NetStumbler http://www.netstumbler.com The award-winning wireless networking tool and the best source for your daily Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G and VoIP news. Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:52:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Demand For Wi-Fi Mobiles To Explode http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/06/06/demand-for-wi-fi-mobiles-to-explode/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/06/06/demand-for-wi-fi-mobiles-to-explode/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:57:09 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/06/06/demand-for-wi-fi-mobiles-to-explode/ Analysts dubbed dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets as the “breakout market segment” in 2007. The devices are seen to grab 20 percent of the total chipset market in two years. Wi-Fi for voice, according to In-Stat analyst Gemma Tedesco, is also gaining momentum this year as a result of T-Mobile’s deployment of fixed-mobile convergence in the U.S. Another segment making waves is the portable media player market, with rising sales of Microsoft’s Zune and the scheduled market release of WiFi-enabled iPod from Apple in the second half of the year. The Wi-Fi chipset market, on the whole, is growing. In 2006, vendors shipped 213 million Wi-Fi chipsets, up by 32 percent from 2005.
Via [vnunet.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/06/06/demand-for-wi-fi-mobiles-to-explode/feed/ 1 The Ins And Outs Of Using A Wi-Fi Smart Phone http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/04/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-using-a-wi-fi-smart-phone/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/04/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-using-a-wi-fi-smart-phone/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:02:00 +0000 Kristin Abraham http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=17 Technology has now made gaps in cell phone coverage a thing of the past, that is if there is a Wi-Fi Hotspot nearby. Smart phones, complete with Wi-Fi capabilities are hitting the market, albeit slowly, and allow you to make VoIP phone calls, check email, read the latest news and other activities via the internet. As with all new technology, there are plusses and minuses to using smart phone but the biggest plus is you have the option of using the phone in a traditional cellular mode or switching to a Wi-Fi connection. Look for future improvements to include more options that are less expensive.
Via [computerworld.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/04/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-using-a-wi-fi-smart-phone/feed/ 0 Panasonic Intros $400 Wi-Fi Skype Phone http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/03/12/panasonic-intros-400-wi-fi-skype-phone/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/03/12/panasonic-intros-400-wi-fi-skype-phone/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:46:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=44 Panasonic has unveiled its new Wi-Fi Skype phone, which it plans to sell for $399.95. The KX-WP1050 Panasonic Wi-Fi Phone kit features a cordless handset with a 1.8-inch LCD display for viewing Skype contact lists, call histories, and address books, a wireless base station with 256-bit AES encryption (WPA) to ensure security of calls, and a leather carrying case.

On its rechargeable lithium-ion battery, the Panasonic handset boasts up to 55 hours of standby time and 4.5 hours of talk time. Users can also connect the phone to a PC via an optional USB connection.
Via [news.digitaltrends.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/03/12/panasonic-intros-400-wi-fi-skype-phone/feed/ 0 Music And Video Players Add Wi-Fi Access http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/28/music-and-video-players-add-wi-fi-access/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/28/music-and-video-players-add-wi-fi-access/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:43:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=58 Although having Wi-Fi features, sales of Microsoft’s Zune have not taken off. Part of the reason is the lack of networking capabilities like an online store that can be accessed sans a PC, wireless syncing and Internet radio.

Sandisk’s 4GB Sansa Connect device provides an alternative to Zune. The $250 gadget uses Zing to allow playlist sharing, Internet radio station streaming and track downloads so long as the Sandisk portable has Wi-Fi connection. Sansa Connect features a microSD card slot, and support for PlaysForSure downloads and subscription services. It also enables users to view photos through its 2.2-inch color screen.
Via [pcworld.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/28/music-and-video-players-add-wi-fi-access/feed/ 0 Skype Phone Arrives With No String Attached http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/23/skype-phone-arrives-with-no-string-attached/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/23/skype-phone-arrives-with-no-string-attached/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:20:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=63 RTX has unveiled its new cordless Skype handset. Dualphone 3088 removes the need for users to turn on their PCs to enable Skype connection since the base station connects to a broadband router/modem via an Ethernet cable, rather than to a USB link at the back of a PC.

