February 21, 2006
Experimental mobile project to launch in Bath
A group of companies and three universities in the U.K. will conduct a research project that delivers and studies cutting-edge mobile applications, reports PC World.
"Vodafone Group, Nokia, HP Laboratories, IBM and others along with University College London and Imperial College London are also involved in the Cityware project.
..."As part of the project, 30 volunteers who live in Bath will get the latest mobile phones and free service in exchange for offering feedback on using the new applications. They'll be involved for three years.
... One goal of the project is to learn how to deliver mobile services in a historic city like Bath without disrupting the appearance of the city, the University of Bath said. The researchers also hope to learn about how to better design the user interface on phones including making sure that a phone alerts users of which applications are available at any given time, the university said."
... The Cityware project will use cellular networks and Bluetooth as well as near-field communication, a new type of short range communication technology."
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2006/02/011630.htm