At 03:52 PM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Just for example, this morning Qualcomm and Sprint announced data service
> >trials at 144kpbs. I will not hazard a prediction when or where in the
> >world such service will roll out. My point was mainly that native TCP/IP
> >has a bright future for wireless and once you develop with it you can use
> >lots of different wireless technologies and service providers.
>
>I agree completely. I am counting on most providers having a clean layer
>between the apps on the device and the cell systems (whatever they might be)
>that makes the the cell connection look like a normal TCP/IP connection.
Most services like CDPD/OmniSky, CDMA Data etc _are_ real TCP/IP. They may
have a different link physical and link layer than the usual 56K modem or
ethernet, but your device really does have an IP address and has a real
TCP/IP stack (the one Palm includes).
Palm VII and WAP are not real TCP/IP. You may not have an IP address, you
can't route to any IP address on the net, and you can't have a TCP stream.
>However, Sales & Marketing wants to do it _now_ and the infrastructure isn't
>there....
If you need more than 14kbps, it's true the infrastructure isn't there. But
if you're OK with 14kpbs, it is here now in most metropolitan areas and
probably reliable enough to build a real vertical app on. I haven't used
OmniSky, but people seem to like it. I have used Sprint's wireless web
(both on a pdQ and a Palm cabled to a phone) and know that it works well
and is supported.
LL
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