3ETI AND JUNGLESOFT, INC. JOIN TO INTEGRATE GPS/WIRELESS HARDWARE/SOFTWARE FOR PALM OS.3e Technologies International, Inc. and JungleSoft, Inc., has announced an agreement to develop location-based services See mobile positioning. solutions for PalmOS devices by integrating JunglePort, JungleSoft's market leading mobile portal platform, and The GLOVE a 3eTI wireless/GPS communications device Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. , for both the consumer and enterprise markets.The combined technologies of these two companies provide a dynamic hardware/software and location-based solution that will pinpoint an end-user's location to within 10 yards, and then wirelessly deliver location-specific information. A consumer, for example, can conduct a query for the nearest Chinese restaurants See:
In the enterprise area, 3eTI has agreed to develop telematics Originally coined to mean the convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cellphones, wireless communications and automatic driving assistance systems all come under the solutions to several large customers who will use JunglePort Maps software with The GLOVE as an add-on to their PalmOS devices. These mobile users will be pushed information from the 3eTI Telematics Data Center to enhance their operational efficiency with better communication and location awareness Location awareness, or more commonly "location-aware", is a general term used for something that can show that it is aware of your current location. An example is a GPS. There are also certain websites that use user locations, such as show what other users live nearby the current . The Emergency Management Community will conduct a wide-area operational test in Spring 2001 where mobile users will be able to both push and pull information that will be relevant to their immediate locations. Emergency supervisors will be able to remotely track their emergency response personnel to better coordinate their activities. Until now, wireless transmit and receive operations, as well as, GPS functionality, have been available as separate products for the PalmOS devices. 3eTI, with The Glove is the first company to successfully integrate and interoperate See interoperable. all of these communications features in a single device. Before The Glove users had to select which functionality they preferred in their handheld device. Previously, the most accurate positioning technology available to wireless PalmOS users was limited, since the location resolution responded with information targeted to the nearest zip code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. . In contrast, The Glove provides highly accurate, location-specific information that is delivered dynamically and efficiently to users of PalmOS TM devices. |
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