Saturday, October 19, 2002
Printer in Your Pocket?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:00 AM
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-962358.html
"Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled software that allows wireless devices to print documents such as e-mails or e-mail attachments. The new software allows mobile devices to print e-mails or e-mail attachments, such as PDF files or Word documents, from a printer connected to a corporate network. Hotels that cater to business travelers, such as Hyatt Hotels, plan to use the technology on a trial basis, Joshi said."
The software will work on Pocket PC 2002 and RIM Blackberry devices and some cell phones, mostly those by Sony-Ericsson. They are also working on a Palm version The software itself is free but it seems there is a server component that is necessary an the licensing starts at $35 per user per year and drops with volume discounts. If that is the case, this doesn't make much sense to me - how mobile can it be if the server has to have software installed?
"Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled software that allows wireless devices to print documents such as e-mails or e-mail attachments. The new software allows mobile devices to print e-mails or e-mail attachments, such as PDF files or Word documents, from a printer connected to a corporate network. Hotels that cater to business travelers, such as Hyatt Hotels, plan to use the technology on a trial basis, Joshi said."
The software will work on Pocket PC 2002 and RIM Blackberry devices and some cell phones, mostly those by Sony-Ericsson. They are also working on a Palm version The software itself is free but it seems there is a server component that is necessary an the licensing starts at $35 per user per year and drops with volume discounts. If that is the case, this doesn't make much sense to me - how mobile can it be if the server has to have software installed?
