Its battery life: 5 hours on the wireless web. 30 days of standby time.
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The wireless Web as a whole in the U.S. is still "extremely primitive, " according to Parr.
Still, she characterized the technology as an "interim solution" to providing mobile users with wireless Web access.
It is the Japanese, awakening from a decade of dormancy, who are the early adopters of the wireless Web.
The U.S. government makes available too little wireless spectrum for what could turn out to be tomorrow's fastest-growing industry: wireless Web networks.
Nextel has little idea whether consumers even want a wireless web.
Roth's wireless web plan, dubbed "Wings of Light, " takes aim at Ericsson and Nokia, since most of the early sales are in Europe.
The Sprint Application Developer Program has been providing tools for third-party developers since Sprint first launched the Wireless Web on its phones in 2001.
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But RIM's management believes its new wireless Web services, third party software agreements and plans to expand to new markets will keep the company on top.
The wireless web was supposed to unchain workers from their desktops and let handheld gadgets turn streams of invisible bits into stock portfolios, music and shopping sprees.
It's a matter of time before the real and the virtual fold into each other on the wireless Web, says Wonhee Sull, vice president of platform development at SK Telecom.
Cellular carriers have been touting the vision of a wireless Web for a few years, dreaming of high-speed, always-on, packet-based connections that deliver everything from music to traffic warnings and restaurant ratings.
If the free wireless web is to take root anywhere, the most likely place will be in rural areas, which have less radio congestion and a more acute shortage of high-speed infrastructure.
He suggests that such a system should accept wireless, web, and email submissions when activated.
Siemens already uses Motorola's technology inside the next-generation wireless-web phones it will launch soon.
Looking like a sportier version of NASA's Mars Rover, the first wireless, Web-connected robot sees, hears and speaks for you.
This development is made possible by a new wave of technology: radio-frequency ID chips the size of pepper grains, broadband wireless and Web-based "dashboards" enabling monitoring and management.
Facebook, Twitter, 4G, iPhones, iPads, ubiquitous wireless and Web-enabled cellphones, the cloud, Big Data, cellphone apps and Skype did not exist or were in their infancy a decade ago.
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Then throw in all the public hot spots, home Wi-Fi connections, wireless workplaces and web-enabled PDAs.
Also, an attacker may create rogue wireless networks and web sites which mimic the legitimate ones.
Taking the advice of "Roof" Lumry, Perry and Hooper made a killing on early hit Infospace.com, which links content to wireless devices and Web sites.
Similar to the ZT60 series, the VT60 models are equipped with enhanced connectivity features including VIERA ConnectTM, My Home Screen, built-in Wireless LAN and Web Browser, Swipe and Share 2.0.
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With 1080p resolution, the ZT60 series comes with advanced features for connectivity including My Home Screen, Swipe and Share 2.0, Touch Pad Controller, three HDMI and three USB connectors, along with VIERA ConnectTM, allowing consumers to connect to applications through the internet via built in Wireless LAN and Web Browser. 2D-3D conversion transforms 2D content to 3D images in real-time.
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Alain Rossman was desperate after three years of pushing his design for a way to meld the web and wireless technology.
Microsoft msft , meantime, looked like it was heading for its own web-wireless protocol, taking on Netscape in browsers and talking up its wireless prospects.
It marks Sony's first plunge into a new wireless world that blends Web, video and communications--a foray aimed at pulling the electronics giant out of a stubborn slump.
Microsoft msft (nasdaq: msft - news - people), meantime, looked like it was heading for its own web-wireless protocol, taking on Netscape in browsers and talking up its wireless prospects.
And while that's a fraction of the revenue for entertainment as a whole, PricewaterhouseCoppers predicts that within the next five years nearly half of the total industry growth will be generated through Web and wireless technologies.
That's when Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) debuted the Airport, the first cheap Wi-Fi base station that gave people--or at least the blessed few who used Macintosh computers--fast, wireless access to the Web.
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