New Tech & Services
New Tech & Services

New Tech & Services

HP guns for bigger mobility market

HP is gathering its forces to get an even larger piece of the Asia-Pacific mobility market. And if the press launch of a series of mobility devices earlier this month is any gauge, it means business. Shown off to a few dozen journalists were the world’s smallest dual slot expansion Pocket PC (the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h2210), the world’s first Pocket PC to include 128MB of RAM, integrated biometrics security and wireless LAN network access (the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5550), and one of the world’s thinnest wide screen notebooks with Intel Centrino mobile technology and WiFi capabilities (the HP Compact nx7000).

Agreement for Wireless IP Telephone

NTT-ME Corp, a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp, and US-based Agere Systems Inc, a provider of advanced integrated circuit solutions for communications, said on July 15, 2003 that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop wireless IP telephone devices similar in shape to existing mobile handsets.

Panasonic Introduces Networked Home Appliances System

Matsushita Electric, best known worldwide for its Panasonic brand of consumer electronics and digital communications products, announced today that it will begin marketing of “Kurashi (Japanese for ‘home life’) Net”, a networked home appliances/housekeeping system to enhance the users’ daily living. The system, to be marketed from September 1, will enable the user to control networked home appliances, such as air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and microwave ovens, through wireless control from the central terminal, named “Kurashi Station,” or from a mobile phone. The system also monitors security and other household conditions, alerting the users by sounding an alarm linked to the “Watchdog Safety Sensor” in cases of emergency.

Panasonic Announces Development of A QVGA-supporting MPEG-4

Matsushita Electric, best known worldwide for its Panasonic brand of consumer electronics and digital communications products, and its principle subsidiary Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. today announced the development of the MPEG-4 multi codec LSI (MN195906), nicknamed MarvieTM3* standing for an abbreviation of “MPEG-4 Advanced Real-time VIdeo codec Engine.”

Antenna Handles All 3 Wireless LAN Formats

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd has developed an antenna for wireless LAN (local area network) hot spots that can handle all three of the existing wireless networking standards. Wireless LAN hot spots are public places where users of notebook computers can access the Internet if their computers are equipped with wireless capabilities. As of the end of May, there were about 2,000 such hot spots in service in Japan.

Hitachi To Market Combined Solution In Japan

Hitachi’s BROADNET BOXER is Web-based groupware that provides a suite of e-mail, PIM (personal information management) and messaging capabilities — all geared toward streamlining projects involving several contributors. BROADNET BOXER offers a single source for e-mail, task and meeting management, instant messaging, secure file exchange/storage and more.