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News
Issue #2001 - 17
(Apr. 2001)
(Updated
April 25, 2001)
PRODUCTS
& SERVICES
Compaq Announces New Wireless
Services for the Business Customer
With a string of new product and
service announcements, Compaq Computer Corporation is betting that
people will use the wireless Internet to stay connected, regardless
of where they are.
These new offerings give customers
real-time access to data, transactions, and people on virtually any
of our mobile platforms," said Ted Clark, vice president of
iPAQ Mobile Solutions, Compaq.
Expands iPAQnet Mobility Solution
- iPAQnet™ solutions including
iPAQnet Mobile Email, iPAQnet Mobile Internet, and iPAQnet Mobile
Intranet are now available for the Compaq Armada notebook PCs
- Solutions are now available for the
iPAQ Pocket PC as well as the Armada and Presario 800 notebooks on
the WorldCom high-speed wireless network
- iPAQnet Mobile Internet
- Offers speeds-up to 128 Kbps
- Includes Novatel Wireless Merlin™
Ricochet PC Card and WorldCom’s Wireless Internet service,
which is available in 13 U.S. markets
Wireless Local Area Networking
Product Line
For the small to medium-sized enterprise, Compaq’s comprehensive
wireless LAN solutions offers a broad range of wireless access
points, network interface cards, and accessories.
- 11 Mbps wireless LAN clients
products, including the WL 110 PC Card, WL 210 PCI Adapter and
WL 215 USB, provide access for Compaq notebooks and desktops as
well as the iPAQ PocketPC
- Wireless LAN Infrastructure
Line-up
- Compaq WL 410 Wireless SMB
Access Point is ideal for most medium-sized businesses
- Compaq WL 510 Wireless
Enterprise Access Point, with a dual-radio PC Card slot is
designed for those requiring a high-capacity, bandwidth
wireless network solution
The company says that this new
offering provides high-speed, secure wireless access to network data
using IEEE 802.11b HR Industry Standard.
Compaq iPAQ BlackBerry™
With the introduction of
Onset Technology’s META message for Wireless solutions, iPAQ
BlackBerry customers can view attachments on their devices. When a
user receives e-mail with an attachment, they can forward the e-mail
to a designated e-mail address, and the server will recognize it as
a request to convert the attachment to text. Once converted, the
content of the attachment is sent back to the user as a text
message.
For more information: www.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr2001041103.html
Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: We
see a concerted strategy from Compaq in addressing mobile device and
horizontal application sector of mobile/wireless computing industry.
iPAQ has acquired a good brand image. It is much more than organizer and
offers significant advantage over Palm devices for serious corporate
applications. Users should be willing to accept a tradeoff in terms of
slightly higher weight, size and price for increased functionality.
Business life, to a large extent, is a matter of tradeoffs.
Note: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in
developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology
architectures. All trademarks used in this summary are
the property of their respective owners.
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