wi-fi

Tipped early April launch for Wi-Fi Xoom at Staples

Published on: 10th March, 2011

According to a recent rumor, Motorola’s promised but still unreleased Wi-Fi-only Xoom could have finally obtained a launch date. The stripped down variant of the recently reviewed tablet is assumed to be surfacing in Staples’ circulars for the week starting April 3; this suggests a launch in the first full week of April. The Droid-Life [...]

FCC investigating Google Street View Wi-Fi scraping

Published on: 17th November, 2010

A recent investigation has been launched by FCC that could have as a result accusing Google of violation of the federal law by unintentionally Wi-Fi scraping with Street View cars. This action is a response to calls by advocates at the Electronic Privacy information Center requiring a check of whether the scanning has broken eavesdropping [...]

Wi-Fi available soon in London underground

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Wi-Fi trials have been announced by UK provider BT in London, at the Charing Cross underground subway station, according to BBC. The technical test will last for six months and will be free for BT broadband customers as well as for those with free Wi-Fi minutes at the ticket hall, Bakerloo and Northern line platform. [...]

Sprint CEO admits iPad helpful, not commenting on iPhone

Published on: 1st November, 2010

Sprint has been collecting the rewards of the iPad although an official deal is not in place, said Dan Hesse, chief of the carrier, in an interview. Spint’s CEO said that most of the iPads were Wi-Fi models and he had remarked a boost to sales of the Sierra Wireless Overdrive. Good for getting the [...]

Google admits Street View has scraped passwords and tightens privacy

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Google has recently warned that an accidental collection of Wi-Fi data with Street View cars has collected more than presumed and has triggered a privacy problem. Alan Eustace, senior Engineering and Research vice president, said that investigations in Europe and other areas contained complete e-mail messages and web addresses, as well as passwords in some [...]

For a limited time, FREE GPS with an iPod touch purchased

Published on: 23rd October, 2010

BestBuy offers, for a limited time, a FREE GPS with every purchase of an iPod touch. When an 8GB, 32GB or 64GB iPod touch is ordered, the customers also receives a FREE Insignia GPS. Prices for the iPod touch models go from $179.99 for a second generation 8GB device up to $399 for a fourth [...]

Almost approved in Korea, the iPad is expected to take on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab

Published on: 16th October, 2010

The Communications Commission of South Korea announced Apple has asked the permission to sell the iPad tablet in the country. A decision would be made in the five days following this request and it could quickly lead to sales afterwards. KT, the only official Korean carrier, intends to start selling the iPad in November, if [...]

Long-awaited Skype for Android has been released

Published on: 12th October, 2010

Skype has recently announced the release of the long-awaited Skype for Android. It is possible now for phones running Android 2.1 to download the free application which makes available free Skype-to-Skype calls through Wi-Fi for users in the United States only. European users as well as those from other continents will be able to make [...]

Near-field pairing and even more from wireless USB 1.1

Published on: 5th October, 2010

On September 29, 2010, the USB IF promised an easier time with wireless support by posting and detailing the Wireless USB 1.1 standard. This supports near-field communication (NFC) and even proximity detection as a method of setting up peripherals. Users need to simply bring a device next to its host, for example a computer or [...]

Motorola’s Flipout for AT&T may be cancelled at last minute

Published on: 25th September, 2010

According to a certain source, Motorola’s Flipout, which was scheduled to arrive at AT&T on September 25-26, 2010, could be cancelled. The contact declared for Engadget that corporate-owned AT&T retail stores were even told to destroy any product literature associated with the new handset. While this could only be a key spec that has changed [...]

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