Infomatec AG: Drahtloses Surfen im Internet mit JNT - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[investor_007]

Die intensive Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Augsburger Softwarekonzern
Infomatec AG und dem amerikanischen Halbleiterhersteller National
Semiconductor zeigt schon nach kurzer Zeit große Erfolge. Nach der im
August angekündigten Kooperation bei der Entwicklung von
internetfähigen Information Appliances stellten die Partner ein
weiterentwickeltes National GeodeTM WebPADTM für Internet-Nutzung
fertig. Dieser Prototyp eines drahtlosen Internet personal access
device (PAD) basiert erstmals auf der universell einsetzbaren
Basisplattform Java Network Technology (JNT) der Infomatec. Diese kann
sowohl im Bereich Consumer Devices wie Settop-Boxen als auch im Bereich
Internet Computing wie Thin Clients eingesetzt werden.

Mit diesem Produkt und der auch zukünftig forcierten Kooperation mit
National wird die Infomatec ihre Position am US-amerikanischen Markt
weiterhin stärken und ausbauen. Das große Interesse vor allem in den
USA bestätigt die Strategie und die Vorhersagen der Infomatec bezüglich
des Erfolges von JNT und ihrer internet- basierten Produkte.

Ziel der Infomatec AG ist, innerhalb der nächsten 5 Jahre zu den
Top-IT- Unternehmen weltweit zu gehören und die Vision vom
Server-based-Internet- Computing zusammen mit renommierten
Kooperationspartnern wie National Semiconductor, Sun, Compaq oder
Oracle zu verwirklichen.

Das Geode WebPAD Konzept

Mit einem Gesamtgewicht von weniger als 1,3 Kilo hat die Konsole dieses
Informationsgerätes ungefähr die Größe eines Schreibblocks und ist mit
einem ansprechenden Touchscreen ausgestattet. Der Nutzer kann bis zu
einer Entfernung von 150 Meter zur Basisstation drahtlos im Internet
surfen, online einkaufen oder E-Mails verschicken. Mit
„plug-in“-Modulen ermöglicht das Geode WebPAD mit Hilfe der Java
Network Technology schnellen und einfachen Internetzugang.

Die in diesen Prototyp eingearbeitete Basisplattform JNT kann aufgrund
einer multitasking Architektur auf einem Flash ROM Chip in fast jedem
Gerät verwendet werden. Es ist einfach zu nutzen und bietet ein hohes
Maß an Verlässlichkeit und Flexibilität. Mit eingebauten
Sicherheitsmerkmalen für sensitive Nutzerinformationen ist die Java
Network Technologie ein perfekter Bestandteil des Geode WebPAD.

Erste JNT basierte Versionen des Geode WebPADs sind Anfang 2000 verfügbar.

Infomatec - WKN:622200

gis/bb -- (C) GIS Wirtschaftsdaten GmbH

[Zwerg Nase]

Hi investor 007,

Das ist Zukunft pur, aber siehe auch Thread von Fred Broker !
Naja ich sitze auf jedem Fall im richtigen Boot. Mal schauen wielange es
dauert bis unsere Freunde einsteigen?

[Agentin]

Hi Jungs, im Moment sind ein paar andere Aktien "modern", Infomatec ist Zukunft pur, wenn der Zug dann losfährt wird es teuer werden aufzuspringen, diese Kurse jetzt sind absolute Kaufkurse und ich glaube daß der Hammer erst noch kommt (dieses Jahr !!!) ich habe da ein paar Infos bekommen wo ich mir denke da geht dann die Post so richtig ab. Die bringen eine Meldung von einem 50 Mio Deal und die Aktie reagiert nicht mal richtig aber das wird sich bald ändern, ich freue mich mit jenen die diese Aktie jetzt schon im Depot haben 8-)

[trebor]

kann mich zur Zeit nicht entscheiden

[investor_007]

Friday November 12, 7:43 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
ADVISORY/National Semiconductor to Showcase Thin Client Technology at Comdex
(BUSINESS WIRE)--

WHO: National Semiconductor® (NYSE:NSM - news) Corporation, the leading
provider of enabling silicon solutions for the thin client
market.

WHAT: National Semiconductor`s family of Geode(TM) processor-based
solutions, uniquely designed to power thin clients and
multi-purpose information appliances.

WHEN: Fall Comdex `99, Monday, November 15 through Friday, November
19, 1999

WHERE: The Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, Booth L3007

BACKGROUND: National Semiconductor will be highlighting the
developments and partnerships that have occurred in conjunction
with its Geode(TM) family of silicon solutions for the thin
client market. National`s highly-integrated, low-power
Geode(TM) GXLV processor has been the key to offering high
performance and faster time-to-market for many key players
within the thin client market.

Among the wide range of diversified thin client and
Windows-based terminal (WBT) technologies on display in
National`s booth will be:

-- Compaq: the T1000 Windows-based terminal
-- CyberFone: the CyberFone(TM) communications convergence
appliance
-- DT Research: the DT200 Windows-based Terminal & the DT300
Wireless Thin Client
-- IBM: the Netstation 2200 and the IBM 4614 SureOne
Point-of-Sale Terminal
-- Infomatec: the JNT Thin Client
-- Siemens Nixdorf: the Beetle Point of Sale terminal,
-- Wyse Technology: the Winterm 3320 SE and the
Winterm 3720 SE



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Contact:
National Semiconductor
Carolyn Robinson, 408/721-5886 (Direct)
[e-mail]

[investor_007]

Internet Appliances the Hottest Game in Vegas
Major players bet heavily public will love new devices

Henry Norr, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, November 17, 1999


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``Internet appliances`` are the talk of the town in Las Vegas this week.

