Archive for 'Wi-Fi' Category
Wi-Fi When You Fly
29 January 2008- In-flight Internet Access - Take 2
Three major airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Virgin America plan to roll out in-flight broadband Internet access in the US suggesting that the failure of Connexion by Boeing hasn’t dampened the Web-thusiasm of some airlines.
American Airlines plans to roll out the in-flight broadband service commercially before the end […]
US Schools Look To Go Wireless, Wi-Fi Providers Couldn’t Be Happier
29 January 2008There are over 98,000 primary and secondary schools in the US with almost 50 million kids, and lots of them are looking to ditch the wires.
ABI Research has put out a new analysis of this budding market of school administrators looking to provide Wi-Fi called “The K-12 Wi-Fi Market Opportunity”.
ABI notes the obstacles - funding, […]
AT&T Broadband Subscribers Get Free Wi-Fi Access
29 January 2008- 10,000 Free Hotspots
- Who Needs Muni Wi-Fi?
- AT&T, Apple Driving Public Wi-Fi
AT&T and Apple are driving Wi-Fi availability outside homes and coffee shops and off campuses.
Apple creates the demand for free Wi-Fi with its iPhone but especially its iPod touch, which can only connect to the Net with Wi-Fi. iPod touch users are […]
Hong Kong Public Housing Gets Free Wi-Fi
29 January 2008City Telecom’s Hong Kong Broadband Network is making free Wi-Fi service available to tenants at public rental housing estates. The company said the effort is in support of the Hong Kong government’s initiative to facilitate public access to the Internet. The move illustrates a growing need for free and freely available Wi-Fi, which iPhone and […]
Apple Take 2
29 January 2008- Burrows Deeper into the Living Room
- Apple Looks for Encore with iTunes Movie Rental
After the phenomenal success of the iPod and iPhone, it’s hard to do
an encore.
Even for Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
But that didn’t stop Jobs from making another leap for glory this
week.
At Macworld, Jobs launched the iTunes Movie Rentals service that
lets users download […]
Creative’s HD Dock
25 January 2008Creative this week introduced its $400 Xdock HD, which upconverts
video to 720p or 1080i resolution and music to X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity.
The Xdock HD plays video on an HDTV in full DTS surround sound and
can also wirelessly play music through X-Fi Wireless Receivers
connected to speakers throughout the home. It’s also designed for
use with the iPod touch, […]
CES: Qualcomm and Intel Go Head-to-head in Mobile Internet Devices
24 January 2008 - Qualcomm and Intel Come into Direct Conflict in UMPC
- CDMA Giant Unveils Reference Platform for ‘Pocketable Computer’
- Intel Seeks to Re-enter Mobile in Earnest, But Will It Support 3G This Time?
This article originally appeared in Wireless Watch. For the complete
edition, please e-mail paperboy@riderresearch.com
Nearly all the major mobile chip and device players […]
The Home Network Market from 10,000 Feet
24 January 2008Looking broadly at the home network market, two things appear
certain:
1. Wi-Fi in a variety of versions will always be with us. Its wire-
free ubiquity and, thanks to Intel, low costs make it a natural for
moving data around the home.
2. High definition video and the content owners’ need for high
security make it appear necessary that at […]
Linksys, Scientific-Atlanta to Be Renamed Cisco
22 January 2008Reportedly Cisco will rename its successful Linksys - makers of home
networking and storage - and Scientific-Atlanta, which makes set-top
boxes including DVRs for the pay-TV market. Both will be called
Cisco in a brand unification effort.
Netgear Supports the Connected Home
22 January 2008At CES, Netgear rolled out a slew of wired, wireless and storage
networking products for the connected home.
Among the array of new routers, adapters, modems, gateways, Ethernet
kits, signal extenders and network storage devices that Netgear put
out we found the ReadyNAS Duo storage systems the coolest of ‘em
all.
Aimed at digital media buffs with gargantuan storage appetites,
ReadyNAS Duo […]