ADVISORY/ WIDCOMM Bluetooth Wireless Development Kits Now Available for Purchase Online.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ADVISORY...Tuesday (March 20) SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001 WIDCOMM, Inc., a world leader in Bluetooth wireless networking See wireless network. solutions, today announced that its six new Bluetooth development kits (DKs) can now be purchased on the company's web site. WIDCOMM's kits allow developers to create Windows-based, Palm-OS-based, and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Bluetooth applications, and will speed the next generation of interoperable Bluetooth wireless products to market. WIDCOMM's Development Kits present an integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment and are the broadest portfolio of Bluetooth-focused tools available from a single vendor. All kits include WIDCOMM's rich Application Programmer An individual who writes application programs in a user organization. Most programmers are application programmers. Contrast with systems programmer. See system development cycle.  Interface (APIs), extensive documentation and
WIDCOMM's market-leading toolset.
WHAT: Six WIDCOMM Bluetooth Development Kits Available Online
-- BlueConnect Development Kit, including two
Palm-OS-based Bluetooth adaptors for the
Handspring(TM) Visor(TM)
-- Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) Development Kit,
incorporating two Windows-based adaptors for PCs or
laptops
-- Devices Development Kit, including one Palm-OS-based
Bluetooth adapter, one Windows-based adaptor for PCs
or laptops
-- PDA-NAP Development Kit, including one Palm-OS-based
Bluetooth adapter, one free-standing Bluegate
Bluetooth network access point and software
-- PC-NAP Development Kit, containing one Windows-based
adaptor for PCs or laptops, one BlueGate Bluetooth
network access
-- Network Solutions Development Kit, containing one
free-standing BlueGate Bluetooth network access point,
one Windows-based adaptor for PCs or laptops, one
BlueGate Bluetooth network access point
WHO: WIDCOMM, Inc., leading provider of wireless connectivity
solutions
WHERE: Please click www.widcomm.com -- or --
http://www.widcomm.com/DevelopersCorner/index.asp
WIDCOMM provides everything needed to enable seamless dependable wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. among devices such as PDAs, PCs, laptops and handsets while maintaining a gateway to the Internet. WIDCOMM products include software stacks (1) A stack that is implemented in memory rather than in hardware registers. See stack. (2) A generic reference to a set of system programs or a set of application programs that form a complete system. See stack. supporting a variety of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. , manufacturing-ready reference designs for mobile device manufacturers, and network access points. About WIDCOMM WIDCOMM, Inc. ("Wireless Internet and Data/Voice Communications") is a leading provider of networking solutions based on short-range wireless communications technologies. Founded in June 1998, the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. produced the first Bluetooth certified product in the world. WIDCOMM creates technologies that enable leading consumer electronics, networking, telecommunication and semiconductor companies to reduce time-to-market and build interoperable wireless technology into their products. For more information, please visit www.WIDCOMM.com. About Bluetooth The Bluetooth(TM) wireless technology is set to revolutionize the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections. It is a specification for a small form-factor, low-cost radio solution providing links between mobile computers, mobile phones and other portable and handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. (SIG), comprising leaders in the telecommunications, computing and network industries, is driving development of the technology and bringing it to market. The Bluetooth SIG includes promoter companies 3Com, Ericsson, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and more than 2000 associate members and adopter companies, including WIDCOMM. BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden and licensed to WIDCOMM, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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