Supporting Motorola's commitment to third-party development communities and the extension of its wireless Internet platforms and protocols, the company's PCS Americas Messaging Group is playing a key role at the first U.S.A. Application Developer Conference.
At Motorola's four-day conference, the messaging group will exhibit conceptual software applications, designed to underscore the future potential of wireless communications. Here is a look at just some of those innovative applications, which explore the possibilities of a Web W/O Wires(tm) Internet access world:
- Show Agenda: Written specially for the conference, the show agenda application demonstrates the PIM database capabilities of the
PageWriter(R)and Timeport(tm) two-way personal interactive communicators (PICs). The application displays the conference agenda in an easy-to-read format, listing times, track numbers, locations, speakers and titles of all scheduled events. It can even display an online map of the venue, pointing users to the exact location of each event. In addition to sorting by time or track, the application can search the entire schedule by speaker, location or keyword. An added bonus, it demonstrates one of the new features available on the Timeport P935 PIC, the beam application. The show agenda can be beamed -- in total - to another P935 PIC via the unit's infrared port.
- Weather Application: Demonstrating the unique graphical display screen of the PageWriter and Timeport PICs, this weather solution can provide an interactive weather map, graphical forecasts and storm alerts. An extension of this optional Motorola Hurricane Tracker software, which can display storm coordinates and forecast tracking on a graphical map - and alert users to advisory updates issued by the National Hurricane Center(a). Data containing a storm's current position, forecast path, wind speed, etc. can be sent directly to the user's PIC device. Utilizing rich content, the application underscores the opportunities to deliver online information to wireless handheld devices.
- Fantasy Sports: Fantasy sports games, in which individuals compete against each other to see who has the best managing skills in any given sport (football, baseball, basketball, hockey, etc.), are taken to a whole new level of interaction with this application written for the PageWriter PIC. Enabling participants to track fantasy team leagues at all times, the application lets team "owners" view the rankings, rosters and player statistics of all teams in the league. Thanks to the two-way capability of the PIC device, owners can also modify a roster, make player trades or chat with other participants directly from the handheld device.
- Baseball Picks WAP Game: Played on WAP-enabled Motorola phones, this game allows users to pick the baseball teams they bet will win daily games. Users can then check back during the day to see how the games went. Games will be available live during the conference for all attendees to enjoy. Simply choose Baseball Picks from the Developer Conference WAP gateway home page, login and pick selected teams.
- Order Query: This application helps demonstrate the ability of wireless products to access internal corporate database information seamlessly and securely through the Motorola Messaging Server (MMS). Working on Motorola's Timeport PIC, Order Query enables users to send encrypted requests for detailed information on factory orders stored in the Motorola demonstration database, such as shipping dates, quantities, costs and personnel information. After the Timport PIC sends the request, it is received by the corporation's email server supported by the MMS, which decrypts the message, accesses secure databases for content, re-encrypts the information and directs it back to the wireless device. The Order Query software then formats and displays the requested information.
- WAP-Based Agenda: Conference attendees with WAP-enabled phones can access vital daily information, such as a complete schedule of events and listings of sessions sorted by topic, speaker or time.
A "local interest" option provides detailed information on airlines, weather forecasts, hotels, museums, shopping, taxi service and tourist hot-spots - all convenient information to make the stay in San Diego hassle-free and fun. The main benefit of the local option is the ability to link directly to the phone number and dial it with one click - no need to remember numbers because they are automatically stored in the phone!
- Bluetooth Internet Access: Bluetooth(tm)technology is a personal area wireless networking standard, which is a low-power, short-range, wireless technology designed for local area voice and data communications. This demonstration utilizes two PCs: one functioning as a Bluetooth enabled "server," which is hard-wired to the Internet and one functioning as a "client" computer that can access the Internet connection wirelessly. The demo shows how PCs and handheld wireless devices using Bluetooth PCMCIA cards can access the Internet through Bluetooth "Access Points" - essentially server locations. In the future, these Access Points might be located in airport lounges, hotel lobbies or conference centers and users with Bluetooth-enabled devices could access their Internet browser capabilities just by being within 30 feet of the server. Another application could be wireless networking, with several Bluetooth devices in a home or small office able to stablish Internet connections wirelessly via one Bluetooth hard-wired server. Additionally, documents such as PowerPoint presentations, can be passed - wirelessly - from one Bluetooth-enabled laptop to another.
- Real Remote Control Car: Utilizing Motorola's CreataLink(R) 2XT two-way wireless data transceiver, a revolutionary remote control and monitoring device built on the company's ReFLEX(R) two-way paging protocol, this demonstration shows how cars can be controlled wirelessly. It activates the vehicle remotely with a phone call or a wireless notification - to disable its engine, lock or unlock its doors, flash its headlights and honk its horn.
Providing wireless solutions to a broad array of businesses, the CreataLink 2XT module has the capability to transmit commands to machines and helps enable those machines to initiate remote communications to other machines and/or people.
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