Apparently, NTT DoCoMo has shipped more than two million i-Mode cellular phones in the eight months between the phone's debut in February 1999 and October 1999. According to the company the architecture will serve a number of in-vehicle applications, including dynamic navigation, wireless connectivity and Internet access, natural language speech processing, car audio, virtual dashboards, and multimedia. The paper contends that far from freeing users from the complexities associated with computing, the likely requirement for interoperability between appliances will add to the complexity experienced by users. The base Itsy hardware provides a flexible interface for adding a custom daughtercard, whilst the software is based on the Linux OS and standard GNU tools. The web site describes the Itsy prototype, provides an FAQ and links to other information on the web that is related.
Discussion is about PDAs in general as an information technology tool.
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