Device vendors get serious about business

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
10/25/05
Today's focus: Device vendors get serious about business

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Today's focus: Device vendors get serious about business

By Keith Shaw

Several companies over the past few weeks have launched new
wireless devices aimed at the business market. Here's a quick
summary of what's new:

* Nokia adds to its E Series family

Nokia launched three "business-optimized devices": The E60, E61
and E70 devices are part of the E Series range that Nokia hopes
will help businesses mobilize their workforce.

The devices include the latest edition of the Series 60
platform, as well as Version 9.1 of the Symbian OS, giving an
identical application environment for all three models, Nokia
says. The devices will support corporate e-mail applications,
including BlackBerry Connect, Good Technnology's GoodLink, the
Nokia Business Center, Seven Mobile Mail, Seven Always-On Mail
and Visto Mobile. The devices will be able to access several GSM
frequencies, as well as wideband CDMA (WCDMA) networks, in
addition to other wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
and Infrared.

Advanced voice services such as voice over IP, push-to-talk and
other SIP-based services will also be supported on the devices,
Nokia says. Companies will be able to connect these devices to
an Avaya or Cisco IP PBX system as well.

Specific details on the individual models are available at
Nokia's Web site <http://www.nokia.com/business>. The company
says the E Series will be available worldwide in the first
quarter of 2006.

* Nextel, RIM release cell phone-like BlackBerry

Sprint and Research in Motion (RIM) announced the BlackBerry
7100i from Nextel, a device that includes all the features of a
regular BlackBerry but in a slimmer design that's more like a
cell phone. The 7100i includes RIM's SureType technology, which
merges a phone's keypad and a QWERTY-style keyboard to fit
within a regular cell phone form-factor. Through software, the
SureType system gives users the chance to use their phone keypad
to type messages faster and more accurately than if they tried
it with a regular cell phone.

In addition to supporting the wireless synchronization of
calendar, contacts, notes and tasks, the 7100i includes
Bluetooth, a speakerphone, Web browser and support for Java
applications. It also includes GPS support and Nextel's
walkie-talkie services. The device has a high-resolution color
display (240-by-260 pixels), comes with 64M bytes of flash
memory and 8M-bytes of SRAM, and has a rechargeable, removable
lithium ion battery. The phone is now available for about $350,
before discounts and promotions. More details are available at
Sprint-Nextel's Web site <http://www.nextel.com/blackberry>.

* HP, Cingular release first Pocket PCs to work on Cingular's
EDGE net

HP and Cingular recently launched the HP iPAQ hw6500 series
Mobile Messenger device, the first Pocket PCs in the U.S. to
work on Cingular's EDGE network. Starting next week, Cingular
says it will be the sole U.S. carrier for the device, which
includes wireless e-mail support and an integrated GPS receiver.
Two versions of the hw6500 will be available - one with a
1.3-megapixel camera (the hw6515) and one without (the hw6510).
Other features include a built-in keyboard, Bluetooth wireless
technologies and multimedia messaging support. The device will
cost $449 with a two-year contract (plus $39.99 per month for
unlimited data), or $650 without any wireless activation. More
details on the product are available at HP's Web site
<http://www.hp.com/go/mobilitysummit2005>.

I was able to get a sneak peek at the hw6500 before it was
available in the U.S. Check out my review of the device in my
Cools Tools column <http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9267>.

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To contact: Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw is Senior Editor, Product Testing, at Network World.
In addition, he writes the " Cool Tools
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/cooltools.html> "
column, which looks at gizmos, gadgets and other mobile
computing devices.

You can reach Keith at <mailto:kshaw@nww.com>.
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