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- Hotspot
- (1) The geographic boundary covered by a Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless access point. Typically set up for Internet access, anyone entering the hotspot with a Wi-Fi-based laptop can connect to...
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- Tech to trim your commute
- Does technology that helps you plan your commute more cost-effectively and carbon-effectively count as green tech? If so, I want to bring your attention to a new mapping option on the Traffic.com Web site that is optimized to calculate the quickest drive time between Point A and Point B CONSIDERING...
- Tags: Car, HotSpot, New York, Wireless, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Useful: Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Hotspot
- The Cradlepoint PHS300 (US$179) creates a personal hotspot with a mobile broadband card like the many EV-DO data cards from carriers like Verizon. I recently got a chance to test a PHS300 on a trip to Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN. Several of us were traveling to the...
- Tags: Card, HotSpot, Mobile Broadband, Cradlepoint PHS300, Wireless, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- WMWifiRouter 1.04 trial (exe)
- WMWifiRouter instantly turns your Windows Mobile phone into a wireless Internet hotspot. Now you can use your laptop and any other device with wifi to get online and surf, email, instant message, and anything else you normally use the internet for. To use WMWifiRouter you need the following on your...
- Tags: HotSpot, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Morose Media, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-23
- AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspots
- AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspotsjust use a Starbucks card for free wirelessIf you go to Starbucks more than once a month, just register a Starbucks card and use it once a month - 2 free hours of wireless access per day.If...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Starbucks Corp., AT&T Corp., HotSpot, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- AT&T hotspots free to iPhone users (updated)
- A couple of MacRumors readers have noticed that AT&T hotspots are now offering free WiFi access to iPhone users. Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and soon to be AT&T's 71,000 other Wi-fi hotspot locations are now offering iPhone users free WiFi. A special iPhone formatted page...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., HotSpot, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspots
- Although T-Mobile still has no 3G wireless data network, they at least provide free T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi service as part of their US$20/month EDGE data plan. I was concerned when I first heard that AT&T was taking over the Starbucks WiFi service from T-Mobile. However, T-Mobile then issued a statement...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SIM Card, HotSpot, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Panasonic introduces first Wi-Fi Lumix digital camera
- After announcing a collaboration with T-Mobile back at CES 2008, Panasonic has finally introduced the first camera to come out of that partnership. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ50 is essentially a Lumix DMC-TZ5 announced at PMA back in January plus Wi-Fi capabilities. So what does the Wi-Fi give you? ...
- Tags: HotSpot, Panasonic, T-Mobile HotSpot, T-Mobile, Digital Camera, Photograph, Camera, Google Picasa, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ50, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- T-Mobile rolls out BlackBerry 8820 with GPS and Hotspot @Home functionality
- T-Mobile rolls out BlackBerry 8820 with GPS and Hotspot @Home functionalityYou might be confused...The 8800 is NOT the same as the Curve. The Curve is the 8300 series, as opposed to the 8800s which have always been for Corporate use and have never had a integrated camera.Thanks, didn't catch thatI...
- Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry 8820, HotSpot @Home, HotSpot, T-Mobile, GPS
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- T-Mobile rolls out BlackBerry 8820 with GPS and Hotspot @Home functionality
- I've been using the BlackBerry Pearl I won at CES for a month or so and am enjoying the BlackBerry experience with T-Mobile. Today T-Mobile announced the availability of the T-Mobile BlackBerry 8820, which is essentially the Curve with integrated GPS. This new BlackBerry device also supports the T-Mobile HotSpot...
- Tags: HotSpot, T-Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, GPS, Handhelds, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- WeFi (exe)
- WeFi enables reliable connection to Wi-Fi wherever wireless networks are available. Wefi users can move between open Wi-Fi networks automatically, monitor friends' online status and location, know the proximity of neighboring WeFi users who allow it and chat with them. WeFi hotspot directory will help you find a wireless network...
