March 18, 2003

t’s tempting to think that we might be at or near the peak of the curve for wireless device proliferation, but that’s nowhere near the truth. Ken Dulaney, vice president

Editor’s Note: Martyn Mallick is a wireless solutions evangelist at iAnywhere Solutions, a vendor of mobile database solutions. Though the article is not impartial, we have sought it for publication

ireless networks are slowly evolving from yesterday’s 1G analog systems to tomorrow’s 3G high-speed, digital networks. Throughout the world, every country is at a different phase of building networks to

ven as wireless hardware diversifies (see sidebar “Inspecting the Ranks“), there’s a simultaneous convergence of sorts going on, but that convergence is happening inside devices, not outside. “The great thing

here’s no lack of innovation going on in the wireless area and the technology is maturing fast. But still, the vast majority of developers have avoided taking the wireless plunge.