| FRIDAY - APRIL 27, 2007 - ISSUE NO. 259 |
Dear Friends of Wireless Messaging, Lots of interesting news this week. Please note the AAPC Newsletter section—immediatly following—with a tentative schedule of events for the Wireless Forum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It will be held from May 30 to June 1, in the beautiful Marriott Resort. This is a wondurful hotel right on the Atlantic beach. I look forward to this event each year and it is the one wireless industry event that takes presidence over all the others for me. I can't think of anything that I would rather do than spend a few days in a luxury hotel, meeting with old friends, making new ones, walking on a sandy beach and enjoying some great food too! Of course, there are several compelling business reasons for attending this conference. The top experts in our industry will be there and will be presenting ideas that will benefit all of us. If you are too busy to go, then you are just too busy. Now on to the news . . . |
A new issue of The Wireless Messaging Newsletter gets posted on the web each week. A notification goes out by e-mail to subscribers on most Fridays around noon central US time. The notification message has a link to the actual newsletter on the Internet. That way it doesn't fill up your incoming e-mail account. There is no charge for subscription and there are no membership restrictions. Readers are a very select group of wireless industry professionals, and include the senior managers of many of the world's major Paging and Wireless Data companies. There is an even mix of operations managers, marketing people, and engineers—so I try to include items of interest to all three groups. It's all about staying up-to-date with business trends and technology. I regularly get reader's comments, so this newsletter has become a community forum for the Paging, and Wireless Data communities. You are welcome to contribute your ideas and opinions. Unless otherwise requested, all correspondence addressed to me is subject to publication in the newsletter and on my web site. I am very careful to protect the anonymity of those who request it. NOTE: This newsletter is best viewed at screen resolutions of 800x600 (good) or 1024x768 (better). Any current revision of web browser should work fine. Please notify me of any problems with viewing. This site is compliant with XHTML 1.0 transitional coding for easy access from wireless devices. (XML 1.0/ISO 8859-1.) | |||||||||||
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Blackberry hitches a ride on Windows Mobile By Ken Fisher The mobile space just got a lot more interesting thanks to a surprising decision at RIM. The home of the so-called crackberry plague has decided that it's time to stop playing exclusive, and start working on support for phone platforms other than its own. First up, RIM is hopping on board with Windows Mobile via a new software application suite that will let users access typical Blackberry services, such as the e-mail synchronization service. RIM says that the software will be made available later this year, and it will only work on Windows Mobile 6 devices. No word on which devices are yet supported, but the Motorola Q will most likely be among them. According to the announcement, the software suite will offer "BlackBerry e-mail, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging and other applications developed for the BlackBerry platform." This last matter is quite interesting: RIM's announcement suggests that Blackberry developers will be able to get on Windows Mobile via this suite. The suite will launch like any other Windows Mobile Application, and users will be able to exit the Blackberry platform to switch back to the standard Windows Mobile interface, if needed. In short, the new application suite can convert a Windows Mobile 6 phone into a Blackberry clone. "Extending BlackBerry applications to a broader range of devices is an important element of RIM's strategy to provide an open platform that supports industry standards and addresses the various needs of our customers and partners," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "This new software will provide a range of important benefits, including easier support of Windows Mobile-based devices within BlackBerry Enterprise Server environments, a consistent user interface for BlackBerry applications across various devices, and the ability to run third-party applications developed for the BlackBerry platform." It's a smart move by RIM, as it considerably expands the number of phones eligible to use the Blackberry data service, and it also shows that the company knows that its popular data service needs wider platform support than it currently enjoys. It's also a revenue booster for RIM, as the service will require support from your mobile carrier, and it will also require users to subscribe to a Blackberry data plan. RIM would be thrilled to scrape a tenner or more off the top of data plans for Windows Mobile users. Will RIM expand this program to other phones? Only time will tell, but Windows Mobile is in many ways RIM's biggest threat, since many IT shops have to make the decision between Windows Mobile or Blackberry for push e-mail. In this way, Blackberry becomes a safer choice, as it's not necessarily tied to a specific hardware experience. If RIM really wants to impress IT shops sitting on the fence, they should bolster this move by making it easier for smaller businesses to hop on board with BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Wider phone support is great, but the biggest complaint I hear from potential RIM customers is the cost of its server products. For a small business with only 10-25 users, Enterprise Server is prohibitively expensive. There is a considerable "hole" in RIM's server offerings between basic push e-mail users relying on third-party e-mail networks and those users blessed enough to have Enterprise Server. RIM has made a smart move by hopping on Windows Mobile, but they should also realize that Windows Mobile is Exchange's turf. RIM needs to make e-mail push for Exchange on Windows Mobile truly cost competitive, and it can't do that without addressing its server licensing. I've got my fingers crossed. |
