Linux Emerging As A Cell Phone Platform (TechWeb)

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Japanese cell phone service rings in
Linux

Japanese cell phone service rings in
Linux 12/03/2003 08:32 PM
Japanese cell phone service provider NTT DoCoMo urges its handset suppliers to build Linux-based cell phones, a milestone for the operating system's acceptance by the wireless industry.

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April 03/29/2005 04:34 AM
To Better Accommodate the Needs of Today’s Identity Theft Conscious Cell Phone Users, Pride Communication Services (PCS), a Subsidiary Franchise of KaseIT and the Largest Reseller of KRUSELL Leather Cases, Announced Today that it Would Begin Selling the Horizontic Plus Cell Phone Case, KRUSELL’s Newest Offering, In its Online Store in April. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Ananomouse’s Kinship Analysis Platform,
Bloodhound, Selected for Emerging
Technologies Conference

Ananomouse’s Kinship Analysis Platform,
Bloodhound, Selected for Emerging
Technologies Conference 09/08/2004 02:53 AM
Ananomouse Corporation has been invited to present its kinship analysis software platform, Bloodhound™, at the prestigious Emerging Technologies Conference held at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Following a jury selection process, Bloodhound was found to be a technology of sufficient innovation as to be included as a showcase presenter. [PRWEB Sep 8, 2004]

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets. 07/26/2004 02:22 AM
New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. [PRWEB Jul 26, 2004]

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
user survey reported

consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/cell_sex.html
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Fewer Cellular Phone Users Happy With
Devices (TechWeb)

Fewer Cellular Phone Users Happy With
Devices (TechWeb) 07/08/2004 03:51 AM
TechWeb - The number of cellular phone users happy with their mobile devices has declined significantly over the last three years, a survey released Wednesday showed.

Retailers Are Cool To Linux (TechWeb)

Retailers Are Cool To Linux (TechWeb) 08/31/2004 04:18 AM
TechWeb - Market-research firm Venture Development Corp. says a survey of retail IT execs shows that just 2% of point-of-sale systems use Linux, far less than expected.

IBM Supports Linux Lab At UMass Amherst
(TechWeb)

IBM Supports Linux Lab At UMass Amherst
(TechWeb) 04/22/2004 03:54 AM
TechWeb - The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has announced plans to establish a Linux Lab to offer a curriculum on open source software.

CPUBuilders Offers Low-Cost Linux PCs
(TechWeb)

CPUBuilders Offers Low-Cost Linux PCs
(TechWeb) 05/05/2004 02:02 PM
TechWeb - CPUBuilders by Stratitec announced Monday the availability of two new Linux PCs with a street price of less than $600.

Linux Adoption Stalls, Study Says
(TechWeb)

Linux Adoption Stalls, Study Says
(TechWeb) 06/05/2005 10:59 PM
TechWeb - Linux adoption may be "hitting a wall," as use of the open-source operating system fell over a nine-month period, a quarterly survey of companies shows.

100 3G Reference Phone Platform

100 3G Reference Phone Platform 02/18/2004 10:50 AM
3G Feb 18 2004 2:21PM GMT

Specifix Offers Automated Linux Support
(TechWeb)

Specifix Offers Automated Linux Support
(TechWeb) 07/16/2004 03:42 AM
TechWeb - Its new Linux distribution and software, now available in test form, can be used to track and define changes made to the operating system.

SCO Doesn't Plan Additional Suits
Against Linux Users (TechWeb)

SCO Doesn't Plan Additional Suits
Against Linux Users (TechWeb) 08/05/2004 03:42 AM
TechWeb - The company will wait for decisions in SCO's lawsuits against IBM and AutoZone before deciding whether to move ahead with additional suits.

Linspire Ships Linux Desktop Upgrade
(TechWeb)

Linspire Ships Linux Desktop Upgrade
(TechWeb) 03/17/2005 04:08 AM
TechWeb - Linspire launches an upgrade of its Linux desktop, which includes a streamlined graphical interface and improved laptop and hardware support.

VMware To Support 64-Bit Extended
Windows, Linux (TechWeb)

VMware To Support 64-Bit Extended
Windows, Linux (TechWeb) 04/20/2004 03:16 AM
TechWeb - VMware's support for 64-bit extensions will allow users to mix 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems and workloads on a single server.

Novell Offers Enterprise Support To
Linux (TechWeb)

Novell Offers Enterprise Support To
Linux (TechWeb) 05/13/2004 03:44 AM
TechWeb - Novell's Premium ServiceSM support program covers a customer's entire Linux environment, from servers to desktops to laptops.

