ADVISORY/Socket Launches Educational Web Site to Alleviate Pocket PC Connectivity Confusion.Business Editors ADVISORY...beginning Feb. 4 --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: Socket Communications, Inc., the Mobile Connection Company
WHAT: Socket has launched an education campaign on its web site
focused on alleviating the confusion mobile professionals
face when they want to connect their Pocket PCs remotely.
This education campaign -- Remote Possibilities -- walks a
person step-by-step through ways to connect their Pocket PCs
to instant messaging, email, the Internet, or their corporate
intranet - easily and affordably - from the back of a taxi,
a customer's office, Starbuck's, or even the ski slopes.
Specifics include location, cost, speed and communication
requirements for each remote possibility, as well as
comparisons between them. Additionally, mobile professionals
can learn how others are using Pocket PCs connected remotely
to make their lives easier.
WHEN: Begins February 4, 2002
WHERE: www.socketcom.com
Select `Remote Possibilities' button
About Socket Socket Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SCKT)(PSE PSE 1. pale soft exudative pork. 2. portosystemic encephalopathy. :SOK), the Mobile Connection Company, provides the broadest range of connection products for Windows powered handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. , including Bluetooth cards, wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area cards, digital phone cards, 56K modem cards, and Ethernet cards See Ethernet adapter. . Socket also provides bar code scanning products and peripheral connection serial cards for laptops and other mobile devices. Socket products are Mobility Friendly(TM), leading the market with the smallest footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. and most Battery Friendly(R) in their class, while being easy to install, use and maintain. Socket products work with handheld devices made by leading handheld manufacturers, including Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Casio, and Palm. Socket also works closely with Microsoft and with mobile phone manufacturers, including Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola, to ensure smooth interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between the companies' product lines. Socket is headquartered in Newark, California Newark is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Newark is an enclave, completely surrounded by the city of Fremont. The population is currently 43,693. Geography The southern end of the San Francisco Bay lies near the western edge of the city. , and can be reached at (510) 744-2700, or on the Internet at www.socketcom.com. Socket and Battery Friendly are registered trademarks of Socket Communications, Inc. The Mobile Connection Company and Mobility Friendly are trademarks of Socket Communications, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. (c)2002, Socket Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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