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YapLink.com Offers Free Instant Broadcast Messaging Service in Response to Recent Tragedy at Virginia Tech 04-24-2007 CARY, N.C. — YapLink.com, a service provided by General Technologies LLC, is providing free access to broadcast messaging for those looking to improve how they get the word out about emergencies or crisis situations. YapLink enables group text messages or emergency broadcasting capabilities to individuals and large groups. One message, created by the user, can be sent via www.YapLink.com to just one or an entire list of group members to the recipient’s cell phone, email, pager, Blackberry®, satellite phone, and computer. Individuals, as well as colleges and universities, are considering these and other measures in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, seeking to improve how they get the word out about emergencies to friends, family, or thousands of students across sprawling campuses. "People use all different kinds of wireless devices today and the YapLink service bridges messaging to all of them. It can be used for any list, from personal groups of friends, to organizations and family emergency preparation," says Matt Cannata, co-founder of General Technologies. The technology, developed in response to the Hurricane Katrina calamity, has been available to the general public for nearly a year. Due to recent tragedies and events, the company feels the public needs to be aware of this service more than ever. YapLink.com and services like it fill the need for groups to receive important messages. “Our goal is to offer people an easy to use medium to broadcast important information to more than one person at a time – to a cell phone, computer, pager, Blackberry, and other type of consumer electronic product. As we've seen, the ability to send or receive a message in crisis situations could make a huge impact on everyone involved,” said Cannata. YapLink is one of many services that offer broadcast messaging. Most recommend that the public research their options, sign on to a service, and set up their recipient list before the need to use it arises. YapLink sends text messages to users of any communication device and is paid for by advertising revenue, not the user. Users can sign up, manage their lists, and broadcast messages online at www.YapLink.com. YapLink currently supports Alltel Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Boost Wireless, CellularOne, Cincinnati Bell, Cingular Wireless, Edge Wireless, EinsteinPCS, Metro PCS, Midwest Wireless, Nextel, Qwest, Simple Freedom, Sprint PCS, Suncom, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile, Skytel Pagers, Metrocall Pagers, and Iridium Satellite Phone Service. About General Technologies LLC: |
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N.L. officer saves man's life — twice Tuesday, April 24, 2007 By Rachel Gallegos Jess Bernhard describes it as being in the right place at the right time. Doing what he was trained to do as a police officer. For Jeanette Ruegnitz, however, Bernhard's actions were more than that. That's because he has saved her son's life — twice. For his lifesaving, heroic efforts Bernhard will be awarded the title "Hero of the Tri-States" in the law enforcement category by the American Red Cross of the Tri-States. The ceremony will be at 7:30 a.m. May 8 at the Meadows Golf Club in Dubuque. Bern-hard, a police officer with the North Liberty Police Department since December 2005, worked as an officer with the Waukon Police Department at the time, with the two incidents about six months apart in 2001 and 2002, he said. The first time Bernhard met Alex Ruegnitz, Bernhard was on his way to the police station to start his shift. He lived in his hometown of Monona at the time and commuted back and forth. As he made his way down the windy, hilly road, he came to a flat area and saw the glow of a fire. "I couldn't tell it was a motor vehicle until I was right there," he said. When he stopped and got out of his vehicle, he saw the SUV smoking and the windows knocked out. The man inside was not moving and was covered in blood. "He had the look of a dead man on his face," said Bernhard, 36. "I urged him on to help me get him out of there," he said, but it was difficult because the truck was so crinkled up and bent from rolling several times that Bernhard couldn't open the door. "I got him away as the vehicle engulfed in flames," he said. After Bernhard moved Alex far enough away and settled him down on the ground, Alex's eyes popped open and he sat up, Bernhard said. "He just looked at me and said, 'my truck, my truck,'" Bernhard said. Bernhard said he didn't know Alex at the time, but a few days later realized he did know Alex's parents. As fate would have it, when Bernhard found a home in Waukon, it was right behind the Ruegnitz's home. That was the reason Bernhard was there to save Alex's life a second time. He was at home when he heard his fire pager mention an address on the street parallel to his. He was already in his backyard, Bernhard said, so he decided to go over and see if he could help. As he ran between the houses, he saw Alex's parents in shock outside the house. They told him Alex needed help in the bedroom. When he found Alex, he was blue with a weak pulse, Bernhard said. He started doing CPR, giving breaths. At the first push down on Alex's chest, he sputtered, gasped and came to, Bernhard said. Saving the life of the same man twice wasn't something Bernhard realized until days later, he said. "It really didn't sink in," he said. "You just go into go mode and your training kicks in." "I just felt like it was the right thing to do. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in this profession," Bernhard said. "I think its humble beginnings of small-town boy that has gotten me to where I'm at now," he said. Both incidents were alcohol related, Bernhard said. "He's struggled a long time with alcohol," he said. "I don't think he was trying to kill himself." Ruegnitz, whose son Alex is now 34, said she nominated Bernhard because he's been so humble about these events. "He gave our son two more chances at life with those heroic events," she said. "He's never left our heart," Ruegnitz said. "He's left our territory, but he's never left our hearts." |