Linux Process Change Raises Questions
(TechWeb)

Linux Process Change Raises Questions
(TechWeb) 06/01/2004 02:44 AM
TechWeb - Some are concerned that Torvalds' decision will legitimize intellectual-property claims

Report: Server Growth To Be Paced By
Blades, Linux (TechWeb)

Report: Server Growth To Be Paced By
Blades, Linux (TechWeb) 06/17/2004 03:52 AM
TechWeb - IDC analysts expect the overall enterprise-server market to grow 5 percent in 2004.

Business Objects' Crystal Enterprise To
Support Linux (TechWeb)

Business Objects' Crystal Enterprise To
Support Linux (TechWeb) 06/09/2004 02:40 AM
TechWeb - The update is designed to let IT managers integrate reporting functionality into Linux applications.

[etech] Day 2 Clay Shirky - Phone as
platform

[etech] Day 2 Clay Shirky - Phone as
platform 03/17/2005 03:00 AM
Clay begins a segment on tech and education. He says he thinks of his group at NYU as "The Department of the Recently Possible." A few years ago they noticed that students were increasingly integrating phones into their apps. So they started looking into it. One experiment: PacManhattan that mates the urban grid and the game grid. The runners are controlled by people in a control room via mobile phones. DodgeBall was an experiment in mobile social networking. "Mobile phones are the first things since keys that everyone carries," Clay says, citing Marko Ahtisaari. DodgeBall alerted him that there was...

Enterprise Linux, Subscription Sales
Power Strong Red Hat Quarter (TechWeb)

Enterprise Linux, Subscription Sales
Power Strong Red Hat Quarter (TechWeb) 09/21/2004 02:43 AM
TechWeb - Red Hat's Enterprise Linux operating-system and software subscription sales soared over the past three months, leading the company to strong revenue growth and profits for its fiscal 2005 second quarter.

Anything But Microsoft Retail Store
Pushes Linux, Open Source (TechWeb)

Anything But Microsoft Retail Store
Pushes Linux, Open Source (TechWeb) 12/19/2004 02:58 PM
TechWeb - The Linux and open source software movement has an ambitious retail store, and it is offering a low-cost, lightweight laptop that is devoid of Microsoft software.

Gartner: Database Market Stable, With
High Linux Hot Spot (TechWeb)

Gartner: Database Market Stable, With
High Linux Hot Spot (TechWeb) 05/27/2004 03:07 AM
TechWeb - Gartner Dataquest numbers show a nearly flat market for relational databases and huge gains in Linux RDBMS markets.

Emerging technology for emerging
enterprises

Emerging technology for emerging
enterprises 02/10/2004 08:10 PM
For example, when going for a meeting, it is now possible to “Google” the person and company so one is much better prepared. ...

PrairieComm Announces 100 euro 3G
Reference Phone Platform

PrairieComm Announces 100 euro 3G
Reference Phone Platform 02/17/2004 11:39 AM
Belga Direct Press Releases Feb 17 2004 3:48PM GMT

Readers: The European Union's
Anti-Microsoft Decision Irrelevant To
Linux (TechWeb)

Readers: The European Union's
Anti-Microsoft Decision Irrelevant To
Linux (TechWeb) 04/14/2004 03:47 AM
TechWeb - Most respondents to our Voting Booth reader poll said the European Union's anti-Microsoft decision will be irrelevant to Linux adoption.

Cellular Security Cameras: Mobile Phone
Tech As A Platform

Cellular Security Cameras: Mobile Phone
Tech As A Platform 09/23/2004 11:18 AM
While it may seem a bit strange to some to find out that Nokia is launching a security camera product, it does signal the realization that the technology used on cellular networks isn't just about mobile phones -- but can be seen as a platform for other devices and applications. While we have no idea if the cellular camera idea makes sense or will be even remotely successful for Nokia (seems unlikely), it's basically using the same technology found in many camera phones. It has a camera, a GSM radio and MMS capabilities. It detects motion and sends an MMS video to either a mobile phone or email. This is just finding a new, non-phone application for technologies that already exist. It's about viewing the technologies as a platform, and then looking for applications to build on top of it.

Cell Phone Zen

Cell Phone Zen 08/16/2004 02:27 PM
My phone sucks ass! The voicemail has never worked properly since day 1. At least once a week I have...

You could have a 3G cell phone already

You could have a 3G cell phone already 04/11/2005 03:55 AM
Jakarta Post Apr 11 2005 5:22AM GMT

A Cell Phone in Every Pot

A Cell Phone in Every Pot 12/09/2003 02:39 AM

Ce ll Phones Sales Skyrocket

"The worldwide market for cell phones is outstripping even the most enthusiastic predictions from the beginning of the year, as consumers continue to snap up handsets at a dizzying rate, according to research released Monday by Gartner.

