The World In Your Purse
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An application filed with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office by Research In Motion will add an extra layer of security to its BlackBerry device. Users will carry their BlackBerries in a holster equipped with a transceiver. At a set time after the device is removed, the holster automatically will send a message asking the device to report in. If the user doesn’t respond with a secret code, the BlackBerry becomes an expensive paper weight.
Registration of .mobi domains has been opened to all-comers. The new domain, aimed specifically at mobile devices, has been available to trademark holders since May. Over 12,000 names have already been snapped up.
Virgin Trains has announced the provision of WiFi Internet services for passengers on board its high-speed trains. The service will be launched on its West Coast Main Line route in 2007. Passengers can browse the web and download digital data. The service will link the train to trackside wireless base stations located every few miles for reliable and seamless broadband connection to the internet.
Using a Pocket PC to communicate with the Internet would seem to be an attractive proposition in this world on the go. However it doesn’t seem to be developing much traction.
Back in 2004, the people at Opera were offering advice on Pocket-Sized Design to ensure your website is right for the very small screen. Then Google weighed in to give the world in your pocket when it launched Mobile Web Search in June 2005. It then gave even more of the world in your pocket with an expansion of Mobile Web Search in June 2006.
It’s not for lack of suitable devices since Windows Mobile offers quite a wide range of powered Pocket PCs: Pharos Traveler GPS 525, Dell Axim X51v, HP iPAQ rx1955 Pocket PC, Dell Axim X30 624MHz, Dell Axim X30 312 MHz (non-wireless), Dell Axim X50, HP iPAQ hx2100/2110, HP iPAQ hx2410/2415, HP iPAQ hx2700/2750, HP iPAQ hx4700/4705 and the Mio 168 GPS Pocket PC.
So what’s the hang-up? Could it be that those who might supply the Pocket PC-ready websites are not sure there is sufficient demand from the current users of Pocket PCs. So which will come first: the supply or the demand?
It possibly isn’t a big factor, but could the non-politically correct name be at fault? Perhaps there’s a need for Purse PCs? If only .. , who knows what growth there might have been.
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