Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are all the rage at the TechXNY event in New York, while Bluetooth is not as topical as it is in Southern Africa and Europe.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Palm have entered into a global alliance agreement to provide mobile enterprise business solutions to their respective clients.
Hewlett-Packard will use the 3Com wireless Bluetooth solution to simplify connection between its electronic devices.
The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that worldwide Internet services spending will grow from $22 billion last year to $69 billion in 2005.
Sun Microsystems' Java is going mobile. The new Java 2 Mobile Edition platform offers application development for cellphones, personal digital assistants and other memory-light devices.
Storm, a voice and data communications provider, has introduced Storm SMS Mail, a product which will allow businesses to communicate with cellphone users via SMS, over their own networks.
SDD says the Apple iBook, featuring a 500MHz G3 processor, is ideal for mobile professionals.
Clickatell has appointed Geoff Hainebach as chairman of its board of directors.
AST has invested in the development of a system to assist telecommunications companies in combating fraud relating to subscriptions and prepaid cards.
First National Bank and eBucks.com have launched cellphone banking via Wireless Application Protocol and secure SMS.
Marstec has employed the Celesta Mobile Enterprise solution at Sasol SMX.
Spam is a nuisance - but where e-mail spam costs you money, SMS spam only costs you time. Does that make it less of an annoyance, or an inhibitor to personal productivity?
Marstec has implemented the Marstec Mobile Sales solution at Nu Metro Video.