How iPad 3G Service Works (Or: Why You Should Buy the 3G iPad) [Ipad]
March 12th 2010
Tags: 3g, Cancel, House Buy, Ipad, Service Works, Time Right, Wi Fi
United Airlines Claims In-Flight Videochat to Be Illegal [Travel]
March 11th 2010
Tags: Flight Attendant, Flight Travel, Goodnight, John Battelle, United Airlines, Videochat, Wi Fi
Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE Streams Content to Four Devices Over Powerline Networks [Zinnet]
March 9th 2010
Tags: Ethernet Devices, Linke, Powerline Network, Powerline Networks, Streams, Wi Fi
Of Course You Can Tether the iPad
March 8th 2010
It’s definitely iPad Mania, with information about the new slate from Apple everywhere you turn. It was even big news at the Oscars, with more people online pointing to the iPad commercial that aired during the Oscars than those listing who won awards. That’s the way it felt, anyway. Also big news in the iPad [...]
BTW, Wi-Fi Scanner Apps Were Begging to Get Banned by Apple [App Store]
March 8th 2010
Also shitcanned by Apple in the Great App Store Purge of 2010: Wi-Fi scanning apps. The reason being that they used private frameworks to access wireless info. While some of these apps might’ve been useful, especially the ones with GPS functionality to locate hotspots, using private frameworks is kinda like painting a big “ban me” [...]
iPad Arrives April 3 — You Might Need to Hold It First
March 5th 2010
If you believe in magic and live in the U.S., you can pre-order it on March 12 in the form an Apple iPad. It is, after all, “magical and revolutionary,” says Apple. Either the Wi-Fi or the Wi-Fi 3G models can be pre-ordered, but only the Wi-Fi model will be appearing on April 3. Late [...]
Electro-hypersensitivity: The Gadget Allergy [Health]
March 4th 2010
Tags: Allergies, Allergy, Gadget, Health, Hypersensitivity, Mdash, Neighbor, Real Deal, Tin Foil Hat, Wi Fi
Jalalabad’s Fab Fi: How Junk Was Turned Into a High-Speed Wireless Network [Wi-Fi]
March 4th 2010
Tags: Afghanistan, Atoms, Cans, Fab, High Speed, Jalalabad, Locals, Members, Mit, Plastic Tub, Reflectors, Wi Fi
Skype comes to Symbian-based Nokia phones
March 3rd 2010
Nokia smartphone owners now have the ability to stay connected with their Skype buddies while on the go. Skype and Nokia have announced that a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform is now available. Skype for Symbian works over a Wi-Fi or mobile data connections including GPRS, EDGE and 3G. Best [...]
5 Ways to Stretch Laptop Battery Runtime
March 3rd 2010
Laptops are the top selling computers, and have been for a while. They have gotten easier to carry and cheaper, both factors making them the PC of choice for many. A lot of people leave the laptop plugged into the wall all the time, as they seldom venture out into the wild. Others are highly [...]
How Much 3G Data Is Your Smartphone Using?
March 3rd 2010
I don’t often look at my cellular phone bills, but I happened to glance at the latest one from T-Mobile. My first full monthly billing cycle didn’t show anything out of the ordinary, but the monthly data usage happened to catch my eye. I thought I chewed up more than 437 MB of mobile broadband, [...]
Even AT&T’s CEO Thinks the Wi-Fi Version of the iPad Is the Better Option [Apple Ipad]
March 3rd 2010
Tags: 3g, Amp, Apple Ipad, Ceo, Fi Version, Option Apple, People, Wi Fi
Netflix Would Very Much Like to Know If You Would Like an iPhone App (Hint: YES) [NetFlix]
March 2nd 2010
Tags: Amp, Household, Iphone, Netflix, Survey, Tv Episodes, Watch Movies, Wi Fi
Hands On With Dell’s Mini10 Netbook — Should You Buy It?
March 1st 2010
Intel outed the Atom N450 platform for netbooks near the end of December last year. Athough you can still find plenty of netbooks with the older N270 and N280 CPUs, the new N450 — and now N470 — offer slightly better performance while reducing power consumption. The energy savings comes from Intel’s Atom moving from [...]
Netgear’s Universal Wi-Fi Internet Adapter Connects Consoles and TVs Alike [Wi-Fi]
March 1st 2010
Tags: Consoles, Fi Internet, Internet Adapter, Internet Connect, Netgear, Tvs, Universal, Wi Fi, Xbox, Xbox 360
Sprint OverDrive mobile hotspot snags a firmware update
February 24th 2010
Improved Wi-Fi operation and throughput.
Improved performance for customers who experienced Windows XP issues.
Auto Update enhancements to improve download reliability.
Fix for when device stays in offline after upgrade.
Note: The 1.06 firmware update released on 1/28 was designed to improve battery life and connectivity to the 4G network.
Sprint’s 3G/4G mobile hotspot is landing its 1.07 firmware update [...]
What’s Missing in the $699 Viliv S10 Blade?
February 24th 2010
Viliv showed off its S10 Blade touchscreen netbook at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show, but kept mum on pricing and availability. Here in the U.S. the device is now available for pre-order through Dynamism with a starting price of $699. That’s the lowest configuration available and although the S10 supports 3-point multitouch, it won’t work [...]
MSI Wind U160 With 15 Hour Battery Life Pre-Order Begins
February 18th 2010
One of the newest netbooks from MSI, the Wind U160, is now appearing on an Amazon pre-order page. Hector Gomez, one of our eagle-eyed readers, spotted the page along with the $379.99 price tag. Amazon isn’t sharing the release date just yet, but I figure it should be within the next few weeks. After all, [...]
Create Your Own 3G Hotspot with a $99 Wi-Reach
February 16th 2010
After more than two years of using the same 3G USB stick, my two-year contract with Verizon Wireless is now complete. I’m now on month-to-month terms, and while I keep thinking of changing to a new connectivity device, I haven’t made up my mind on what to do just yet. Do I get a MiFi [...]
School bus turned into roaming study hall with Wi-Fi
February 15th 2010
Oh, the days of riding on a school bus. The noise and chaos probably drove many of my drivers nuts when I was young. Rather than threaten detention on students one Arizona school system took a unique approach. They put Wi-Fi in one of their buses.
According to the New York Times, the installation of a [...]