EVALUATION TEAM TESTS CONCIERGE 2012 PDA; REAL-TIME
INFORMATION AT THEIR FINGERTIPS
Houston, Texas (July 11, 2002) -
The city of Houston
will welcome the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) Site
Evaluation Team (SET) to town this weekend with a "high tech handshake."
USOC team members will be guided through their two-day inspection of
Houston's Olympic Games plan by a prototype of the Concierge 2012 that
was developed for their use during their stay in Houston. The Concierge
2012 is a personal data assistant (PDA) specially-developed to make
navigating the Olympic and Paralympic Games easier for athletes, coaches
and Olympic sponsors.
"Houston is a well-known hub of innovation. Our people put man on
the moon, after all," said Susan Bandy, President of the Houston 2012
Foundation. "Every component of our Olympic and Paralympic proposal
demonstrates our city's dedication to the absolute optimal experience
for athletes, spectators and the rest of the Olympic family. The
Concierge 2012 is our technological partner in this endeavor."
The handheld devices will be provided to every athlete, coach, and
sponsor for the 2012 Games, giving them up-to-date, personalized
scheduling, real-time results and transportation information as well as
internet access, information about Houston and entertainment offerings.
The devices will communicate in any chosen language and will include
Global Positioning System (GPS) to ensure ease of transportation and
allow users to track real-time distances, maps, and travel time while
moving from venue to venue. Phone technology may also be included in
2012 to allow users to reach each other while in Houston.
"We are committed to making Houston's the most high-tech Games ever
staged," said Lee Zieben, Director of Houston 2012 Foundation's
Technology Initiative and CEO of Voyagen, a Houston-based private
company. "With these devices, Texas once again pushes the frontier."
The prototype of Concierge 2012 is built on the Compaq iPAQ Pocket
PC platform. (Compaq is a donor to the Houston 2012 Foundation.) These
instruments boast many unique features, including:
- Concierge 2012 will automatically run short film clips introducing
some of the Houston venues and bid components, these clips will
include testimonials, greetings and introductions by famous Olympians
and Houstonians, including former President George H. W. Bush, track
and field legend Carl Lewis and Paralympian Randy Snow, among others.
- Built on Compaq's newest and most state-of-the-art iPAQ platform,
the prototype handheld will provide:
- A GPS jacket will allow for some of the USOC team members to
track their progress as they tour the Houston venue plan and
navigate Houston during various parts of their stay.
- Some of the prototypes will include an 802.11 wireless internet
jacket that will hook team members to a 2012 network in venues
giving them access to venue-specific information and features as
well as a live web-cam shot of themselves. This same technology will
allow users to utilize the wireless internet in 2012. This feature
will also allow some of the prototypes to send and receive emails.
- A customized Houston portal to include links to arts, museums,
entertainment, site-seeing and hotel/lodging information.
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