David Haskin

Microsoft Monday showed off its new Net device technology for the home, including display technology that is aimed at providing access to data throughout the house and tools to tie together TVs and PCs. Specifically, Microsoft founder Bill Gates used his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics 2002 show to show a new set of […]

Wireless home networking is about to arrive at the flash point in which its popularity will explode and most of those home networks will be 802.11b, according to a report released Monday by Cahners In-Stat/MDR. However, that didn’t stop the seemingly vanquished HomeRF technology from moving forward. According to the high-tech research firm, as wireless […]

Microsoft late last week started discussing its plans for Net device-related product releases for the coming year that include a January release for its Windows CE .NET platform, its Tablet PC products and a revamp of its interactive television (iTV) platform). The company reported late last week that it is on target to release its […]

The year 2001 was a bad one for the wireless industry as consumers and the enterprise refused to embrace wireless Net access and wireless companies both large and small struggled to stay afloat. Now for the bad news: the Yankee Group says things will continue to be bleak for much of the coming year. In […]

An industry organization aimed at fostering interoperability between TDMA and other wireless technologies said Wednesday that it was dissolving. The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) said that its board of governors decided to dissolve the group because it has achieved its objectives and because of the creation of a new group aimed more closely at […]

Next-generation wireless services such as multimedia messaging will spur solid growth in sales of wireless devices in the coming years, a study released late last week by The Strategis Group contends. The study predicts that 483 million handsets will be sold next year, a 17 percent sales increase worldwide. Much of those sales will be […]

Struggling handheld vendor Handspring Wednesday announced two stock-related actions to help it raise more money. The company announced that it was offering the public 7 million shares of common stock at $5.50 per share. The stock is a follow-on to a so-called S3 shelf registration submitted in November and approved by the U.S. Securities and […]

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, which in October became the first wireless operator in the world to broadly offer fast third-generation (3G) wireless services, said Wednesday that it is about to start distributing video and other multimedia over that service. The multimedia service, dubbed i-motion, will become available to the company’s 3G customers on November 19, the […]

Release of the next-generation game consoles such as Microsoft’s Xbox combined with increasing penetration of broadband in the home will drive an explosive growth in Net access not just for gaming but for other applications as well, a new study released Thursday by GartnerG2 says. Revenues for online gaming will increase from $138 million in […]

Nokia, Sony Corporation and a host of leading wireless vendors announced two initiatives to promote interoperability among wireless devices developed by different manufacturers. Noticeably absent from the announcements was Microsoft, which has different plans with its forthcoming .NET framework. In one announcement, Nokia and Sony said they will collaborate to develop a new middleware platform […]

National Semiconductor Friday unveiled a new concept Net device with a wide range of capabilities. Almost like a device sold on a television infomercial, National says the Geode Origami Mobile Communicator can act as a camera, video camcorder, Net-connected phone, handheld and MP3 player. But wait … there’s more: It also can act as an […]

A picture of the future wireless world dominated by Java-based phones capable of roaming the world and exchanging multimedia messages emerged from a flurry of research studies released Tuesday. ARC Group predicts that in a study that all Net-connected wireless phones will be Java-enabled within five years. Specifically, more than 1.1 billion phones will be […]