WiGig promises low-power 2Gbps wireless device communication by 2013
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica, 1/13/2012 The WiGig Alliance is moving full steam ahead with its plan to enable devices to communicate wirelessly at mulit-gigabit speeds using unlicensed 60GHz spectrum. WiGig Alliance President and Chairman Dr. Ali Sadri sat down with Ars at CES to explain where WiGig fits among various wireless standards, and when we [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Hotspot, WiFi, WiGig
Two-Way PIM Sync for Android and Windows Phone Devices Announced at CES 2012
Michelle Ruhfas, MobileBurn, 1/12/2012 CompanionLink Software announces two-way synchronization of contacts, calendars, tasks, and memos between popular CRMsolutions and the latest smartphones and tablets announced at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. Over 25 new devices on both the Android and Windows Phone platforms were announced, including the Samsung Galaxy Note, Sony Xperia S, EeePad Memo [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, WiFi
T-Mobile launches VoIP services for iPhone
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 1/10/2012 T-Mobile is offering a calling service for iPhone and iPad users, even though it doesn’t sell those devices. The operator is expanding its free voice-over-IP service, called Bobsled, to iPhones, iPads, and Android phones. Users with the app can make calls to mobile or landline phones in the U.S., [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: MMS, SMS, T-Mobile, WiFi
CES: Gigabit Wi-Fi takes center stage
John Cox, Network Worl, 1/9/2012 Goodbye Wi-Fi … at least as we’ve known Wi-Fi. At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, next-generation radio chips will finally make real what most people have only imagined for the past three years: Wi-Fi connections that measure their data rates in gigabits per second. And if you’re in Las Vegas [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: WiFi
For blazing fast wireless internet, Broadcom announces its first 5G WiFi chips
Dean Takahashi, GamesBeat, 1/5/2012 Broadcomis announcing today its first WiFi chips that will allow wireless to surf the web at a speed of 1.3 gigabits per second. That is several times faster than existing network speeds, and these so-called 5G WiFi chips will be used in products coming out as early as the second quarter. [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, 5G, LTE, WiFi
Control your Android phone over wifi from your desktop
morta, HelloAndroid.com, 11/28/2011 For those who spend a lot of time looking at a computer, and can’t be bothered to look at their phone very often, Sand Studio has introduced AirDroid, an app that allows users to control their Android Phone from a computer via WiFi. The great thing about AirDroid is that it works [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: SMS, WiFi
WiFi Direct and DLNA get friendly, make streaming media a little bit easier
Terrence O’Brien, Engadget, 11/16/2011 DLNA and WiFi Direct are both pretty sweet technologies on their own but, together, they offer the promise of simple, wireless media streaming without the need for that pesky router middleman. The Digital Living Network Alliance has officially incorporated WiFi Direct into its interoperability guidelines, which means you could soon be [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: WiFi
New WiFi Routers Managed in the Cloud
David Strom, ReadWriteWeb, 11/15/2011 Two announcements in the past month show that the wireless routing marketplace is getting cloud-savvy, with the ability to use the cloud to manage widescale deployments. The advantage of this is clear for companies with several branch offices that want to maintain a single wireless and wired network across their entire [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cisco, Cloud, WiFi
AT&T’s Call International App Gives Smartphones VoIP Calling
Eric M. Zeman, Phone Scoop, 11/8/2011 AT&T announced the availability of a new application today called AT&T Call International. This application allows AT&T smartphones to make VoIP-based calls over Wi-Fi to international numbers at low/reduced rates. The application also works abroad, and will let AT&T smartphone customers make calls from foreign countries to the U.S. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, VoIP, WiFi
4G wireless vs. 5G wireless
Mikael Ricknäs, ComputerWorld, 11/4/2011 Using more spectrum and advanced antennas, vendors and operators plan to increase 4G mobile speeds. But the key to increasing speeds as researchers look at future networks, which will someday be dubbed 5G by marketers, is to shorten the distance between users and base stations, and allowing them to automatically be [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, 5G, EDGE, Femtocell, LTE, WiFi