In a recent interview, Jeff Goldman spoke with Dan Mattox of the Walt Disney
World Resort's Information Services department, and found there's a lot more
wireless behind Mickey Mouse than you might expect.
Next time you visit Florida's Walt Disney World Resort, you may want to take
a closer look at the landscaping that surrounds you: that tree just might
have a wireless antenna concealed in its branches. In fact, Disney's been
using wireless technology for almost 15 years.
In various locations throughout Disney's parks and resorts, a wireless
network provides connectivity for everything from mobile food carts to
warehouse logistics. In a recent interview, Dan Mattox, vice president of
client services for Corporate Information Services at the Walt Disney World
Resort, said the park's use of wireless technology dates back to 1988, when
they started using 900MHz for po... (more)
It's been around for years: a rumor that Apple is going to revolutionize the
market with a radical new smartphone. A recent New York Times article sparked
a new round of discussion on the issue but is there really anything behind
the rumor?
Back in August, a New York Times article entitled, "Apple's Chief in the
Risky Land of the Handhelds" sparked a new round of speculation on an age-old
rumor. Citing a range of factors, from Apple's ongoing software agreement
with Pixo, Inc., to features in the newest Macintosh operating system, the
article suggested that the company may be ... (more)
Every day, more than four million viewers nationwide watch weather forecaster
Tony Perkins' reports on ABC TV's Good Morning America. What most of those
viewers don't know is that wireless technology is essential to much of the
work that Perkins does, from onsite reporting in the aftermath of a tropical
storm to interviews in the crowd during Good Morning America's summer concert
series.
Depending on the situation, Perkins' wireless equipment can include a
wireless lavalier microphone clipped to his shirt, a wireless IFB earpiece,
and a wireless handheld microphone. "For most of... (more)
Symbian, Ltd. (www.symbian.com) was founded in 1998 by Nokia, Ericsson,
Motorola, and Psion, using Psion's EPOC OS as a starting point for its new
system. David Wood, Symbian's executive vice president, explains that the aim
of the founders was to create a standard operating system for advanced mobile
phones. "It was getting harder and harder to use the existing proprietary
operating systems to quickly and inexpensively come out with new
technologies," he says.
By 1998, Wood says, it was already abundantly clear that operating systems of
the time were being pushed to their limit... (more)
For anyone who uses a mobile phone on a regular basis, it's an all too
familiar scenario. In the middle of an important call, the unimaginable
happens: that annoying beep, the blinking red light, and your battery is
dead. If you're on the phone with a friend, it's annoying; in an emergency,
it can be catastrophic.
There are a number of common ways to recharge a phone, of course, including a
variety of home and car chargers. But what do you do when you're on the move?
For outdoor activities and as a backup in case of an emergency, there aren't
many options.
Recently, a number of... (more)