Honeywell Unveils Industrial Wireless Roadmap
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The network will support various industrial protocols and up to 30,000 devices such as tablet PCs and sensors and will co-exist with other wireless devices like PDAs, pagers, walkie-talkies and cell phones.

Manufacturers admit to Ultra Mobile PC problems
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The UMPC, as specified by Microsoft, is a flat, handheld device midway in size between a smartphone or PDA and a notebook PC. It has a touch-sensitive screen, but no keyboard.

Other standard features include a version of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Bluetooth, an internal hard drive, and a wireless internet connection.

Criticism of early UMPCs has focused on high prices, poor battery life, and excessive weight and heat. The same criticisms have bedevilled past attempts at similar handheld PC concepts.

An AMtek representative, who did not wish to be named, conceded that manufacturers are concerned.

A major problem is that users are comparing UMPCs with what seems to them the most similar existing product, the notebook PC.

FrogPad Announces the Seamless Integration of FrogPad Bluetooth Keyboards To UMPCs

FrogPad™ Inc. (www.frogpad.com ), maker of the revolutionary portable one-handed keyboard, FrogPad™ announces the seamless integration of FrogPad Bluetooth keyboard with Bluetooth enabled UMPCs using Microsoft Origami, such as Samsung Q1, Sony Vaio UX, Nokia 770 and Symbian Smartphones. Dubbed the iFrog, the new keyboard incorporates FrogPad’s patented ergonomic layout designed around the 15 most-used letters in the English alphabet with the latest wireless Bluetooth technology, and accomplishes 100% of all functions of a QWERTY keyboard. FrogPad is the premier keyboard that will make these products successful. What will you do with your other hand?