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Creative ZEN X-Fi

Some new promo photos of Creative’s new ZEN X-Fi digital audio players have surfaced and are set to include WiFi as part of the package. The new player is set to feature chatting abilities with Yahoo and Microsoft messaging support and have the ability to stream media direct from Creative’s public media [...]

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T-Mobile Shadow II

Evidence has surfaced that T-Mobile USA’s successor to the Shadow, the Shadow II, will become the company’s first UMA smartphone. The Shadow II is expected to run on the Windows Mobile platform and also support T-Mobile’s Hotspot @Home. Using WiFi, the handset is then able to use an existing network [...]

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Have you ever wanted to place a bid on eBay, order a pizza on the internet before you get home, and check a few e-mails on your computer while in the car?  If the ability to do so appeals to you, then consider a Chrysler in 2009.  In a first from any automaker, Chrysler is [...]

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According to Frost & Sullivan, if spectrum auctions and commercial Mobile WiMAX rollouts don’t take place by 2008, the market for WiMAX may become insignificant.  According to their studies, their research shows that emerging technologies are making it challenging for it to become a mainstream mobile access technology.  They don’t believe, however, that the entire [...]

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Remember last month, when Santa Fe, NM was planning to introduce WiFi in many of the public buildings? To jog your memory, there was a group of individuals claiming that the act constituted discrimination based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  According to them, they suffered from an alleged sensitivity to electromagnetic radio frequency emissions.
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We recently reported that T-Mobile USA was filing suit against Seattle java giant, Starbucks, over a breach of contract between the two companies regarding its existing Wi-Fi infrastructure. The wireless carrier now states that “T-Mobile, AT&T and Starbucks have entered into a memorandum of understanding to resolve their disputes and are committed to providing [...]

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Sansa View

SanDisk has aquired wireless MP3 manufacturer MusicGremlin for an undisclosed amount. The new acquisition will fall under the Sansa audio/video side of the house of SanDisk, with the company hoping to expand its digital content distribution technologies.
“MusicGremlin’s digital distribution platform and capabilities will provide SanDisk with adaptive and innovative technology that will play [...]

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T-Mobile USA is suing coffee house giant Starbucks over a breach of contract regarding its WiFi agreement. The company filed a complaint on Thursday in the New York Supreme Court citing that Starbucks “secretly” created a plan with wireless competitor AT&T to provide wireless Internet in its stores.
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A group of people in Santa Fe, New Mexico is suing the city of Santa Fe in an attempt to force it to remove WiFi wireless networks from public buildings. The group of people claim to be electro-sensitive and allergic to the WiFi signal, and that by making use of it, the city is [...]

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AT&T customers that use the wireless company’s LaptopConnect mobile broadband service can now access free AT&T HotSpot WiFi service at over 17,000 locations throughout the country. AT&T HotSpots include participating Starbucks, McDonalds, Barnes and Noble, as well as some airports.
“The combination of the nation’s largest wireless and Wi-Fi networks is unbeatable,” said AT&T’s VP [...]

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