When switched on, Dualphone 3088 initially asks a series of setup questions to ensure proper configuration with a land line in the country where the user is located. Skype connection is established via registering existing Skype account details, i.e., Skype username and password. The phone allows free calls to Skype “buddies” and calls to any phone so long as the user has SkypeOut credits.
Via [theinquirer.net]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/23/skype-phone-arrives-with-no-string-attached/feed/ 0 Boingo Launches Worldwide Wi-Fi Service For Mobile Phones And Devices http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/14/boingo-launches-worldwide-wi-fi-service-for-mobile-phones-and-devices/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/14/boingo-launches-worldwide-wi-fi-service-for-mobile-phones-and-devices/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:14:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=75 Boingo Wireless has launched its new global Wi-Fi service for mobile phones and devices. Boingo Mobile, which the company offers for a monthly flat rate of $7.95, allows users to get high-speed Internet connection in airports, hotels, restaurants and convention centers across the globe. The service can run with Windows Mobile 5.0-based Smartphones or Pocket PC devices.

Boingo Mobile subscribers can use Internet-enabled applications on their phones, such as making VoIP calls, sending SMS messages, receiving push email, viewing online news or video, uploading and downloading photos or videos, surfing the Internet, and accessing Intranet services. The company said the service is available for Belkin’s Wi-Fi Phone for Skype and expects its coverage to expand to other Wi-Fi enabled devices like mobile/cellular handsets, VoIP phones, mobile gaming consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras, in the future.

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/02/14/boingo-launches-worldwide-wi-fi-service-for-mobile-phones-and-devices/feed/ 0 Wedding The Cell Phone To Wi-Fi http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/01/03/wedding-the-cell-phone-to-wi-fi/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2007/01/03/wedding-the-cell-phone-to-wi-fi/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:08:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=117 T-Mobile is offering a new service that will allow users to make calls with mobile phones using cellular and Wi-Fi network connections. HotSpot@Home clients pay at least $60 per month and a further $5 for each additional phone. Enrollment to the service is only allowed in corporate outlets in the Seattle-Tacoma region though subscribers can use it nationwide.

Phones compatible with the service are limited to Nokia 6136 or Samsung SGH-T709, which can be purchased for $30 following a $50 mail-in rebate. They can automatically connect to T-Mobile hot spots as well as detect and be configured to access any open or secured home WiFi system.

Because it uses Unlicensed Mobile Access, the service is limited to voice applications and excludes data access and laptop access to T-Mobile hot spots. It comes with a minimally featured Web browser but use of that would need T-Mobile’s low-speed GPRS or a slightly faster EDGE cellular data network. Connection to such networks amounts to an extra $20 a month for unlimited use.

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To make calls through SPH101, the user must be within the coverage of a 802.11b or a 802.11g wireless system and must hold a proper network ID in order to access the network. The device is useless on fee-based Wi-Fi systems, which demand browser-based authentication, and on the niche IEEE 802.11a wireless standard.

Netgear expects to ship the phone to different Asia-Pacific countries, including Malaysia and Thailand. It plans to introduce a multiple language feature later this year.
Via [zdnetasia.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/12/22/netgear-debuts-long-awaited-wi-fi-phone/feed/ 0 The Air Is Free, And Sometimes So Are The Phone Calls That Borrow It http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/12/18/the-air-is-free-and-sometimes-so-are-the-phone-calls-that-borrow-it/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/12/18/the-air-is-free-and-sometimes-so-are-the-phone-calls-that-borrow-it/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:11:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=130 Some consumers are now having a taste of mobile phones that can make calls over the Internet. Companies like Vonage, Skype and T-Mobile are either promoting or selling these devices, which tap WiFi access points, particularly those installed in coffee shops, parks, businesses and homes, to enable calls.

Some home network users do not welcome the new trend. They believe VoIP users should not get the service for free when they pay for connection to their networks.

