wi-fi

Why Apple Won't Care About Slow Chinese iPhone Sales

Kit Eaton — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:49:59 -0500

According to reports, Apple's ridiculously successful iPhone has stuttered badly in its attempt to conquer the Chinese market. Because conquering is very far from what's going on: It's sold just five units. But Apple probably doesn't mind.

FCC Starts Up Its Radio White Space System, New Wireless Tech En-Route

Kit Eaton — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:42:31 -0500

Four Ways Airlines Could Make In-flight Wi-Fi Free

Gregory Ferenstein — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:48:54 -0400

From a marketing standpoint, money can't buy a more exquisitely perfect demographic than airline passengers: bored, opinionated, and current users of the company's product. Why are airlines passing up the opportunity to collect data or sell products in exchange for free in-flight wifi?

Eye-Fi's Geo Card Makes Photos Location-Aware

Kit Eaton — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:21:41 -0400

Eye-Fi's wireless SD cards already simplify the task of sending pics from a digital camera to your hard drive, and now it's got a version that also auto-geotags the photos--and it's especially aimed at Mac users.

Need to Track Your Body Fat? There's an iPhone App For That

Kit Eaton — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:38:50 -0400

First there was an iPhone app to track your happiness, and now there's one to let you carry the stats on your exact level of flabbiness everywhere you go--a misery tracker, perhaps. It's all thanks to a wi-fi-connected weighing scale, of all things.

Intel Nokia Partner to Tackle Post-Netbook, Post-iPhone Mobile Computers

Kit Eaton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:02:22 -0400

Intel and Nokia have just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so that they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're all used to iPhones and netbooks.

Intel and Nokia Kiss, Plan to Make Super-Smartphone Babies

Kit Eaton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:02:22 -0400

Intel and Nokia just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're all used to iPhones and netbooks.

Forget Wi-Fi: Belkin's Power Wire Router Does Ethernet Speeds

Kit Eaton — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:54:27 -0400

Belkin's just tweaked its Powerline Networking hardware and made it a promising alternative to Wi-fi--it's been given ethernet speeds of a gigabit per second. That's five times faster than other powerline systems, and nearly twice as fast as 802.11n.

Professor Copies the Inner Ear, Invents a Tiny Universal Radio Chip

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:51:03 -0400

Bluetooth 3.0: Fast, Power-Sipping, and Coming Next Year to a Gadget Near You

Kit Eaton — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:51:09 -0400

The group in charge of the Bluetooth protocol unveiled the specifications of the next-generation of the technology, originally dubbed Bluetooth High Speed Technology and also labeled Bluetooth 3.0 HS. It's completely back-compatible with the Bluetooth in your current phone or computer, but it's much, much faster.

Row 44's In-Flight Wi-Fi Poised For U.S. Take-Off, Europe Next

Kit Eaton — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:47:23 -0400

In-Flight Wi-Fi services have had come and gone, with Boeing abandoning its Connexion programtwo years ago, but at least one company is on the brink of bringing its system to a wide U.S. audience: Row 44. It's recently been trialing its services on aircraft in the Alaska and SouthWest Airlines fleets, and is poised to launch in flights to and within Europe.

FCC Cancels Whitespace Free Wi-Fi Meeting

Kit Eaton — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:48:38 -0500

First George W. expressed his disapproval of the future-thinking nationwide free Wi-Fi service, and now the FCC has simply cancelled a meeting that was scheduled this week to discuss the issue.