The term -- and its virtual synonym, ``information appliance`` -- refer to Internet-access devices that are simpler and cheaper than PCs. The idea has been talked about for several years, but at this week`s Comdex computer trade show, it has moved front and center.

That`s mainly because the biggest players in the PC industry, starting with Microsoft, Compaq and soon Dell, are getting into the game. Starting next year, they are hoping to market such contraptions to the 50 percent or so of U.S. households that have so far resisted the charms of the PC -- and to put them in the kitchens and bedrooms of families who already have a computer in the den or the study.

The products are expected to sell for less than $200. The up-front cost to the customer could be even less, perhaps nothing at all: The manufacturers are hoping that phone companies, banks, health plans and other organizations will purchase the hardware and lend or rent it at low monthly rates to their customers.

There`s already a plethora of devices that qualify, at least by some definitions, as Internet appliances -- from cell phones with e-mail and Web-browsing software built in to Java- or Linux-based ``network computers`` intended for corporate desktops.

In between, there are countless variations on the theme: Palm-style pocket organizers fitted with wired or wireless modems; dedicated e-mail devices (essentially, keyboards with a modem and a few inches of screen built in); ``set-top boxes`` that combine the Net with television; ``screen phones`` that can be used for ordinary voice calls or for casual surfing; and, in the near future, ``Web pads,`` clipboard-size contraptions with wireless Web links.

But the class of appliance that has come front and center this week is what Microsoft and its minions are calling ``Web companions.`` To judge by the handful of prototypes on display on and off the show floor, they will come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Some, including Compaq`s still-nameless prototype and Acer`s I-Station, have notebook-size screens, with the electronics hidden in a small but bulbous box behind them.

But another Microsoft partner, Vestel USA (the North American offshoot of a Turkish company that`s the second-largest supplier of TVs in Europe), showed two alternative designs, one with a flat-panel display and another that looked vaguely like Apple`s iMac or Gateway`s new all-in-one PC, the Astro.

What they have in common is, first of all, that the only software they run is a Web browser, and a simplified one at that: one window and no toolbars, just a few basic buttons on the screen and on the special Internet-oriented keyboards that come with them.

Users of such devices will, in principle, be able to go to any Web destination they desire, but their home page will be preset and unchangeable -- in the prototypes Microsoft is promoting, it is the company`s MSN Web site, and buttons for services such as news and shopping are hard-wired to sections of MSN or to Microsoft partners.

Companies that decide to subsidize and distribute companions to their own customers will presumably get to set the home page and button-destinations for themselves.

Compaq refuses to say what underlying operating system runs its prototype (an official said the company may use several in different models), but the others all run a stripped-down version of Microsoft`s Windows CE, minus the numerous applications found on current handheld CE devices.

In any case, there`s no way for Web companion users to add other software, so if they want additional applications, they will have to depend on programs and services offered free or for rent on the Web.

In fact, you might not be able to take advantage of some of the multimedia and other advanced features on the Web because the plug-ins and other special software such sites often require may not run on such simplified devices. A spokesman for Compaq said, however, that the most popular audio and video formats would be supported on his company`s companion.

In hardware terms, the companions shown here this week all use National Semiconductor`s Geode GX, a chip that combines an Intel- compatible core with a variety of additional features -- including graphics, sound and communications capabilities -- that require extra circuitry on standard PCs.

Integrating such features on the main processor -- an approach known as ``system on a chip`` -- cuts costs and saves space. The companions will have no disk drives at all -- floppy, hard or CD-ROM. Here, too, users who want to preserve the information they find or create will have to rely on the Web, perhaps saving their data to one of the growing number of online sites offering free storage space.

With no drives, the machines will be virtually silent, and they will be ready to use just seconds after you touch the on button, without the tedious boot-up process that PCs require.

There`s no telling yet whether users will find the companions` combination of capabilities and trade-offs appealing, but analysts seem to be taking them seriously. International Data Corp. last week released a report projecting that 18.5 million information appliances will ship in the United States alone by 2001 -- more than the 15.7 million home PCs expected to be sold here in the same year.

Analyst Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies in San Jose, said he considers Microsoft`s key role in the development of the Web companion a ``landmark shift`` in the software giant`s business model, from one dependent mainly on software sales to one based on a continuing ``stream`` of service fees and revenues shared with e-commerce sites where companion users shop.

Bajarin also noted that Microsoft`s plan adds up to a ``serious challenge`` to America Online, which has more than six times as many users as Microsoft`s MSN service. ``This is taking the battle between them to a whole new level,`` he said.

AOL, of course, is likely to have some new weapons of its own to wage that battle with. Earlier this year, it invested $800 million in PC-maker Gateway, which has long had an interest in the information appliance category, and industry sources say the two companies are working together to develop equally simple and inexpensive ``AOL companions.``

[Cyberdream]

Da gibts ja nur ein Wort ---> K A U F E N und R E I C H werden .

[lodo]

HALLO INFOMATEC GEMEINDE!
Kann jemand erklaeren warum IFO heute 5% gefallen ist? Wenn alles um IFO herum so weltbewegend ist, verstehe nicht warum die Aktie nicht bei 340 statt 34 immer noch steht...
Uebrigens: habe heute gehoert von Mobilcom direkt dass TV unter 50GH Probleme haben mit Settopboxen, Resolution soll schlecht sein und die Kauefer wissen nicht beim Ankauf wie viele GH ihren TV hat. Ansonsten haben sie vor 10 Tage mit den Verkauf angefangen, aber ob es gut laueft, wusten sie noch nicht. Mal hoffen...