The devices come with some limitations. Because they use wireless networks, dropped calls are not unusual and battery life is short as WiFi is a power-hungry technology. But these allow for possibilities such as calls that can switch from cellular to WiFi networks and provide an alternative to traditional telecommunications networks.
Via [nytimes.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/12/18/the-air-is-free-and-sometimes-so-are-the-phone-calls-that-borrow-it/feed/ 0 Samsung Unveils Multifeatured PDA With WiMax http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/11/28/samsung-unveils-multifeatured-pda-with-wimax/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/11/28/samsung-unveils-multifeatured-pda-with-wimax/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:20:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=162 Samsung is coming out with an all-in-one handheld, a fusion of PC, cell phone, camera, and portable music player. SPH-P9000 houses a folding qwerty keyboard and has built-in WiMax as well as high-speed CDMA EV-DO and Bluetooth capabilities. The PDA, which Samsung first put on display at the Mobile WiMax Summit 2006, is preloaded with Microsoft’s Windows XP and comes with a 5-inch WVGA screen, a 30-GByte hard drive and a 1.3-megapixel camera. The 1GHz Transmeta-powered gadget weighs just a little over a pound.
Via [informationweek.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/11/28/samsung-unveils-multifeatured-pda-with-wimax/feed/ 0 Samsung’s Next-Gen Wireless Vision http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/11/20/samsungs-next-gen-wireless-vision/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/11/20/samsungs-next-gen-wireless-vision/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:22:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=174 Samsung Electronics will begin shipping a new device that is packed with a broad range of mobile services by March next year. This new portable gadget called Deluxe MITs (or mobile intelligent terminal by Samsung) is a phone, miniature PC, TV, MP3 player, digital camera, camcorder, and personal media player (PMP) rolled into one.

According to Samsung President Lee Ki Tae, Deluxe MITs “is a (sic) best example of convergence.” Such capability is made possible via mobile WiMax, a standard on which Samsung based the product.
Via [businessweek.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/11/20/samsungs-next-gen-wireless-vision/feed/ 0 Wyse Ships Thin Clients With Embedded Wi-Fi http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/10/16/wyse-ships-thin-clients-with-embedded-wi-fi/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/10/16/wyse-ships-thin-clients-with-embedded-wi-fi/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:14:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=221 Wyse Technology Inc. has started shipping its V-Class systems of thin-client computers embedded with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless capabilities. According to David Angwin, a Wyse senior marketing manager in the U.K., WiFi-embedded computers are particularly useful in environments such as airports and schools where Ethernet may not always be available. Although the current setup does not support 802.11i protocol, customers who purchased the wireless V-Class systems may upgrade their computers to support the standard once it is approved. The computers are priced differently depending on the operating system; each comes with Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded or Linux.
Via [computerworld.com]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/10/16/wyse-ships-thin-clients-with-embedded-wi-fi/feed/ 0 CSR Design For £11 Wi-Fi Phones http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/27/csr-design-for-11-wi-fi-phones/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/27/csr-design-for-11-wi-fi-phones/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:26:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=251 Wireless chipmaker CSR has developed a VoIP phone that may be sold for under $20 or just a tenth of the average cost of current models. The company plans to license UniVox to handset manufacturers and sees the release of the product by the second half of next year. The phone uses CSR’s UniFi tri-band Wi-Fi chip, which is intended for low-power embedded applications, and renders up to 20 hours of talk time. It supports SIP, IAX2 VoIP, WEP, WPA and 802.11i security.
Via [itweek.co.uk]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/27/csr-design-for-11-wi-fi-phones/feed/ 0 Wi-Fi Mobiles Offer Free Calls – All Over The World http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/26/wi-fi-mobiles-offer-free-calls-all-over-the-world/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/26/wi-fi-mobiles-offer-free-calls-all-over-the-world/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:55:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=252 Mobiboo and Belkin are now offering handsets that can perform VoIP calls using connection to wireless networks, i.e., The Cloud for Mobiboo and Skype for the latter. Calls from a Mobiboo handset — either the £99 Mobiboo F1000 unit or the £179 Mobiboo F3000 model — to other Mobiboo users are free, those to UK landlines cost 2p a minute and those to non-VoIP mobiles will be charged 14p. Users of the Belkin model, which people can buy for £120, will be charged nothing if they call Skype clients. But subscribers will need to pay 1.4p a minute if they call landline users and 16.6p to other mobiles.
Via [technology.timesonline.co.uk]

]]> http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/26/wi-fi-mobiles-offer-free-calls-all-over-the-world/feed/ 0 WiFi Phones Arrive, But Still Expensive http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/19/wifi-phones-arrive-but-still-expensive/ http://www.netstumbler.com/2006/09/19/wifi-phones-arrive-but-still-expensive/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:31:00 +0000 Eliza Villarino http://www.netstumbler.com:8080/?p=265 Panasonic is now offering Skype-supported phones. The handset uses public hotspots as well as home and office WiFi to run Skype voicemail and call forwarding. The firm plans to also develop VoIP handsets for Vonage. Meanwhile, Cisco’s consumer unit Linksys has shipped WIP330 to Europe. The VoIP phone operates on SIP 2 protocol and is compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g with WEP and WPA. The company is selling WIP330 for 400 Euros.
Via [techworld.com]

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