Computer Faire 2001 has been boosted with the co-location of a new exhibition called Mobilexpo. As the name suggests, Mobilexpo will focus on the latest trend in corporate IT - empowering the workforce through mobile connections. These connections, be they long-range connections via cellular or IP or short-range via radio frequency such as Bluetooth or even simply infra-red, represent the latest in freeing people from their workstations and desks.
The most well implemented of these technologies is cellular, which will form an obvious component of Mobilexpo. However, the exhibition also features several exhibitors who have built solutions around cellular and other methods of data and voice communication.
One such company is Symbol Technologies with a multitude of wireless products. Using simple consumer products, Symbol Technologies will demonstrate wireless video streaming to common pocket PCs. Using a wireless LAN, the company will link multimedia applications, such as voice, data and video to Palm-like devices.
A natural extension of this technology is wireless Internet access. Again using a mobile PC such as a notebook computer, wireless Internet access will be used to demonstrate the printing of product brochures, case studies and other reference material from the Internet.
Symbol is also a leader in wireless voice-over-IP. Showing how mobile computing and voice-over-IP is converging, Symbol`s new Symbol Data Phone will incorporate an Ericsson Web Switch for PSTN connectivity, while a second DataPhone and a single NetVision Phone will be used to demonstrate phone-to-phone calls. A simple product lookup application will be used to demonstrate the DataPhone`s scanning/data ability.
The very latest cellular phones will also be on display at Mobilexpo, including the revolutionary Philips range of Az@lis, Fizio and Xenium phones and Samsung`s new SGHN100 with every trick in the book built in. The phone has functions such as WAP, vibrating alert, Samsung`s form of predictive text input, voice dialling, voice command and even a built-in answering machine.
Philips` new cellphones, fresh from Cebit where they were introduced, will be shown in the flesh. These phones reflect Philips` new drive to extend its knowledge gained after decades of producing consumer products, into cellular phones. To date, most phones have been quite business-like and Philips says consumers will be surprised at the new phones, to be seen for the first time in South Africa, at Mobilexpo. Mobilexpo will run concurrently with Computer Faire and entry to the one show, gives you entry to both. Mobilexpo takes place at Gallagher Estate from 23 to 26 May 2001. Entry tickets can be printed from www.cfaire.co.za. Follow the Register link.
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