Archive for the ‘WiFi’ Category

DigitalLife find: ZyXel WiFi Phone

Monday, October 17th, 2005

While attending the DigitalLife conference last Friday I came across The ZyXel 2000w WiFi phone. Since I run an Asterisk server at home I have been wanting to get my hands on a WiFi SIP (or IAX) handset. I briefly used their demo phone to call my friend's Asterisk server. I ...

Move over Cellular (er, CDMA and GSM), Here Comes Mobile WiMax

Monday, July 25th, 2005

A Forbes.com article talks about a WiMax demonstration which took place last week in Vancouver. WiMAX is a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL. WiMAX will provide fixed , nomadic, portable and, eventually, mobile wireless broadband connectivity without ...

(Free) Wireless Internet Via Your 3G Cell Phone

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

The LAWTECH GURU, Jeff Beard wrote a great tutorial about using your cellphone as a high-speed modem when a WiFi connection is not available. A number of newer cell phones are 3G-capable, meaning they can transfer data at broadband speeds. Having faster-than-dial-up Internet access in increasingly larger cell phone coverage areas ...

WiFi VoIP Handset Revenue Ticks Up

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Yahoo! News reports that WiFi VoIP handset revenue totaled $54.7 million in 2004 worldwide. In addition, worldwide dual-mode WiFi/cellular handset revenue reached $6.7 million last year, the report noted, adding that WiFi capability will eventually become a common feature in cell phones, just as it is becoming standard in laptops today. This ...

Next Generation WiFi Phone

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

It looks like a cell phone, it sounds like a cell phone, it smells like a cell phone... Viper Networks announced the launch of thier next-generation WiFi phone. The Wi-Fi vPhone 3100 is a device that allows users to make phone calls over Viper's global VoIP network from any "hotspot" ...