Apple Newton MessagePads now wirelessly enabled for ARDIS network.LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1995--ARDIS today announced it is the first two-way wireless network in the U.S. to provide wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. services for Apple Computer Inc.'s MessagePad 120 using the Newton(R) 2.0 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Using the proven, nationwide services offered by the ARDIS (Advanced Radio Data Information Service) The first wireless data network in the U.S. It was formed in 1983 by Motorola and IBM to support IBM field service technicians. network, Apple MessagePad users can wirelessly send and receive electronic mail, send faxes, and access applications and information, enabling true mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings . To access the ARDIS network, Newton PDAs, developed by Apple and Motorola, can now be equipped with ARDIS communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems for the Newton 2.0 operating system. Used with Motorola's Personal Messenger 100D PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. wireless modem A modem and antenna that transmits and receives over the air. Wireless modems support several technologies, including 802.11, Bluetooth, CDPD, DataTAC, Mobitex and Ricochet. There are wireless modems for laptops, handhelds and cellphones. card, the ARDIS network provides MessagePad users nationwide, automatic roaming, enabling them to stay in touch with the office and manage business from remote locations. "ARDIS and Apple have long acknowledged the benefits to end-users that 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. capabilities on the MessagePad would bring," said Dan Croft, senior vice president of market operations at ARDIS. "With the ARDIS communications software, the Newton 2.0 operating system and a wireless modem, MessagePad users are able to communicate wirelessly, virtually anywhere, anytime." Software developers creating wireless applications for the MessagePad can take advantage of ARDIS' Wireless Software Developer Program, which offers dramatically lower network air time costs for software applications providers. Under a pricing promotion available through the end of 1995, ARDIS caps air time costs for developers at $40.00 per month per development hardware unit. ARDIS also offers additional rebate programs to offset air time charges incurred by developers with applications that pass ARDIS certification testing. ARDIS operates the first and largest nationwide wireless data network enabling in- building and on-street data communications between mobile workers, using notebook computers and personal digital assistants, and host computers. The ARDIS network serves the top 410 metro areas in all 50 states, Puetro Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and covers more than 80 percent of the population and 90 percent of the business activity in the United States. The service enables executives and mobile workers to access their corporate information systems or to communicate instantaneously with their peers from virtually any location. -0- Note to editors: Access ARDIS press releases and company materials via the ARDIS home page on the World Wide Web. Address: http://www.ardis.com ARDIS is a registered servicemark of ARDIS Company. Apple, MessagePad and Newton are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. CONTACT: Albie Jarvis/Jon Bornstein Copithorne & Bellows 617-252-0606 jarvis.ardis@radiomail.net |
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