Moving Target Book Index:


  1. Context: Mobile In The Info Tech World. [1999/02/15]

  2. What is a good system? [1997/09/24]

    1. Information Where You Want it
    2. When You Want it,
      1. How fast can you access it?
      2. Data Input
    3. In a form you want it.
    4. At The Right Price,
    5. Security

  3. History

    1. Pocket Calculators to Pocket Organizers
    2. Early Laptops
    3. PDA's and Industrials
    4. Portable Radios

  4. Pervasive Issue: Your business organization

    1. Who is in charge of purchasing?
    2. Who will use it?
    3. Controlling mobile resources to maximize business advantage for cost. [1999/03/15]
    4. read article "Where Will You Work?"
      1. Hidden cost factors
      2. Benefit to client relations?
    5. Alternative Technologies. [1999/07/08]

  5. Pervasive Issue: Levels of Portability

    1. Overview: Moveable, carryable, wearable/size, weight, shape
    2. Moveable aka luggable, suitcase size. [1997/05/21]
    3. carryable, briefcase or shoulderbag
    4. wearable, holster, pocket (coat, pants, vest, pocket). [1997/05/21]

  6. Pervasive Issue: Zones of Mobility

    1. inter city and worldwide
    2. within city
    3. within building

  7. Pervasive Issue: Durability, Environmental Factors, Work Conditions

    1. temperature
    2. dust
    3. water
    4. chemicals
    5. shock

  8. Key Technologies: Data Storage and Movement

    1. Data Storage [1997/11/30]
    2. Modems [1999/07/08]

  9. Key Technologies: Common technologies that impact mobility

    1. Batteries [1999/07/08]
    2. Flat Panel Screens [1999/07/08]
    3. CPUs [1997/02/06]
    4. Other Circuitry [1998/04/18]
    5. Energy Management [1997/03/03]

  10. Pervasive Issue: Quality of Information

    1. Measuring Suitability: Benchmark Testing [1997/09/25]
    2. The industry -- New Product Announcements [1997/01/13]
    3. Resources -- The Press [1997/12/07]

  11. Memo Taking

    1. "paper" -- daytimers
    2. Pocket tape recorders
    3. Digital voice recorders
    4. Discussion: What businesses really benefit from this?

  12. Roll of the CRTC

    1. What is the CRTC? [1997/12/02]
    2. Treaties: US and World [1997/12/02]
    3. Broadcast Act and Radio Act
    4. General Radio Regulations
    5. Discussion: Does the CRTC have a plan for the spectrum?

  13. Common Wireless Telecommunications

    1. Pagers [1999/07/08]
      1. Voice
      2. Text
      3. Future trends
    2. Cellular Phones [1999/07/08]
    3. Airline radio phones
    4. shipboard phones
    5. old Car phones

  14. Less Common Wireless Telecommunications

    1. CB Radio
    2. Ham 10M band
    3. Commercial bands
    4. Infrared

  15. Portable Computers

    1. Laptops: Introduction [1999/07/08]
      1. History
      2. Key technologies:
        1. Summary of Above noted Batteries, Flat Panel Screens, Processors, Drives, RAM
        2. PC-Card [1999/02/28]
    2. How to evaluate a laptop
      1. How good a job do various testing reports do?
        1. "finite element" v. gross testing
        2. benchmarking
        3. torture testing
      2. System and application software issues
    3. I/O
      1. PCMCIA
      2. SCSI, Ethernet, Radio (Cellular, LAN, WAN, etc.), RS-232C, other? [1998/01/15]
      3. Infrared - IrDA and Versit
    4. Drives: Hard internal, external, floppies, CD-ROMs, tapes, other
    5. Other expansion and upgrading (RAM, CPUs, keyboard, mouse, monitor)
    6. Current Laptops:
      1. Windows Laptops [1999/07/08]
      2. Other Laptops [1999/03/15]
    7. Old and Used Laptops [1999/03/15]

  16. Pocket Organizers, Handheld Computers and PDAs

    1. History and Differences from "small traditional computers" [2001/10/31]
      1. Uses for PDA's [1997/02/12]
      2. Spreadsheets [1997/02/03]
      3. HHC Sizes [1997/11/20]
    2. Handwriting [1999/02/28]
    3. Voice I/O [1999/03/15]
    4. Languages [1997/12/02]
    5. Current products, Some forecasting
      1. Apple Newton [1998/05/31]
      2. Geos HP-OmniGo, Casio Z-7000 and others [1997/05/21]
      3. Windows CE Handhelds [1999/08/15]
      4. ["real"] Windows, MS-DOS Handhelds [1999/02/28]
      5. Psion [1998/04/18]
      6. US Robotic's/Palm Pilot [1998/04/18]
      7. Sharp Zaurus [1998/04/18]

  17. Specialized Industrial Products

    1. Epson, Norand, Psion, Symbol, Telxon, etc. [1999/02/28]
    2. US Military specs. (tentative)

  18. Input and Data Capture Technologies

    1. Digital Still Cameras [1999/07/08]

  19. Purchasing and Support

    1. Channels
    2. Value Added Retailers
    3. Development Consultants
    4. Retail

  20. Integrating PDAs, and portable computers into a Business:

    1. existing software data linking
    2. custom programming issues
      1. Development Systems [1999/03/15]
    3. Data comm access, Online systems and Internet
    4. Discussion
      1. Scheduling in complex businesses
      2. Special need people (Attention Deficit Disorder)
      3. Central v. individual contact control
      4. Messaging

  21. Life Style: Personal Use and Enjoyment

    1. Travel: maps and GPS [1997/08/07]

  22. References [1997/12/15]



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