InfoWorld Column: Wireless World

Wireless World: CPUC throws carriers for a curve

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:00:00 PDT

-height:12.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">The CPUC is pitching a set of wireless-industry regulations and Verizon is crying foul

Wireless World: CDPD premortem

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:00:00 PDT

The demise of the CDPD (cellular digital packet data) analog cellular network in and of itself may not be the cause of any major disruptions in your business processes. But it should give you pause, forcing you to think about the future as you deploy your wireless systems in the present.

Wireless World: Happy birthday, Mr. Cell Phone

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:00:00 PST

April marks the 30th anniversary of the cell phone's invention. I spoke with Marty Cooper, the man credited with inventing it when he worked at Motorola.

Wireless World: Straining the supply chain

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:00:00 PST

We know from history that some of the greatest generals have been defeated when their supply lines were overextended. Hannibal at the gates of Rome and Napoleon before Moscow are two of many.

Wireless World: Handheld sales plummet

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 07 Feb 2003 15:00:00 PST

The headline says it all: "Worldwide PDA market declined 9.1 percent in 2002." This title is from a market analysis report from Gartner. IDC numbers are even gloomier, showing a 12 percent decline in year-over-year units shipped.

Wireless World: RFID is about to explode

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:00:00 PST

To better understand the scope of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, let's take a look at The Gillette Company, based in Boston , and one of its distribution centers. The Chicago-based center is a 532,000-square-foot site with a 50,000 pallet capacity and approximately $60 million of inventory at any one time.

Wireless World: See SPOT run

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:00:00 PST

At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this month, Microsoft introduced SPOT (Smart Personal Object Technology). SPOT uses FM subcarrier technology for what Microsoft calls a one-way Direct Band Network, which will create “smart objects.” Onstage, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates displayed a variety of watches that can do everything from setting themselves to receiving weather alerts, stock prices, and calendar updates.

Wireless World: Putting G before A

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:01:00 PST

THE WINTER edition of Macworld Conference & Expo has come and gone, but it has left some lasting impressions.

Wireless World: The lord of mobility

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:01:00 PST

SOMETIMES I think of myself as a war correspondent stuck in Middle Earth, covering the dark forces of Mordor converging against the forces of light. Unfortunately, I'm stuck behind enemy lines.

Wireless World: Coming of Cometa

ephraim_schwartz@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Ephraim Schwartz) — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 16:01:00 PST

MARK THIS DATE on your calendar: Dec. 5, 2002. If you were at the news conference, you might have witnessed the birth of the wireless equivalent to Ma Bell.