Re: Mobile Computing

[Matthew Small]

If you're interested in wireless internet connectiviity then I suggest you look into the solution that Sprint offers - there's a cable that plugs from some certain cell phones into the usb port on a laptop.  You have Sprint's web service (can't rememer what it's called) and then you have a dial up connection through the cable to the phone.  The connection is actually kind of fast as it runs about 115k - much faster than  a modem.

- Matt Small
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Heald, Tim
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:27 PM
  Subject: RE: Mobile Computing

  Cell modems are only 19K so slow as hell.

  Flash works on a lot of different platforms and I think can be very useful
  for remote computing.

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:12 PM
  To: CF-Community
  Subject: Mobile Computing

  We just got a requirement to research mobile laptop and/or handheld computer
  access to some of our intranet applications.  What are the different
  combinations of technologies that might do this?  We would be looking for
  something that is fairly wide ranging.  This will be for our mobile blood
  drives where we go to different business and organizational locations all
  over the Central Northern California area to collect blood.  We are
  exploring the possibility of having our staff at these locations connected
  to our data and application resources so that they can have access to data
  such as a repeat donor's medical history as well as the ability to update
  and add new data in real time.

  I'm guessing that at this time public wireless (WLAN/WWAN) access points
  could be very hit or miss, especially in the smaller communities and rural
  areas on whether the staff would have a connection at any given location.
  What about cellular modems or Satellite modems?  Are either/both of these
  reliable and widely available?  What are the security concerns we would need
  to look into?  The data being flown through the air would be under HIPPA
  restrictions, and we would want to be very confidant in the security of the
  transmission and the data, as well as not opening up holes in our network
  security that could allow breaches.

  I would really love any recommendations on any resource we can use to
  research the pros, cons and requirements of various options.  If there are
  any other technologies I haven't mentioned in my first brainstorm of this
  please chime in.

  I'm off to dive into Google to see what I can start to learn.

  Thank You

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  Ian Skinner
  Web Programmer
  BloodSource
  www.BloodSource.org
  Sacramento, CA

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