mobile computing issues such as coverage gaps, roaming, application performance and security. With Mobility XE Mobile...

Tags: Mobile, NetMotion Wireless, Mobile Computing, Mobility, Application Performance, Worker, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Case studies 2007-12-01

Mobility XE at Jacksonville Electric Authority

One of the largest municipal utilities in the United States, JEA has a service region that covers 841 square miles. In their ongoing efforts to improve customer service and reliability, they required a mobile computing solution that could optimize wireless communications for their mobile field personnel. With Mobility XE, JEA...

Tags: Mobile, NetMotion Wireless, Mobile Computing, Mobility, Worker, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware

Case studies 2007-12-01

Wireless Technology Usage From a Clinician's Perspective

Many healthcare providers struggle with similar challenges. Workload and shortages have caused providers and policymakers to look for means to improve productivity. Physicians have increased their average work week from 57.6 hours in 2001 to more than 60 hours in 2002. This paper discusses applications that can improve healthcare with...

Tags: Wireless Technology, Mobile Computing, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2007-11-01

Microsoft Patent app describes multimedia note-taking for Windows Mobile devices

In a newly published Microsoft Patent application entitled User experience for mobile multimedia notetaking, a way is described that would enable users who are watching video on a Windows Mobile-enabled handset to take notes about that video at the same time. The core...

Tags: Multimedia, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Operating System, Environment, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Windows, Video, Microsoft Corp., Abstract, Mobile Computing Device, Data Type, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Wireless, Operating Systems, Marketing, Hardware, Software, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Image Gallery: OfficeSuite 4 for S60 3rd Edition devices

OfficeSuite 4 allows you to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents and create Word and Excel documents right on your 3rd Edition mobile phone. You can even connect select Nokia devices to an external monitor and keyboard for full mobile computing functionality

Tags: Microsoft Office, Word processors, Advertising & Promotion, mobile, mobile computing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, mobile phone, keyboard, Nokia Corp., monitor, phone, Microsoft Corp.

Image galleries 2007-06-24

Crescent Girls' School Unwires Secondary Education With Pervasive mobile computing

Crescent Girls' School in Singapore is 1400-student secondary school that has integrated learning technologies into its curriculum in many innovative ways. Crescent Girls' School, through its m-Learning@Crescent e-learning initiative deployed over 400 Tablet PCs and a pervasive wireless LAN throughout the school grounds, enabling hundreds of its students to employ...

Tags: Tablets, LANs, Notebooks, e-learning, mobile computing, tablet PC, Intel Corp., mobile marketing, tablet, WLAN, LAN, wireless, PC

Case studies 2007-04-24

Unboxing the MacBook and ThinkPad

As part of Mitch Ratcliffe's ongoing examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the Vista and Mac OS mobile computing experience, we look at the packaging of the ThinkPad X60 and MacBook Pro. Apple's design aesthetic wins hands down, from the elegance of the packaging to the amount of material...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Macintosh, IBM ThinkPad, Microsoft Windows Vista, mobile computing

Image galleries 2007-02-01

CES: mobile computing revolution

Check out David Berlinds coverage of a number of devices that might change your mind about lugging a laptop around. He asks the question, "Are you ready to ditch your laptop?" and its a question more and more people are willing to consider seriously. I know my continued exploration of...

Tags: Productivity, Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry, Tablet PCs, CES, mobile computing, mobile marketing

Blog posts 2007-01-11

Implications for mobile computing raised by flash hard drives

Implications for mobile computing raised by flash hard drivesWell...........................This has always been a field of research and I am wondering of the BUS speed of the info. transfer since a flash based hard drive will be able to access data much faster. Also there has been the ability for...

Tags: Handhelds, hard drive, mobile computing, mobile

Discussion threads 2007-01-08

Implications for mobile computing raised by flash hard drives

Lots of buzz surrounding the recent announcement by SanDisk of a new 32GB NAND flash hard drive for notebook computers. Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun offer his four quick thoughts. I thought the fourth was the most provocative:As mobile users, well need a new way of comparing and choosing our storage...

Tags: Gadgetry, Tablet PCs, Software, Web Apps, Mobility, Hardware, Productivity, hard drive

Blog posts 2007-01-05

Mobile Clinical Assistant Platform Prototype

Having the right information at the point of decision is critical to improving patient safety, reducing errors and easing workloads. To support those goals, Intel Corporation's Digital Health Group has combined the insights of ethnographers, technologists and clinicians to pioneer a new category of mobile computing platforms designed specifically for...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Intel Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Marketing, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-01

Adaptive CSMA for Scalable Network Capacity in High-Density WLANs

Demand for mobile computing devices is unlikely to ebb any time soon. As individuals and businesses continue to use more throughput-hungry applications, High-Density Wireless Local Area Networks (HD-WLANs) designers will need to devise ways to improve network capacity by maximizing special reuse of channels. Tests by Intel researchers show that...

Tags: Network, Network Capacity, Mobile Computing, WLAN, Intel Corp., Network Administration, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Handhelds, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2006-10-01

Origami Project update: changing mobile computing

Dustin has posted some news about the forthcoming UMPC releases from TabletKiosk and Samsung at The Origami Project blog and some new blogs and promotions being planned. What I found most interesting in his post was the following comment:"Anyway, things are about to get exciting. Why? Well first you'll be...

Tags: Origami, Microsoft Origami

Blog posts 2006-04-14

mobile computing in comfort

Mobile computing in comfortLapDeskI have had one of these things for a while, and they are really good. They help mobile comfortable computing in many ways. I like to use it for my wireless mouse and keyboard while watch movies and hacking code (can you say multi-tasking?).

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, WIRELESS, Handhelds, mobile, mobile computing

Discussion threads 2006-04-12