EngadgetEngadgetThief steals Eye-Fi-equipped camera, proceeds to give himself away- June 5, 2008 Filed under: Digital Cameras, Wireless It was inevitable, really. We've seen quick-footed thieves swipe GPS units that eventually led to their arrest, a bank robber who didn't even bother to close his clamshell while holding up the joint and now, we've seen the Eye-Fi card really pay off. According to the outfit's PR firm Red Consultancy, one particular vacationer had her entire stash of camera gear (over $1,000 worth) stolen while taking a load off in Florida. Upon returning home and checking.http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/thief-steals-eye-fi-equipped-camera-proceeds-to-give-hi... VUDU Wireless Kit: it adds WiFi to your VUDU- June 5, 2008 Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Wireless There's not much explaining to do once the name of this product is read aloud, but we'll humor you anyway. The recently announced VUDU Wireless Kit is something we dreamed of having when testing the thing out in our own labs, but we suppose late is better than never. The package contains a pair of 802.11g adapters -- one for your VUDU set-top-box and one for your WLAN router -- that creates a "secure, self-contained wireless network" for...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/vudu-wireless-kit-it-adds-wifi-to-your-vudu/ AT&T touts 20% boost in 3G data speeds- June 4, 2008 Filed under: WirelessIt looks like AT&T is getting a bit more generous these days, with the company now following up its supposed plans to offer free WiFi to LaptopConnect and smartphone users with a promised 20% boost in 3G data speeds. That translates to "typical" downlink speeds of between 700 Kbps and 1.7 Mbps (up from 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps), and uplink speeds of between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps (formerly 500 to 800 Kbps). To get those slightly improved speeds, however, you'll have to use...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/atandt-touts-20-boost-in-3g-data-speeds/ Oklahoma City claims world's largest municipal WiFi mesh network, leaves public out- June 4, 2008 Filed under: Wireless, Networking With just about every other US city shutting down any Muni-Fi project that managed to get off of the ground, we can't help but have mixed feelings about this one. Oklahoma City is boasting of having the world's largest municipal WiFi mesh network, but for whatever reason, it's being reserved exclusively for "public safety and other City operations." In other words, it's not there to provide wireless internet access to the general public -- yet, at least. The...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/oklahoma-city-claims-worlds-largest-municipal-wifi-mesh... Ozmo Intel trumpet WiFi PAN for low-power devices, Bluetooth says "what"- June 4, 2008 Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless Look out, Bluetooth -- Ozmo Devices has its eyes set squarely on you. Okay, so maybe this whole thing isn't as adversarial as advertised, but there's no denying that the aforesaid company's latest initiative will target the exact same devices that BT is embedded within now. Ozmo has announced a partnership with Intel at Computex that will extend the latter company's Cliffside WiFi Personal Area Network (PAN) technology to "low-power devices." Essentially, WiFi..http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/ozmo-intel-trumpet-wifi-pan-for-low-power-devices-bluet... Skyworks' BAW filters let WiMAX and WLAN play nice with each other- June 4, 2008 Filed under: Wireless While devices that integrate WiFi and WiMAX are hardly anything new, Skyworks now looks to be taking some further steps to ensure that the two frequency neighbors play nice with each other, with it today introducing what it claims are the "industry's first" bulk acoustic wave (or BAW) filters that enable WiMAX and WLAN co-existence. Those filters include the SKY33107 WiFi rejectWiMAX pass filter, and the SKY33108 WiFi passWiMAX reject filter, each of which measure a...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/skyworks-baw-filters-let-wimax-and-wlan-play-nice-with-... ASUS prepping WiMAX USB dongle, base stations- June 3, 2008 Filed under: Wireless The big ASUS WiMAX news at Computex is obviously the Eee 901, but the company is coming out with a load of new wireless gear that supports the standard. Laptop users will probably be most interested in the WUSB25E2V2 USB 2.0 WiMAX dongle (pictured above), which is a little big for our tastes but should get you connected on the go. Home and business users will probably want to look into the WMNV25E2+ and WMV25E1+ base stations, which can connect to a WiMAX network and...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/asus-prepping-wimax-usb-dongle-base-stations/ Vodafone Station brings FMC service to Italy- June 2, 2008 Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessTruth be told, Fixed Mobile Convergence still isn't talked about much (comparatively speaking) 'round these parts. Yeah, we've seen a few FMC routers scattered about, but Vodafone's taking a stand by rolling out its Station in Italy. The box, which was developed in cooperation with Huawei, is an integrated switch router with ADSL2+, WiFi, UMTS HSPA (via a removable USB key) and four Ethernet ports. Essentially, it's designed to combine voice with fixed and...http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/vodafone-station-brings-fmc-service-to-italy/ |