Author: JT Smith
Paging and wireless carriers use PagerFeed to allow their customers to use inexpensive wireless devices as mobile terminals for their applications. Today wireless devices such as mobile phones, or two-way pagers are widely available, inexpensive, and provide extensive functionality. An example is a Motorola T-900 two-way pager. With a full keyboard, two-way messaging, and a price of $99 this device is an optimal choice for a mobile terminal. However, to actually build support for this kind of device in an application requires that the wireless carrier offer gateway access to their wireless network.
With PagerFeed, either a client application or a wireless device can initiate a transaction. A client’s transaction in the form of an XML contract is translated and delivered to the wireless device. A wireless device’s request is translated into an XML contract and delivered to a client’s application. Client and host applications can be developed with OnWOW’s other products, or by using third-party tools.”
