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...While the major carriers raked in $100 billion last year, wireless services aimed at tweens is minuscule. But precisely because most adults now have cell phones, as well as some 90% of teens, persuading the remaining Luddites to retire their rotary dials and go wireless is hardly a growth proposition. The tween market - roughly kids ages 8 to 12 - has a wireless market penetration of only about 25%, and most of that clustered at the upper end of the range...
This spring Microsoft will launch Windows Mobile 6, a new operating system for wireless technologies that promises to display phone e-mail as clearly as its desktop counterparts...
Your cell phone is spying on you, but don't be afraid. Thanks to better mapping technology and hyperlocal services tailored to the small screen, the latest wireless gadgets can automatically pinpoint your location and then direct you to everything from the nearest Chinese restaurant to where your friends are hanging out. And while it may seem creepy to have your phone keeping tabs on you even when you're sleeping, this isn't some Homeland Security nightmare. It's just an easier way to find people and places nearby...
...actual stars in the ballroom - O.K., so there was Ed Begley Jr. and a bunch of guys who looked like Kenny Rogers. An alarmingly large number of scientists from Austria received awards. Apparently the people who gave the world Mozart and World War I are really good at making wireless camera lens controls. We tried to pin them down as part of some kind of vast, Austro-techie conspiracy, but, like the rest of the contented crowd at this Oscars, the Austrians were too friendly to root against...
...balked at subscribers sharing their Internet access, and while fon.com's searchable maps help you pinpoint every FON-friendly hotspot in the world, there are many areas where service is thin on the ground. Still, for the cost of an ordinary wi-fi router, it's like getting a wireless couch to crash on in dozens of major cities...