- Tags: HotSpot, Monitor, Network, Wireless Network, WeFi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi
- Software downloads 2008-03-24
- SIPHotSpotManager (zip)
- HotSpot Manager is an access control software for Wi-Fi or wired network. It is design for Wi-Fi HotSpot owners to manage their wireless HotSpot or wired network. Easy to Use. Users pay at the counter to receive a Password (automatically generated and display/print out to a printer) for their session...
- Tags: HotSpot, Network, Access Control, COM2000 Solutions, HotSpot Manager, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-03-10
- Image Gallery: T-Mobile Talk Forever HotSpot @Home service
- T-Mobile may not have a 3G data network, but they are on the cutting edge with helping people ditch their home phones and use VoIP services. The latest service allows you to use your standard home cordless phone with a new T-Mobile line. The service does require a new special...
- Tags: product photos, t-mobile, @home, hotspot, voip
- Image galleries 2008-02-21
- Hotspot Shield (dmg)
- Most public wi-fi hotspots are not secure and make your computer and communications vulnerable to hackers and security breaches. Hotspot Shield gives you a simple solution to maintain your anonymity and protect your privacy when accessing free wi-fi hotspots. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: HotSpot, AnchorFree Inc., Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Security
- Software downloads 2008-02-20
- T-Mobile cuts HotSpot @Home service price in half
- I was a bit worried when I heard the news that Starbucks switched to AT&T, but then read further that T-Mobile customers will still get their access too since their is a Starbucks on just about every corner here in Seattle. Even better news that will probably have me actually...
- Tags: HotSpot, T-Mobile, Pricing, Wireless, Marketing Research, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Report: Hotspot @ Home BlackBerry 8820 to T-Mobile on March 5
- Tipsters to Boy Genius Report, well, report that T-Mobile will start sellng the BlackBerry 8820 on March 5. The model, which has form and functional identical to the AT&T BlackBerry 8820, is said to be supporting T-Mobile Hotspot@Home Service. More...
- Tags: HotSpot, T-Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Devicescape (exe)
- Devicescape enables your Windows laptop to automatically connect to free and open Wi-Fi hotspots around the world. You can also add your Wi-Fi network usernames and passwords right on your device once, and Devicescape will automatically log you into those hotspots in the future. Just open your notebook PC and...
- Tags: HotSpot, Network, Notebook Computer, Devicescape Software, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2008-02-07
- Hotspotexpress (iso)
- Hotspot Express is one of the pioneers of complete WiFi solutions. Be it WiFi hardware from any leading manufacturer or software solutions to secure and manage wired or wireless networks, Hotspot Express has a solution. Whether you are from an big Corporate, SME, Hotel, Resort, Cyber Caf, we have a...
- Tags: HotSpot, Solution, Hotspot Express, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Smb/Sme, Wi-Fi
- Software downloads 2008-02-05
- JiWire providing free WiFi access for iPhone and iPod Touch owners
- All of us iPhone owners know that the AT&T EDGE network is a bit poky, especially for web browsing. JiWire just announced free Wi-Fi access across the United States for all iPhone and iPod Touch users. This is an ad-supported program so you will have to view JiWire-supplied ads on...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, HotSpot, Wi-Fi Access, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Gateway Discovery and Selection in Mobile Hotspots
- Gaining IP connectivity in mobile hotspots (e.g. public transport vehicles) through on-board local area networks and mobile gateways has recently attracted strong commercial and research interests. This paper proposes a multi-dimensional protocol to support the process of gateway discovery in mobile hotspots, and to help in selecting the best path...
- Tags: HotSpot, Gateway Inc., Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Marketing
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Devicescape (dmg)
- Devicescape enables your Mac laptop to automatically connect to Wi-Fi hotspots and home networks without having to enter usernames, passwords and security keys. Just open your notebook and you'll be surfing the Internet or downloading e-mail in mere seconds. Support for over 160,000 paid and free hotspots around the world....
- Tags: HotSpot, Devicescape Software, Wireless, Internet, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-21
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