51. That would put a wireless data device in the palm of one in every five people on the planet. 52. The Accompli is also able to transmit wireless data, a business that analysts say has vast potential in China. 53. The arrangement will enable customers, for a fee, to connect to the Internet from a laptop computer or other device equipped to handle wireless data. 54. The coalition of wireless carriers, phone makers and software vendors agreed on a new standard for wireless data applications. 55. The company also plans to use the airwaves to sell wireless data services, such as letting customers hook up to the Internet. 56. The deal also gives added momentum to a wireless data networking standard popularized by Apple Computer over the last two years. 57. The market is just emerging for wireless data and wireless Internet access. 58. The modem can send wireless data on paging networks for reception on a palmtop computer, a handheld device also known as a personal digital assistant. 59. The problem is that mobile computer users are facing a thicket of wireless data standards. 60. The second-largest wireless data company, RAM Mobile Data, is going after the consumer market even more aggressively. |