 | April 1, 2000 |
Casting the net
Beaming data to wireless devices
The race is on to offer wireless data services to handhelds and cell phones.
PhoneFish.com, for example, recently announced a wireless email service that works on web-enabled cell phones. The PhoneFish service will allow users to access any POP3 email account with any web-enabled phone. Some competing wireless services require users to establish a new email address. The service will cost $3.95/month, but of course that's on top of what you pay to another service provider for wireless web access.
IBM and Motorola, meanwhile, are joining forces to enable and promote technology that allows businesses to link data and applications to wireless devices. For example, service providers can leverage the joint offering to allow mobile workers to access corporate networks securely from anywhere, and to access email, stock quotes, and other data.
Motorola will provide mobile server technology and its Wireless Access Protocol gateway. IBM will add its Websphere Everyplace Suite, middleware that simplifies the deployment of wireless applications.
—Maury Wright, Executive Editor
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