Microsoft Wants More PDAs In Hot Spots
June 30, 2003 | Dexigner Team
Microsoft has teamed with the largest hot spot service providers in the United States to encourage more people to use Pocket PCs for wireless Net access at coffee shops, airport lounges and other typical hot spot locales.
According to a promotion introduced Monday, anyone who buys a PDA (personal digital assistant) or other device that uses Microsoft's Windows Mobile software will get a free month of hot spot surfing from T-Mobile, Boingo Wireless and Wayport.
Combined, the three wireless ISPs (Internet service providers) have about 3,500 hot spot locations--areas where Wi-Fi wireless networks deliver pay-as-you-surf Web access.
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