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Set Yourself FREE!The Wireless DBA
Session 36022

• Julie DunnamPrincipal Technical Specialist, OCP
• SCT

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Objective

• To relate information for IT professionals
  seeking to increase their free time by investing
  in a wireless solution.

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Related Sessions

• Recommended or related sessions
• 36843 Wireless Applications Development A
  puppet show.
  
• 40058 Oracle Mobile and Wireless Technology
  Overview
  
• 40333 Leveraging Wireless Data and
  Collaboration in the communications Industry
  
• 40375 Developing Occasionally Connected
  Applications using Oracle 9iLite

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DISCLAIMER

• No endorsement is made, implied or inferred
• Not being paid by any provider or manufacturer
• Only represents what I have learned in my
  personal quest to find a wireless solution
  
• Be sure to check out your solution, before being
  committed in a contract.

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Heavyweight vs LiteweightGeek-Nerd vs
Inconspicuous

• Carry laptop, cell, PDA, GPS, and all the other
  junk you can find and strap it on a police issued
  toolbelt, or better yet, a couple of ammo belts
  from the local Army-Navy store.
• The Nerd Jacket and Pants
• One consolidated Solution (MY GOAL!)

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Main Topics

• Carriers
• Devices
• Functionality
• Applications
• Costs

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Vocabulary/Definitions

• TDMA Time Division Multiple Access - A digital
  air interface technology used in cellular
  networks. TDMA allows multiple users to access a
  single radio frequency channel without
  interference by allocating unique time slots to
  each user within each channel.

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GPRS

• A GSM data transmission technique that transmits
  and receives data in packets instead of a
  dedicated channel.

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Hot-Spot

• Uses WiFi for WLANs. McDonalds, Starbucks,
  colleges and universities. Mostly in
  metropolitan areas.
  
• T-Mobile is best known for these
• Appear in Starbucks, Airports, Universities

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Vocabulary Continued

• Neat Site for many wireless acronyms and
  definitions
  
• http//www.cingular.com/about/newsroom_glossary5

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Modes

• Air interface transmission methods (such as
  analog, digital, or digital PCS) a phone can use
  to communicate with a wireless network.

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Single mode

• Only work on one type of network, such as analog
  or digital

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Dual mode

• Can work with both analog and digital networks.

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Tri mode

• Tri-mode phones (aka "dual band, dual mode" and
  "digital multi-network (DMN)") can work with
  analog, digital and digital PCS networks.

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Wireless Technology Bands

• A wireless network's operating system, enabling
  communication between a cellular phone and its
  carrier. The main interface technologies are GSM,
  GPRS, WiFi and Bluetooth
• GSM(Global System for Mobile Communications)
• 1900 US Only Band / 900 Non-US Band
• WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) Relates to Hotspots
• Bluetooth - Radio technology that enables devices
  such as computers, mobile phones and hands-free
  kits to be connected without cables up to 30 feet
  away. Provides complete wireless mobility.

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Major US Carriers

• ATT Best for international coverage
• Cingular Seems to be the provider of choice
• Nextel Not tested at time of print
• Sprint Large selection of devices, only
  unlimited data plan, coverage for DATA is sparse
  
• T-Mobile Claims a reciprocal agreement with
  ATT and Sprint, with no roaming
  
• Verizon Can you hear me now?

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Devices

• Smart Phones
• A class of wireless phone handsets with many
  features, and often a keyboard. What makes the
  phone "smart" is its ability to handle data, not
  only voice calls.
• PDA
• A portable computing device capable of
  transmitting data. These devices make possible
  services such as paging, data messaging,
  electronic mail, computing, facsimile, date book
  and other information handling capabilities
• PocketPC Phone Edition
• A portable computing device capable of
  transmitting data. These devices make possible
  services such as paging, data messaging,
  electronic mail, computing, facsimile, date book
  and other information handling capabilities

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Another solution

• Hardware needed
• Laptop
• Cell phone
• Data Jack
• Cost Around 100 plus cell minutes

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Cautions

• Check the following
• Roaming (Free or not)
• A factor in the overall cost
• Unlimited data or measured in Kbytes
• Could make your bill soar!!!
• Contract length
• avoid getting in a long-term trap
• Coverage areas
• Take the coverage maps with a grain of salt

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Features to Confirm

• Memory
• Battery Capacity
• Talk time
• Standby Time
• Applications
• Cost
• Can you get what you need?

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Relevant Web Sites to visit

• http//www.pricingcentral.com/electronics/cellphon
  e.htm
  
• http//getconnected.com/
• http//www.bizrate.com/
• http//www.intelenetwireless.com

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COST

• Sprint has only unlimited Data plan
• Most carriers charge by KB downloaded
• Generally device cost is between 300-500.
• Plans for voice(500 mins) plus data (minimal) run
  you slightly higher than normal cell usage
  
• Real difference is in your utilization of
  wireless internet.
  
• If you can, wait, prices will go down, while
  services and applications get better.

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BONUS

• Little Bitty Printers!!!
• Small variety
• Cost (Ruh-Roh!)
• Kewl as kewl can be!!!
• Thermal printing

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Set Yourself FREE!The Wireless DBA
Session 36022

• Julie DunnamPrincipal Technical Specialist, OCP
• SCT

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