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Archive for October, 2004

Satellite Radio Wars

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 22nd, 2004

The Satellite Radio Wars are heating up with XM Satellite Radio expected to unveil a “wearable” device next week. A spokesman for Washington, D.C.-based XM declined to comment beyond saying a major product announcement was planned for Oct. 26 in New York with automotive parts and consumer electronics products maker, [...]

WiMax Reality Check

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 22nd, 2004

WiMax Reality Check, a 43-page, $3,495 report, analyzes the current state of technology and market development. The report is based on information collected from and interviews conducted with more than 100 technology suppliers, service providers, and investors with a direct interest in the WiMax market. First-generation broadband wireless [...]

5 Megapixel Cameraphone

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2004

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics has developed the world’s first mobile phone equipped with a five-megapixel camera. The latest model, called the SCH-S250, has a charge-coupled device camera and high-sensitivity flash which allow users to take high-quality pictures. It can also function as a camcorder. The camera was [...]

Arraycomm In the UK

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2004

Broadband wireless vendor ArrayComm Inc. is trialing its iBurst service in Oxford, England, as it attempts to build on earlier Australian success, Unstrung has learned. Arraycomm is involved in a large Australian test along with Navini.

Earlier this week ArrayComm s first commercial iBurst customer, Personal Broadband Australia Pty. Ltd. (PBBA), extended [...]

SBC: Access Denied

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2004

Cable and telephone companies control over 95% of the internet access in the United States. Cable isn’t required to share their access lines unlike phone companies, using twisted pair. But the FCC recently ruled that phone companies don’t have to share their fiber. So the great fiber rush [...]

Sprint Fixed Wireless Device

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2004

Gizmodo reports that Sprint is testing a fixed wireless device that will let customers to use the PCS wireless network to replace land-lines from their local telco. Telular’s SX4e CDMA Fixed Cellular Terminal lets you plug standard telephone, fax and/or computer into the Phonecell s [...]

BelAir + Powerline used in College Net

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2004

Students, residents and businesses in the communities near the Louisiana State University (LSU) can now wirelessly connect using BelAir Networks Wide Area Wi-Fi solution.

Super Net, a leading wireless and wired Internet communications services company, and V Link Solutions, a leading Wi-Fi services provider, integrated BelAir Networks [...]

Pentium M Speed Boost

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2004

Intel has given its Centrino laptop package a speed boost. The Pentium M 765 processor runs at 2.1GHz and includes 2Mbytes of Level 2 cache and support for a 400MHz front-side bus. Previously, the Pentium M 755 was the fastest processor in the line with a speed of 2GHz. [...]

NW Wireless Conference

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 20th, 2004

The 2004 NW Wireless and Security Summit drew some 600 attendees, many from the public service agencies, municipal governments and commercial service providers. It was the second annual conference in Portland, combining both security and wireless workshops, panels and exhibits. Organizations, such as the State Interoperability Executive Council (SIEC), [...]

Buffalo Chips

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 20th, 2004

Tim Higgins reviews the dongle WiFi adapter from Buffalo, the WLI-U2-KG54-AI 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Keychain Adapter ($65). It’s the first to automatically install its drivers and Client Utility when first connected to a Windows computer.
The AI is also the first Buffalo product to be based [...]