Tetherless Computing Blog: 08/01/2004

Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Linux computer squishes into CompactFlash card

If you can make a computer as small as a CompactFlash card maybe you can make it a synchronization manager for a mobile disk?

Handtops

Here is a new form factor for mobile devices:a handtop, which merges a PDA with a desktop. Now, if it had 2TB of storage, this would be quite neat...

A list of WiFi monitoring/cracking tools

This is a list from the recently published book:"Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking". There are a LOT of tools here and the signal strength monitoring tools are especially interesting (though they have missed out on WiFiFoFum)

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

PC + DVD + TV

Prof. Raj Reddy, from CMU, now based at CMU West in Mountain View, California, has come up with a $250 wirelessly networked combo device. It is not mobile, but may be the right 'shell' into which you can plug in an 'almost always in-sync iPod'. The idea here is to keep all your data in an iPod like device (perhaps the 2TB card) and wirelessly synchronize it with data in a data center (using something like TierStore) as you go past a hotspot. This is the main idea in Tetherless Computing. This storage device can then be plugged into a 'compute shell', perhaps Prof. Reddy's device, to provide instant access to a computer that has exactly your data. This is similar in concept to Internet Suspend and Resume, but with the added ability to keep your data in sync using opportunistic networking.

Monday, August 16, 2004

OK, 2 TB isn't that big

100 TB in a 3.5" hard disk!! This is ridiculous! Who needs the Internet? All we need is Google and Fedex. Crawl, burn, mail, read, repeat. Postmanet, here we come.

Friday, August 13, 2004

A terabyte in your pocket? Sooner than you think!

This is amazing

Intellisync: Intellisync Mobile Suite

The Intellisync: Intellisync Mobile Suite seem to provide some of the same semantics as us. We'll need to look into this more closely to see where we overlap and where we don't. The Intellisync story certainly is quite compelling!

Thursday, August 12, 2004

RIM, Good Technology push to get mobile e-mail rolling

This is the competition

Thursday, August 05, 2004

HP h6315 and seamless switching

InfoWorld: HP iPaq enables seamless switching: August 02, 2004: By Ephraim SchwartzandTom Krazit : NETWORKING : WIRELESS I wonder how well this actually works.

iAnywhere

This article talks about querying from disconnected mobiles. Interestingly, iAnywhere is a Waterloo based company. Now, all we need is to integrate their solution into Mindstream ;-)

Monday, August 02, 2004

Wi-Fi Toys

This is the fascinating first chapter of a book on Wifi for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. The chapter introduces basic concepts in RF engineering, and a detailed step-by-step guide to making your own RF cables. I prefer to buy mine.

First WiFi City - First City to Offer CityWide WiFi Coverage

As the cost of wireless networks goes through the floor, will there be more cities like this? I think so. What will this do to cell phone providers, whose 3G data services are 100 to 500 times slower than WiFi? My advice: dump your cell phone provider stock :-)

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