I've been using a VII and a V+OmniSky service (via Novatel CDPD modem) for work recently and I think that the Omnisky is the way to go. For $49 (I think) a month we get unlimited service on the Omnisky at 19.2k, whereas the Palm VII is limited to a much smaller amount of data for $39 a month at a much lower BW (although it seems to have a lower latency).
The cool thing about the OmniSky is that you can pull the modem off of the Palm V when you decide you don't want wireless access and the thing is much smaller. Also, I get the feeling the Palm VII is doomed because it's tied to an older packet radio network compared to the OmniSky.
I suppose the argument for not releasing the source is to make it harder for the bad guys to change signatures to avoid being detected. Like we can't type "strings -a". Some of the strings it's looking for are interesting...
Besides obvious stuff like "Tribal Flood", others are:
blowfish_decipher blowfish_encipher des_crypt
and even
security_through_obscurity
With messages like "Encryption string found" it *appears* (no know for sure 'till source is released) that any old encrypted stuff is tagged as suspect!
Much faster embedded microprocessors will make the augmented reality type viewers much better. Boing uses something like this to help in their plane wiring. Imagine just looking around a city with a viewer that can overlay building names, street names, prices of goods in a store, etc.
Actually though, I think that most new uses for mobile processors will be in less high-profile places. You car and house will get smarter, for example. A lot of the things that new mobile processors can do will also benefit from wireless networks like BlueTooth and high-bandwidth GPRS.
I recall hearing a discussion along these lines on NPR a while ago and although they mentioned a number or things already discussed here, including the telephone and radio, the one that most struck me was *air conditioning*.
Here's a link to a news story about Graffiti from late 1994. Don't know if Palm patented it then, but it certainly was out before 1995 (when the Xerox patent was first applied for).
There's a nice article on LMDS service in this month's Wired. It focuses on WinStar, but mentions other players. The article mentions that MMDS (multichannel multipoint distribution) suffers a performance hit similar to cable-modem users since "it's a system where all users share the same signal". Also mentioned is that MCI WorldCom has been buying into a number of companies that own 2-3 GHz spectrum.
The chip really has two cores, one DSP and one MCORE.
See the EE Times story for a little more in-depth information.
The main idea here is that the same chip can be used a number of phones or other devices, making them cheaper and easier (or at least faster) to design. You will start to see more and more multi-core chips come out as this Systems On a Chip (SOC) stuff picks up.
Then explain how Palm does it. EL (electro-luminescent [sic?]) powered backlights ala Indiglo don't consume *that* much power and I find it extremely useful in some situations. When used judiciously, I find battery life not to be a problem at all.
I looked at the comments so far, and nobody seems to grok the real reasons for the deal. MetroWerks makes CW for other Motorola chips besides the PPC. It's somtimes hard to get compiler vendors to support tools for all of the different embedded chips out there and this should help ensure that there is such support for the myriad of embedded processors that Moto makes (even as Moto attempts to consolidate it's offerings down to a sane number.)
This makes sense to me. If I remember right, the current crop of "high"-temperature superconductors are very similar to types of ceramics, which can be great insulators. Also, the superconductor theory that I remember involves pairs of electrons transiting a crystal like structure in which the "steady-state" fields were all balanced.
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How many people actually listen to MLB over internet feeds anyway. Just turn on the radio.
"... a flexible material thinner than paper that can absorb 95 percent of the microwaves that hit it."
They just came up with a type of Radar Absorbant Material (RAM). Sounds like a nice coating for my stealth fighter...
I've been using a VII and a V+OmniSky service (via Novatel CDPD modem) for work recently and I think that the Omnisky is the way to go. For $49 (I think) a month we get unlimited service on the Omnisky at 19.2k, whereas the Palm VII is limited to a much smaller amount of data for $39 a month at a much lower BW (although it seems to have a lower latency).
The cool thing about the OmniSky is that you can pull the modem off of the Palm V when you decide you don't want wireless access and the thing is much smaller. Also, I get the feeling the Palm VII is doomed because it's tied to an older packet radio network compared to the OmniSky.
I suppose the argument for not releasing the source is to make it harder for the bad guys to change signatures to avoid being detected. Like we can't type "strings -a". Some of the strings it's looking for are interesting...
Besides obvious stuff like "Tribal Flood", others are:
blowfish_decipher
blowfish_encipher
des_crypt
and even
security_through_obscurity
With messages like "Encryption string found" it *appears* (no know for sure 'till source is released) that any old encrypted stuff is tagged as suspect!
Much faster embedded microprocessors will make the augmented reality type viewers much better. Boing uses something like this to help in their plane wiring. Imagine just looking around a city with a viewer that can overlay building names, street names, prices of goods in a store, etc.
Actually though, I think that most new uses for mobile processors will be in less high-profile places. You car and house will get smarter, for example. A lot of the things that new mobile processors can do will also benefit from wireless networks like BlueTooth and high-bandwidth GPRS.
I recall hearing a discussion along these lines
on NPR a while ago and although they mentioned a number or things already discussed here, including the telephone and radio, the one that most struck me was *air conditioning*.
Here's a link to a news story about Graffiti from late 1994. Don't know if Palm patented it then, but it certainly was out before 1995 (when the Xerox patent was first applied for).
There's a nice article on LMDS service in this month's Wired. It focuses on WinStar, but mentions other players. The article mentions that MMDS (multichannel multipoint distribution) suffers a performance hit similar to cable-modem users since "it's a system where all users share the same signal". Also mentioned is that MCI WorldCom has been buying into a number of companies that own 2-3 GHz spectrum.
The chip really has two cores, one DSP and one MCORE.
See the EE Times story for a little more in-depth information.
The main idea here is that the same chip can be used a number of phones or other devices, making them cheaper and easier (or at least faster) to design. You will start to see more and more multi-core chips come out as this Systems On a Chip (SOC) stuff picks up.
Then explain how Palm does it. EL (electro-luminescent [sic?]) powered backlights ala Indiglo don't consume *that* much power and I find it extremely useful in some situations. When used judiciously, I find battery life not to be a problem at all.
I looked at the comments so far, and nobody seems
to grok the real reasons for the deal. MetroWerks
makes CW for other Motorola chips besides the PPC. It's somtimes hard to get compiler vendors to support tools for all of the different embedded chips out there and this should help ensure that there is such support for the myriad of embedded processors that Moto makes (even as Moto attempts to consolidate it's offerings down to a sane number.)
It really is all about latency. This matters even more if you are behind a firewall like I am all day.
This makes sense to me. If I remember right, the current crop of "high"-temperature superconductors are very similar to types of ceramics, which can be great insulators. Also, the superconductor theory that I remember involves pairs of electrons transiting a crystal like structure in which the "steady-state" fields were all balanced.
Maybe too many metaphors and extra verbage, but the point is still valid and reading another style of prose is probably good for my brain.
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