EngadgetEngadgetAmerican Airlines to test in-flight WiFi tomorrow- June 24, 2008 Filed under: Transportation, Wireless You heard right, folks. American Airlines is planning to open up the world wide web to passengers on board an unspecified round-trip flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles. The Gogo service, provided via Aircell, will be free for patrons tomorrow, but will eventually run users $12.95 for flights greater than three hours and $9.95 for trips under said threshold. We're also told that more trials are expected to get going..http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/american-airlines-to-test-in-flight-wifi-tomorrow/ CoAir: world's first UWB chipset with wireless, coax and gigabit Ethernet- June 24, 2008 Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Wireless, NetworkingSigma Designs has been dabbling in wireless HD technologies for eons, so we aren't going to get too excited until we see this here system-on-chip (SoC) actually hit some products that we care about. Still, the CoAir is a fairly sweet concept, wrapping integrated wireless, coax and gigabit Ethernet capabilities into one single chip aimed at whole home networking. Put simply (or as simply as possible), this chip is the world's first to...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/coair-worlds-first-uwb-chipset-with-wireless-coax-and-g... D-Link introduces DIR-628 sub-$100 5GHz-capable 802.11n router- June 24, 2008 Filed under: WirelessIf you haven't made the leap to 802.11n (or, even better, 5GHz 802.11n), you might want to start holding on to that loose change -- you'll probably have enough by the end of the week to pick up D-Link's new DIR-628 router, which has an official MSRP of $119, but will sell at Best Buy for just $79. The dual-band router obviously isn't the most feature-packed unit out there, but in terms of straight connectivity, it'll get the job done as long as the firmware is reasonably...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/23/d-link-introduces-dir-628-sub-100-5ghz-capable-802-11n-... Dash Express now officially $300- June 20, 2008 Filed under: GPS, WirelessLooks like that sale at Amazon's turned into a full blown price cut -- Dash has officially lowered the price on the Dash Express from $400 to $300 (not including service, of course). Of course, this can be interpreted one of two ways: they're selling so well that economies of scale have kicked in, and everyone saves money buying the GPS -- or, the fresh-faced company's sole product isn't doing very well in the marketplace, leading to this second price drop so far....http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/dash-express-now-officially-300/ Switched On: The iPhone's iFunnel- June 19, 2008 Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainmentThe first iPhone arrived at a time that suggested Apple needed to protect its iPod franchise -- but Apple delivered something that was much more than an MP3 player that could make phone calls. You probably won't be editing any iMovies on it for some time, but in the iPhone Apple has essentially delivered Macintosh 2.0. It's portable. It's affordable....http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/switched-on-the-iphones-ifunnel/ Video: Mossberg reviews, likes Aircell's Gogo in-flight WiFi- June 19, 2008 Filed under: Transportation, WirelessHis preeminence, oh lordship, oh liege, (uh hem) Walt Mossberg, just returned from a US test flight on a small business jet equipped with Aircell's new Gogo WiFi service. He tested multiple devices including Dell and Apple laptops, a Blackberry, iPhone, and WinMo-based cell and found them to all perform flawlessly, albeit, at speeds ranging from 266Kbps to about 1.4Mbps. Typical speeds clocked in at 500Kbps to 600Kbps -- upload speeds were a more modest...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/video-mossberg-reviews-likes-aircells-gogo-in-flight-wi... Sprint turning on WiMAX in Baltimore in September, Chicago and DC by end of year- June 19, 2008 Filed under: WirelessSprint CEO Dan Hesse spoke at NXTcomm08 today, and he let it slip that Sprint is planning on launching its first commercially-available WiMAX network in Baltimore in September, and expanding the trial service currently operating in Chicago and DC by the end of the year. We're assuming that means Clearwire and not Sprint itself, of course, but Hesse also touched on the carrier's WiMAX-based 4G strategy, saying that consumers "can't seem to get enough data" and that devices...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/sprint-turning-on-wimax-in-baltimore-in-september-chica... Local investors step in to save Philly's WiFi network- June 17, 2008 Filed under: Wireless Well, it looks like Philadelphia's on-again, off-again WiFi network won't be going dark for good quite just yet, as The Philadelphia Inquirer is now reporting that a group of local investors are stepping in to keep it aloft. While complete details are a bit light at the moment, the new company is apparently at least considering going with an advertising-supported business model that'd provide free access wherever the network is available, as opposed to the $20 a month...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/local-investors-step-in-to-save-phillys-wifi-network/ Sony Ericsson pops out MD400 MD400g HSPA USB modems- June 17, 2008 Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless In case you couldn't tell, Sony's getting down at CommunicAsia. Next up from Singapore is a fresh pair of HSPA USB modems, the MD400 and GPS-packin' MD400g. Both sticks pull double duty as a M2 microSD card reader, but it's not like we haven't seen that functionality tossed into similar units already. Nevertheless, these buggers support 7.2Mbs download and 2.0Mbs upload speeds and feature a swiveling antenna to complement the built-in one, a retractable USB...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/sony-ericsson-pops-out-md400-md400g-hspa-usb-modems/ Sony kicks out more jams with DR-BT140Q Bluetooth headphones- June 16, 2008 Filed under: Portable Audio, Wearables, Wireless Sony's new DR-BT140Q A2DP cans look to be Japan-only for the moment, but that won't stop us from pausing a moment to take a peek. Apparently they get about 12 hours battery life, and their 30mm drivers have a frequency response of 16Hz - 24KHz. White, pink, black, or silver, which will it beRead Permalink Email this Commentshttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/sony-kicks-out-more-jams-with-dr-bt140q-bluetooth-headp... |