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Sattellite E205 notebooks with Wireless Display technology from Toshiba

Published on: 25th January, 2010

Toshiba’s Satellite E205 notebooks using Wireless Display technology from Intel have begun to ship. The system, first presented at CES, uses Intel’s latest chipset and allows viewing the notebook display on an HDTV with HDMI or Composite inputs. There is a small box connecting directly to the TV set, but no external adapter is needed [...]

Mophie’s FeliCa wireless payments for Japanese iPhone owners

Published on: 22nd January, 2010

Mophie has recently promised to Japanese iPhone owners to provide the much-requested support they need to use FeliCa wireless payment system. Mophie will team up with two local firms to provide the service using the same RFID wireless as the Sony has for its standard. The add-on will let the iPhone pay for many goods, [...]

Verizon – 400,000 Palm devices ordered?

Published on: 12th January, 2010

An unnamed source has revealed to the Boy Genius Report that Verizon Wireless had allegedly placed an order for 400,000 Palm handsets. The order, according to the cited source, would be split between two devices, 200,000 Pre and 200,000 Pixi devices. A report says Palm has shipped 600,000 Pixi devices during the last quarter, but [...]

Wi-Fi expected to exceed 1Gbps by 2012

Published on: 14th December, 2009

A major improvement to Wi-Fi standards due in two years is expected to be voted by IEEE, the first steps having already been made. The 802.11ac standard should be upgraded to 802.11a, making it able to support 80MHz and even 160MHz channels providing much more bandwidth than at present. This will be combined with an [...]

Wireless high definition video standard revealed

Published on: 13th December, 2009

Chip designer Amimon has revealed the specifications of the WHDI – wireless high definition video standard. This is one of at least four other technologies meant to bring wireless high definition video distribution in our homes. It uses 5GHz, Wi-Fi-based technology and will allow sending 1,080-pixel high definition video at 60Hz refresh rates and twelve-bit [...]

Wireless streaming TV – the FlipShare from Cisco

Published on: 7th December, 2009

Cisco Systems has recently made official the presentation of the FlipShare, a TV wireless streaming system filed in FCC late last month. According to earlier suppositions, the system is designed to transmit video signals from a computer to a TV set. The FlipShare device has a remarkably simple design, like Cisco Systems’ Flip recorders, and [...]

Wireless audio playback systems from Yamaha

Published on: 24th November, 2009

A few days ago, Yamaha introduced two new mini wireless audio systems for iPods and iPhones, named MCR-140 and MCR-040. The MCR-140 has a unique feature, being able to play back music wirelessly from iPods using Yamaha’s yAired standard. The MCR-040 has not this feature, but, like the MCR-140, sports an FM radio, a CD [...]

The 21Mbps HSPA+ 3G from Rogers tested

Published on: 18th November, 2009

HSPA+ is also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access and is nothing else than a wireless broadband standard. HSPA+ provides data rates up to 56 Mbps on the downstream and 22 Mbps on the upstream. The above-mentioned speeds represent theoretical peak sector speeds. The actual speed for user will be lower. HSPA+ introduces optional all-IP [...]

ProMedia 2.1 Speakers Upgraded to Wireless

Published on: 7th November, 2009

The ProMedia 2.1 speakers were upgraded to a new version, the ProMedia 2.1 Wireless. The same 70W stereo satellites and 130W subwoofer as the old version, but the audio signal is received from a 2.4GHz USB transmitter RF-based. The transmitter works with computers supporting USB sound. Even if the range has a 30-feet limit, but [...]

WiFi Taglines Need Clarifying

Published on: 6th October, 2009

The latest graphic of WiFi Alliance, now that 802.11n has been officially launched, aroused confusion, more so since there are now several different taglines depending on just what the network manufacturers included. Firstly, the basic logo now includes a purple “n” and drops the “draft”. Secondly, a product can add one of two taglines: “Wi-Fi [...]

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