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Closed and open
This week, the news is an interesting combination of closed and open technologies. On the closed side you have the iPhone, with its proprietary technology and quite distinct development methodology. The closed nature of the product isn't keeping companies from developing applications for the
newest smart phone--runaway initial success will do that for a product. I think open standards are desirable and important, but it's hard to argue with the public demand for the very closed iPhone.
An open platform is one thing--open network access is something else. New RF spectrum is coming, and big players are starting to wrestle over whose vision will win out in the new space. The incumbent cellular telephone providers want 700 MHz to look just like the spectrum in which they've found
tremendous success. Other players, like Google, want a more open, free-wheeling marketplace for the coming bands. The FCC chairman says he wants open access regardless of how the spectrum is auctioned, but there are obviously more and less open options for the frequencies freed when television
moves forever to digital modes. The debates between proponents of the different allocation methods bear watching, though, because it's likely that this will be the last major piece of RF territory opened up for the foreseeable future. -Curtis
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Everyone is trying to pack lighter these days, so what are the odds you can convince your employees to add a wireless access point to their load when heading out on a business trip? If they're serious
about wireless security, then the odds could go up. Aruba Networks has developed a portable AP designed to work with a hotel's daily Internet access. The unit, which plugs into the available network port,
offers authentication and encryption through a VPN tunnel back to the corporate shop. Now, if it could only keep employees from leaving laptops in the back seat of a cab…
For more on the portable AP:
- read the technology news at NetworkWorld
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There was no real comparison between the reception received by Windows Mobile 6 and Apple's iPhone.
Windows Mobile didn't have nearly as much hype, but does it have anything like the functionality of the iPhone? Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices Experience design center is conducting the research that it hopes will bring new user interface and function set capabilities to future versions of
Windows Mobile--and since it's used on more than 120 phone models worldwide, the potential for Windows Mobile to have as significant an effect as the iPhone (or any other alternative) is certainly very
real.
For more on the iPhone versus Windows Mobile:
- read the analysis at CIO-Today
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Executive Analysis
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If the lack of a Microsoft Exchange sync capability kept you out of the line to get an Apple iPhone, it's
time to head to the Apple Store. Synchronica PLC has announced that its Mobile Gateway 3.0 will perform over-the-air synchronization between Exchange and the iPhone. The system makes use of Microsoft's Outlook Web Access to move mail between the systems and brings an important business capability to the newest "hot" smartphone.
For more on the Mobile Gateway:
- read the article at Wireless ITWorld.com
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Looking for another reason to buy an iPhone? If your company uses NetSuite, your reason is here. NetSuite's SuitePhone has just been released, and it's bringing much of the online CRM suite's functionality straight to the iPhone. Of course, there are some differences, between the iPhone
interface and the full-bore desktop version--you can't print from your iPhone, for example. If you want to know whether the iPhone can work as an enterprise device, though, SuitePhone has to be counted as
a "yes" vote.
For more on SuitePhone:
- read the product analysis at eWeek
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Also Noted
> AirMagnet analyzes VoWLAN traffic. Article
> Samsung passing Motorola in wireless. Article
> Nokia gaining from Motorola struggles. Article
> Freeh likes Frontline plan. Article
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Hands-On Wireless
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In February 2009, the world of wireless communications will get a lot bigger as the FCC opens up the 700 MHz band for commercial use. The question still to be answered is precisely how the auctions of those frequencies will be run. Google has proposed "micro auctions" that would open up the spectrum to small providers that, Google says, would bring increased innovation and decreased customer cost to the wireless market. Based on their
experience in the cellular telephone market, Verizon and AT&T disagree, saying that the local monopoly
model pioneered in the cell frequency auctions would maximize the value of the spectrum and bring greater benefits to the U.S. Treasury. The debate is worth watching carefully, because the outcome will have
a profound effect on the next-generation wireless communications available to you and your organization.
For more on open-access opposition:
- read the feature article at CIO-Today
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Kevin Martin is chairman of the FCC. His opinions are important when the topic is FCC policies. Martin thinks that the winners of the 700 MHz spectrum auction should have to commit to open access to the airwaves. Regardless of whether the auction that occurs is in line with the Google model or
closer to what Verizon and AT&T want, the bias toward open network access should be a positive development for enterprise customers intent on pushing more applications out to wireless platforms.
For more on the chairman's words:
- read the news analysis at NewsFactor
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