The IBM Personal Communicator-design considerations

Author

Beatty, Brent A.

Author_Institution

IBM Boca Raton Personal Commun., FL, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

10-13 Apr 1994

Firstpage

423

Lastpage

425

Abstract

Today´s mobile professionals must not only stay connected any time, anywhere and with anybody, but they must have the ability to communicate many types of information anywhere and with anybody. The accelerating trend in information appliances for people on the go is setting new standards. The latest advances in computer and communication technologies has made possible an entirely new breed of hand-held communications/information appliance. This article describes the communicator, and discusses the technical challenges of integrating a fully functional computer with an RF transmitter/receiver, modem, fax, etc. into the IBM Personal Communicator

Keywords

IBM computers; facsimile equipment; mobile radio systems; modems; telecommunication equipment; telecommunications computing; IBM personal communicator; RF transmitter/receiver; design; fax; hand-held communications; information appliances; modem; Batteries; Cellular phones; Hardware; Home appliances; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Modems; Power supplies; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '94. Creative Technology Transfer - A Global Affair., Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1797-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1994.324349

Filename

324349