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To: Ed Mayer who wrote (731)	2/5/2000 9:18:00 AM
From: Mats Ericsson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 851

This just happens to be the core businesstartegy for Nokia now. You could write poems on this topic. In brief the topic is human-network interface, which must be intelligent enought to be simply to use. (Same problem with all Information Technology. More easy tho use - more difficult to put together.) Interface which is personal and flexible and independet on machines and connection speeds. They want to sell connectivity and service platforms for this. Not only hardware-parts. They are playing with visions there, not with some do-your-self a personal phone -kits only. Your personal web-interface is surronding you everywhere, kitchen, car, bus, workplace. etc. (One example: bookmarks. Have you ever tryed to transport bookmarks to an other device in microsoft environment? Impossible. This must be done automaticly. You are in hotel. You to toalet. Sit there. Open some toilet WEB-device, it reconizes you and Hello your bookmarks are there waiting!) You can change ad hoc your connectivity device to an another device or change your connection GSM/PCS outside the building and once inside piconets (such as bluetooth). Your device and connection variates, your information bubble will synchronize itself automaticly. I'm not saying I know or have imagination to say how is this going to be done in real worlds-level.....But this is the major problem with which they are working now. There just happens to be little companies out there (like Puma and Geoworks) who has been co-operating with Nokia enough long to get some visions how to cash out this personal web-interface. Puma has some technology, GWRX has some lawyers. Etc.

To: Ed Mayer who wrote (731)	2/22/2000 5:57:00 AM
From: Mats Ericsson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 851

Psion, IBM, Nokia, others to develop universal data synchronisation standard 22 Feb 11:10 (You see, this has something to do with XML-language too, ...Yes Motorola and Starfish are there by suprize, where is Ericsson!? ....married to Microsoft??) LONDON (AFX) - A group of IT and telecommunications companies, including Psion PLC, IBM Corp and Nokia have agreed to join forces to develop a universal data synchronisation standard for remote data and personal information across multiple networks, platforms and devices such as latptop computers and mobile phones. The SyncML initiative, which also includes Lotus, Motorola, Palm and Starfish Software, will aim to create interoperable wireless and wireline data synchronization products across corporate servers, Web servers, computers, laptops, PDAs, handheld computers, mobile phones and other mobile devices, regardless of platform or manufacturer, a joint statement said. Currently, data synchronisation is based on multiple sets of different protocols, each one functioning with a limited number of data types, devices or systems. The initiative will lead to personal and enterprise information, including email, calendars, to-do lists, contact information, being accessible and up to date regardless of where the information is stored, giving users unmatched flexibility in the device they select to use while on the move.