TECH NEWS RADIO #276 | 060401 | AT&T, Wireless, Palm Pilot, Windows CE, HDML, RIM, Apple Newton, Hammerhead

This Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast from TechNewsRadio.com examines Wireless for the Corporate User (no URL), Vol. 6, No. 3 published on March 1997.

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Key articles mentioned in this article:

• Sean Keating recommends moving focus away from the US Robotics Pilot 1000 to Windows Consumer Electronics (CE) devices.
• Alain Rossman from Unwired Planet says that Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) is ideal for "superphones" from Motorola-Uniden using CDPD networks or the new Qualcomm CDMA networks.
• Steve Mann thinks that Research In Motion's Inter@ctive Pager has great potential as a development platform.
• Andrew Seybold makes an assertion that Microsoft handheld PCs will ultimately rule the marketplace.
• Yours truly -- makes the case that the Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 is an ideal mobile device to be the foundation of your future enterprise mobile architecture. [NOTE: Just because I bleed six colors and in the Newton Hall of Fame does not mean I am biased.]
• The WalkAbout Computer's Hammerhead 586 seems ideal for running Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 or DOS in a "slate" form-factor.

Other links or items mentioned in this podcast:

• Dan Klass @ The Bitterest Pill (who apparently plans to start charging listeners for podcasts)
• Friends In Tech (FIT) (which has no affiliations with FIT@NYC)
• Adam Curry
• Official wine of the podcast: Fetzer Valley Oaks Gewurztraminer
• Grape Radio
• HyperText Markup Languages (HTML)
• World Wide Web (WWW)
• General Magic
• Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
• 160-MHz StrongARM processor
• Newton Internet Enabler 1.1

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