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Security: our present and future April 23, 2007 We cannot predict acts of violence; we can only allow ourselves the best preparation. he bomb threat on the East Bank campus last Wednesday, two days following the violence at Virginia Tech, has left the University community with its own feelings of uncertainty about safety. Colleges and universities across the nation are questioning their own preparedness for unexpected violence or threats. This leaves us looking at our present and future security position. At the University, we have a Department of Emergency Management whose employees understand that using one method for notifying the University community of an emergency situation will not always be successful. Therefore, it lists a series of procedure options that might be used during a threat. A fire alarm is the most familiar method to students. It calls for an immediate evacuation of a building. The DEM might use a fire alarm to indicate evacuation for other reasons. Radios that can broadcast messages throughout University departments are available from the DEM. Higher University officials share a pager system from which they get alert messages from the University Police Department. The DEM also states that e-mail and even word of mouth are essential reaction tools to an emergency. All emergency situations will be listed on OneStop. The University Department of Safety also offers a reporting service that allows anyone to unanimously report suspicious behavior to University security and UMPD with UREPORT. However, in any instance that might be immediately threatening, call 911. Last week's bomb threat at the University and the shootings at Virginia Tech brought light to the problem that e-mail notification does not reach enough people fast enough in emergencies. In the future, we see intercom systems and heightened security surveillance being key contributors to campus safety, both here and across the nation. The best way to protect ourselves is to have a common goal of awareness and communication. We cannot predict random acts of violence; we can only allow ourselves the best preparation for dealing with them. |
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Small army of sensors invades city Data nodes form research network
By Janice O'Leary, Globe Correspondent | April 22, 2007 Rosario's got the ball, she passes it to Josh Bers . Then Racing has the ball and passes it to Bers. In this field, the ball is actually data, and Rosario and Racing — named for two Argentine soccer teams — are wireless sensors on the roof of BBN Technologies in Cambridge. The sensors are part of the world's first high-powered, fixed, outdoor, wireless sensor network, called CitySense. Right now the network senses only weather data, but researchers expect that to change once the entire 100-node network is in place throughout Cambridge. Bers, a senior engineer at BBN Technologies, heads the project with Matt Welsh, an assistant professor of computer science at Harvard University. Via the Internet, they can log on to the CitySense site and check the information being detected and transmitted by the two nodes atop BBN: wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. Eventually, anyone will be able to log on to the site and not only check data, but also run their own experiments. "We don't need 100 weather sensors in Cambridge," Welsh said, "but we are really researching how such an urban network will work that can then have later practical applications." "There are lots of possible applications for the future," said Bers. "Urban pollution monitoring in Cambridge for one." He hopes the network could be used by developing countries to help study, for instance, whether new emissions regulations in those countries are working. With the help of the city electrician, George Fernandez, 20 new nodes will be mounted on street lights, hopefully by the end of the summer, said Bers. The sensors will then tap into the lamps' electricity for power and data messages can hop from one node to another to transmit information. "It works like walkie-talkies do," he said. "Across radio waves. Each radio has a range to send data." Bers, a fan of Argentina's soccer teams, named the five BBN nodes after several of them: Rosario, Racing, River, Boca, and San Lorenzo. Welsh's team of student researchers at Harvard named their five nodes for characters from the "Family Guy" cartoon. A third researcher on the project, Majid Ezzati, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, plans to study air quality using particulate sensors that will later be mounted on some of the nodes Bers and Welsh put up. The National Science Foundation provided the grant money to fund CitySense. Welsh and Bers are especially excited about the project being an open test bed, meaning that any researcher around the world could run an experiment on this Cambridge network. "An open test bed lets people reprogram the network to run their own experiments," Welsh said. Each node contains a tiny computer that can upload programs. "Researchers can then have access remotely over the Internet," he said. Welsh said most research into sensor networking is being done in remote locations using battery-powered sensors that have a limited longevity. "This is an entirely different system; it can be more powerful over a long period of time and we could use more sophisticated embedded PCs to do data collection and computations." Welsh, considered an expert in remote sensing networks, said the Cambridge project comes out of his interest in building large-scale networks of systems. He has created networks to monitor volcanic activity in Ecuador and is working on another for medical use, called CodeBlue. In that project, he places sensors on patients, with approval, to monitor heart rate and blood oxygenation levels. If the sensor detects a dangerous change, it can transmit a message directly to a doctor's pager. Regarding CitySense, though, he said, "Putting this together opens up more questions than answers. We hope that others will get funding to add other sensors atop these. "My hope is that the really juicy applications haven't even been thought up yet." |
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