Look, Ma, no wires!
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The wireless Web is a market driven by mobility. Until now, mobile devices such as notebook computers or personal digital assistants (PDA) were used mainly by business people, but now, Web-enabled phones, also known as smart phones, are bringing the mobile market to the consumer. According to market researcher Cahners In-Stat Group, more than 1 billion wireless handsets will be sold worldwide in 2003. International Data Corp (IDC) says there were 125 million subscribers to wireless voice and data services in the U.S. in 1999, and the number will grow to 207 million by 2003. In spite, of a huge, rapidly growing market, there has, so far, been only limited interest in accessing the Web from phones. An industry exec says wireless Internet is limited by devices that are not suited to browsing and by browsers that only support content formatted in HTML. Another says wireless Web content needs to be personalized for users.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 2000
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Manual dexterity: PCs make technical documentation easy at Sanyo
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The five desktop publishing employees in the publications department of Sanyo Manufacturing Corp's Forrest City, AR, subsidiary produce from 60 to 80 manuals each year on an IBM PC AT with a 30Mbyte hard disk, Linotronic L100 imagesetter, NEC LC890 PostScript laser printer, Microtek 300A gray-scale scanner and software. A total of $55,200 has been invested in the desktop publishing system, and $36,000 in printing costs are saved annually. The desktop publishing staff uses Micrsoft Word 5.0 to compose text, Micrografx Designer 3.0 to produce graphics, and Xerox Ventura Publisher 2.0 to lay out the pages of the manuals. The laser printer is used to proof the manuals, with final copy sent to the Linotronic. Advantages of the PC-based system include reduced staff and time required to produce both the graphics and manual.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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Page makeover: a small-town newspaper gets spruced up but keeps its homemade look
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Redesign of The Beach Gazette, a weekly newspaper, is reviewed and illustrated. Desktop publishing tools were used in the project. Before and after pictures of the paper and descriptions of revisions are provided.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1987
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