Samsung starts a phone with 16MB SIM to hold music. Seems llike a pretty lame product. Expects to have 32 MB SIM soon. wired.com
I wonder why the Palm Pilot doesn't have SIM's? They would seem to need it, but avoid added complexity.
boston.com
Wireless Group on the Fast Track
Wired News Report
1:15 p.m. 23.Aug.99.PDT
Wireless vendors are working on a standard to make radio transmissions surpass the speed of land lines.
In an effort to ensure their products all work together, 3Com, Aironet, Intersil, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, and Symbol Technologies have formed a new group to push a standard for high-speed wireless local area networking.
At 11 Mbps, the IEEE High Rate Direct Sequence standard will be faster than basic Ethernet, which starts at 10 Mbps, the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) said.
The WECA standard will also be faster than the emerging Bluetooth standard, which is being developed for small home and office networks.
If widely adopted, the standard will allow users of a range of wireless computers, handhelds, phones, and other devices to network with each other in multiple locations. For example, users could be in homes, offices, or college campuses, the group said.
WECA is encouraging other companies to join the alliance. |
