C/Net says Microsoft’s forthcoming Zune player will allow users to create mobile social networks and stream music to nearby friends or strangers, according to the FCC’s regulatory filing.
Zune owners can act as their own DJ, sending streaming music content to up to four other devices. With the built-in WiFi, people can send and receive photos, [...]
Gizmodo has pictures of a rumored PSP camera and GPS unit.
Gizmodo also describes a “simple” way to connect a GPS adapter to your PSP that costs around $130. It uses a Holux GPSlim236 device (~$100).
Meanwhile, Asus has an ultra-mobile PC [...]
Karl Bode at Broadband Reports says:
We’ve been discussing several DSL providers’ (Verizon, Speakeasy, BellSouth) attempts to hit DSL customers with bogus charges all week (see here, here, and here), in order to capitalize on the removal of the FUSF fee on DSL bills. The move takes advantage of consumers by burying a [...]
CBS plans to use Bluetooth coupled with billboard posters to market new TV shows in its fall lineup, reports C/Net. The video clips are free and delivered via Bluetooth directly to the device so consumers won’t be charged by their carrier for data usage.
Starting in September, people will be able to download short video [...]
ZD Net reports a software update for Intel wireless hardware is faulty and can hog PC memory. A fix is due today on Intel’s web site.
The problem affects the Intel PROSet software, version 10.5, Amy Martin, an Intel spokeswoman, said. The PROSet software accompanies Intel’s drivers that run the company’s wireless hardware on PCs.
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Unwired Australia has lit up four more towers in Melbourne (pdf) as part of its ongoing network expansion. The carrier’s network now covers more than a quarter of a million Melbourne homes via its personal wireless broadband network.
BigAir to sell Unwired’s laptop wireless card, a Navini device that’s [...]
AC Transit, near San Francisco, is set to become the first public bus system in Northern California to offer free WiFi, to increase ridership in the Bay Area, reports SF Gate.
The Wi-Fi program is funded with $340,000 with state transportation money. For AC Transit, the goal is stay competitive [...]
Apple Computer on Thursday recalled 1.8 million Sony-built laptop batteries that could overheat and catch fire. Apple says it has received nine reports of batteries overheating, including two consumers who received minor burns after handling overheated computers.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries include cells manufactured by Sony and were sold [...]
Okay. Maybe the world doesn’t need another WiMAX market research report. But this one from Research and Markets is short:
WiMAX - A Market Update (2006-2007), gives an overview of the current WiMAX market, reviewing potential applications and users along with the upcoming trends.
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Nikon announced a new WiFi camera, the COOLPIX S7c, and a hosting service, the COOLPIX CONNECT, this week at Photokina 2006. Nikon’s currently available WiFi equipped P3, an 8 megapixel shooter, requires a nearby PC and lacks the direct email capability of the new S7c.
The COOLPIX S7c camera ($349.95), is [...]
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