fcaballero on Aug 31st 2004 Mobile / Wireless Data, Technology
Questions about the Caller I.D. falsification (Caller ID Spoofing) service answered… - Engadget - www.engadget.com

We tried out that new caller ID spoofing service meant for law enforcement agencies, private investigators and collection agencies. We were able to make calls pretending to be from satan (666-666-6666) as well as from pi (3141592653), fake movie people (555-555-5555) and lastly, Tommy Tutone (867-5309). How did we do this? With a new service from Star38.com.
Source: Engadget - www.engadget.com
fcaballero on Jul 26th 2004 Mobile / Wireless Data, Technology
Viola Systems Ltd. Arctic GPRS Gateway, embedded component integration using GSM and GPRS to monitor and control components and machines.
The Arctic GPRS Gateway effectively integrates Ethernet and serial devices to wireless GSM data and GPRS networks. The internal router, port forwarding and VPN tunneling provide secure LAN integration and operator independent GPRS server functionality with static virtual IP addresses (with M2M Gateway).
But, always there is a but… only for GSM 900/1800 Networks
fcaballero on Jul 25th 2004 Bussiness, Mobile / Wireless Data
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In Belgium, the new Ford Fiesta promotional campaign by Ogilvy features promotional posters reacting to the SMS sent by the passer-by.

fcaballero on Jul 1st 2004 Mobile / Wireless Data, Technology
El 1 de Julio 1991 se implementó la primera operadora utilizando el, incipiente en ese momento, estándar GSM para redes de comunicaciones móviles.
La tecnología para redes celulares más popular, cumple trece años con una marca de mil millones de usuarios.
Feliz Cumpleaños GSM!

fcaballero on Jun 21st 2004 Bussiness, Mobile / Wireless Data
Wireless Business Applications: Nextel - Sleeping Giant of Wireless Data
Long dismissed as a “blue-collar” only carrier, Nextel is the sleeper candidate among the carriers to win big with wireless data. Instead of focusing on consumer entertainment at $3 average revenue per month (ARPU), they have focused on wireless business data applications at $50 ARPU.
fcaballero on Jun 18th 2004 Mobile / Wireless Data, Technology
Nokia Funds Lightweight Mozilla Browser ‘Minimo’
Nokia invertirá en “Mínimo” un browser basado en el trabajo de la Mozilla Foundation. Este browser será diseñado para dispositivos móviles.
Si un teléfono gana funcionalidad de browser, dejaremos de verlo solo como teléfono. Será momento de hablar de terminales de acceso móvil, ya sea para redes de voz o de datos.
fcaballero on Jun 7th 2004 Bussiness, Mobile / Wireless Data, Technology
RCR Wireless News
Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks.
Motorola supports the same protocols espoused by other major players like L.M. Ericsson, Siemens AG and Nortel Networks Ltd. Nokia Corp. is taking another route in what some experts believe may create interoperability obstacles with PoC.
There are no final standards yet,but there are directions, and they are towards PoC as an IMS service running over IP.
OK, If there are no standars yet, then this is another legacy solution?
fcaballero on Apr 1st 2004 Mobile / Wireless Data
Forbes.com: Picture Phone Purgatory

Desde Marzo del 2003, el Nokia 3650 es el terminal GSM, con gestión de imágenes, mas vendido en EEUU. Pero pronto perderá su liderazgo en ventas.
Todos los fabricantes anuncian terminales de nueva generación con más capacidad en la gestión de imágenes, con resoluciones por encima de los 1000 píxeles.
Sin embargo este terminal aun sostiene capacidades interesantes para los que se introducen en el mundo que combina la fotografía digital y la telefonía móvil.
El Nokia 3650 ya es un clásico.