Handset vendors sold 132.8 million units in the third quarter of this year, up 22 percent from last year's third-quarter shipments of 108.8 million units, says Ben Wood, an analyst with Gartner based in London. Gartner calculated the figures using the number of units sold to end users, rather than units shipped into the channel.

'The total market is on fire,' he says. 'We had predicted about 470 million units for the year, but it's going to be about 500 million this year.'

Mature cell phone markets such as western Europe and the U.S. are going through a replacement cycle, as consumers with older black-and-white phones are trading them in for new models with color screens and cameras , Wood says.

'We're getting to a point where a mobile phone is as much about fashion as anything,' he says." [PCWorld.com]

It won't be much longer before purchasing a mobile phone will be as much about utility (staying connected to the internet) as anything.

The Linux Development Platform

The Linux Development Platform 12/11/2003 03:36 PM
honestpuck writes "Back before the advent of Mac OS X, my favourite (and for many years, only) development environment was one variety of Unix or another. The ...

uC Small C for Linux -x86 platform

uC Small C for Linux -x86 platform 08/11/2004 07:08 PM
uCc bootstrapping

Your $600 Cell Phone Bill

Your $600 Cell Phone Bill 06/01/2004 12:02 PM
Family cell phone plans have a lot of hang-ups, especially when a teen's on the line.

Cell Phone Tombstone

Cell Phone Tombstone 04/18/2005 03:07 PM

This might be the saddest tombstone I've ever seen. If this isn't the inventor of the cellphone—something I'm not sure I'd want looming over me in the afterlife, anyway—then I'd really like to dig him up and steal all the moldering gadgets with which he was inevitably buried.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this in come corner of the internet before. Has anyone seen a better quality image? I want to read the inscription.

Israeli Mobile Phone Headstone [UnwiredNews via LiveDIgitally]

Cell Phone Guns

Cell Phone Guns 01/27/2004 05:19 PM

Press M for Murder: Cell Phones That Kill: Can you program the phone to shoot the owner if it's answered in a movie theater?

Though heavier than normal phones, the lethal ones look nearly identical. The hollowed-out devices, made in Croatia, are fired by punching buttons on the keypad and can shoot four .22-cal. bullets in rapid succession.

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Cell Phone Jukebox

Cell Phone Jukebox 08/19/2004 12:08 AM

Downloa ds on the Move in Europe

"The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe. O2 Music, the music arm of U.K.-based international telecom operator mmO2, has started offering songs for download in Germany and the United Kingdom....

Since Aug. 1, U.K. owners of the new SX1 phones subscribing to O2 Music's Active Music Download service can buy songs from a repertoire of 100,000 titles. They can search, sample free 30-second clips, store and play paid-for full tracks downloaded over O2's network straight to the handset. The songs are protected and securely transmitted over the O2 network with digital-rights management technology from Basel-based Secure Digital Container in Switzerland.

The price of tracks ranges between $1 and $3. The handset, which can store up to 120 tracks of music, costs 80 pounds in the United Kingdom and 150 euros ($183.50) in Germany. SX1 users are charged for their downloads on their monthly mobile-phone bills....

By year's end, Bornhausser expects that Europe will have up to 12 different mobile phones -- from Siemens, Sony-Ericsson and Samsung -- that include pre-installed digital players and SDC's DRM software.

The high-speed 3G networks will also make wireless downloading easier. In Western Europe, Vodafone, 3, TIM and T-Mobile will be operating 3G services by the end of this year. As the United Kingdom's first 3G network, 3 began selling downloadable music videos July 30 from BMG U.K. & Ireland for 1.50 pounds each to compatible handsets." [Wired News]

Wow, I can't wait for this to hit the U.S., although I'm sure our implementation will be screwed up with DRM and we won't be able to use those songs on any other device. Still, the implications for mobile entertainment through the cell phone in an always-on, ubiquitous high-speed internet environment has implications for libraries.

In a couple of years when Kailee and Brent get cell phones, they will most likely have this functionality. What do you think they will expect to be able to download from their library? What do you think the library will be able to offer? Do you think the library is even thinking about this kind of service for the future?

Blogging with your Cell Phone No Thank
You!

Blogging with your Cell Phone No Thank
You! 04/01/2005 03:24 PM

Their is a new service that is going to launch in April that will help those of you that want to Blog via your cell phone. Come on text message is bad enough when you have to send several lines now they want to make it easy for me to post via my cell phone.

No Thank You! [Sil iconValley.com]

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