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London to be the next Wi-Fi city

Posted on23. Feb, 2006 by Joanna.

The Cloud (major Wi-Fi network operator) is partnering with the City of London Corporation to install and manage a Wi-Fi infastructure over the capital’s financial district. Last month the Cloud announced a partnership with BT to produce Wi-Fi phone boxes, and this service is expected to be live within the next few months.

If all goes well the entire metropolis will be covered within the year, allowing access to the high speed internet connection throughout the city. The wireless service will be available through lamp posts, street signs and other existing fixtures. Any service provider will be able to use the service. With 8 other British cities following in London’s footsteps, Britain will be a haven for PDAs and wireless devices before you can say Wi-Fi.

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Mio A701 coming to show us the way

Posted on22. Feb, 2006 by Joanna.

Now all the information I have managed to gleen about this new product has been via google translated pages…so don’t blame me if there’s some nonsense in amongst this information! The Mitac Mio A701 is a Pocket PC with integrated Phone and GPS receiver, so a big upgrade from the Mio A201. It should serve every mobile office need you could possibly think of, alongside the ability to navigate your way around the globe single-handed. [...]

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TomTom GO-es House Hunting

Posted on20. Feb, 2006 by Joanna.

I normally like to spend my weekends between my bed, any bar that’ll serve me, and my bed, but this weekend I was dragged around every village on the outskirts of Glasgow on a major two day house-hunting extravaganza with my mother, brother and sister-in-law….ooohhh the excitement I hear you cry. But, I did take the TomTom GO 300 (with speed camera database) with me and everyone was glad that I did. We managed to navigate to around 10 house viewings in 2 days across six villages, and only got lost once when the GO navigated us down a street that had recently been pedestrianised. Apart from that small slip up, the maps where incredibly up to date, steering us through rows of identical houses in newly built developments without fail.
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SIM cards expand with the times

Posted on17. Feb, 2006 by Joanna.

Orange and Oberthur card Systems joined together with M-Systems at the 3GSMWorld Congress 2006 to reveal a new faster processing, higher capacity SIM card. With this new development people will be able to transfer whole applications as well as contacts, ringtones and more when they upgrade handsets (providing it is compatible of course).
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HP hw6900 iPAQ finally revealed

Posted on15. Feb, 2006 by Joanna.

A week ago HP “accidently leaked” information on the 6900 series of iPAQs, but now they’ve issued a press release with the official details of the HP iPAQ 6900 Mobile Messenger, and a pretty image to tempt us. The main feature they’re plugging is the new push-email functionality. This allows you to instantly receive emails wirelessly, with a choice of high speed wireless technologies including wireless voice, high-speed GPRS/EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) data networking, Wi-Fi, GPS technology and Bluetooth connectivity.
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