27 August 2001
US attitudes to Mobile Video Developments
Three part report concerning Mobile Video Developments from a US perspective. Part One looks at the market climate for video and multimedia rollout services. Part Two explores what businesses will want and get from those services. Part Three examines the various uses aimed at capturing the imaginations of individual consumers.
27 August 2001
AlphaSmart to use Palm OS
AlphaSmart, Inc., a technology solutions provider for education, and Palm, Inc. have announced that AlphaSmart has licensed the Palm OS ® platform. The flagship AlphaSmart 3000 is a low-cost, portable technology solution used in thousands of classrooms in the United States and by millions of students throughout the world. A highly useful writing, keyboarding and test-taking tool, the AlphaSmart 3000 addresses a broad range of needs in K-12 education. It is offered at a fraction of the price of a full-featured computer, so an entire class can be economically outfitted with AlphaSmart 3000s, enabling students to learn and advance at their own pace. (see press release)
Medical Students Embrace Wireless Tools of Future
Students at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are packing handheld IBM WorkPads with an array of special applications to give them an extra edge as they enter their clinical rotations.The clinical rotations are the point in the students' academic studies when they begin interviewing and examining patients and making diagnoses based on their observations. (see article)24 August 2001
University, College and K12 Students chose wireless IBM ThinkPads
Many American universities, colleges and schools have embraced wireless IBM ThinkPad notebook computers reaffirming a fundamental change in teaching techniques. Smaller and medium-size colleges are especially interested because of the costs and maintenance savings. (see press release)17 August 2001
Tiny Norwegian Village Goes Entirely Wireless
A tiny, remote village in Norway is the site of a technology experiment intended to create the world's only entirely wireless broadband community (see article)
First school in the US to actually require the use of PDAs
High school students at Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville, N.C., will pick up more than books with their registration packets when school starts. Each student will get a Palm handheld loaded with educational software and a Palm portable keyboard. Forsyth, the first K-12 school in the nation to require the use of Palm handhelds, plans to use them throughout its curriculum. (see press release)
13 August 2001
MPEG-4 will emerge as a leading technology for streaming media to wireless devices
According to a new Yankee Group study MPEG-4 will emerge as a leading technology for streaming media to wireless devices. MPEG-4 is an open standard designed to require little bandwidth and to provide for interactivity, which makes it attractive for mobile devices, the study notes. (see press release)
6 August 2001
AvantGo Takes Its Own Advice, Offers M-Learning
Recognizing the market potential, AvantGo (Nasdaq: AVGO - news) has used some of its own technology to offer mobile, Web-based training to wireless developers throughout the world. (see press release) (see article)
2 August 2001
Wireless Internet in Classroom Annoying?
Article in MSNBC that addresses the issue of wireless internet access during meetings and classes (see article)
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