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Consultant: Free Muni WiFi is not always the best choice

Author of "Fighting The Good Fight for Municipal Wireless," Craig Settles is an authority on the issue.In his latest Web-posted excerpt, "What's The Price of 'Free,'" Craig uses interviews with more than a dozen city officials, consultants and vendors to document his view that free municipal wireless should not necessarily...

Tags: Craig

Blog posts 2006-02-28

Muni wireless a $700 million business

What's the size of the municipal wireless market? Esme Vos, who runs the great MuniWireless site, has released a study that project U.S. cities, towns and counties will spend nearly $700 million over the next three years. The market will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 134 percent...

Tags: wireless, municipality, municipal Wireless

Blog posts 2005-09-28

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First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device

I checked out a Garmin StreetPilot c580 last summer and thought it was a pretty compelling dedicated GPS system since it had MSN Direct integration to provide some wireless functionality. While it was useful for some things, the MSN Direct service is not designed for real-time wireless data and coverage...

Tags: Device, Display, Traffic Data, Maps, GPS, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Internet, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Image Gallery: First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device

The Dash Express stands out from the growing pack of stand-along GPS in-car devices due to its GPRS and WiFi radios that keep it connected all the time. With this wireless functionality you can receive real-time traffic updates, road construction warnings, weather, and much more. by Matthew Miller

Tags: Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller, product photos, gps, dash, wifi

Image galleries 2008-10-07

Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"

A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...

Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom

After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...

Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-04

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless)

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 Verizon WirelessLove my Curve 8330I love my new Curve so much that I'm blogging about it at http://newBBie.com. I also own a Pearl 8130 and am undecided which of the two models I prefer. The Pearl I like for its smaller size, and GET THIS: I...

Tags: Curve 8330, Research In Motion Ltd., Verizon Wireless, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Image Gallery: First impressions of the Nokia N96-1

The Nokia N96 is the new flagship product for the Nseries line that is the successor to the wildly popular N95. The N96 brings a large 2.8 inch display with impressive memory options that includes 16GB of flash and a microSD slot that currently supports up to 32GB. The device...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia N96, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller, product photos, nokia, n96, smartphone, s60

Image galleries 2008-10-04

Lenovo ThinkPad SL400

Take the ThinkPad R series, remove the internal roll cage and the TPM chip, add dedicated GeForce graphics, an HDMI port, and a glossy lid, and you get the ThinkPad SL400. This 14-inch laptop is Lenovo's play for small business buyers, trading in enterprise features such as the aforementioned security...

Tags: Notebooks, Lenovo ThinkPad, IBM ThinkPad, ThinkPad SL400, lid, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-10-03

Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard

Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboardXandros lite is OK ...For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, ASUS, real keyboard, kernel, Linux laptop, Xandros, Intel Celeron, distro, keyboard, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?

Any major Western company doing business in China is collaborating with the government to some degree. We know this. Chinese citizens know this. The best case scenario is probably Microsoft or Google's operations where access to certain information is limited. The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo's explicit cooperation...

Tags: China, Yahoo! Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Tom, Government, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Wireless, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Watch tonight's debate on your mobile; just not on the iPhone

If you are on the go tonight and don't want to miss the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin you can watch it on your mobile phone. But only if it's on Verizon. If you're a Verizon Wireless customer there are two ways you...

Tags: Apple iPhone, NBC, Mobile, MSNBC, Debate, Verizon Wireless, CBS Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...

Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

D-Link ships new Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825)

Having pretty much juiced everything they can out of "Draft N" as a buzz term, router manufacturers have turned to "dual band" as the hot concept in 2008. With its new Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825), D-Link adds another one to the list, though...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Router, DIR-825, Routers & Switches, Home Networking, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edge

Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edgeGreat to see Google forcing Apple to be more open. Hopefully Apple will beforced to also unlock the applications so you do NOT need Apples approval to offer an application.RE: Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edgeApple will only be as open...

Tags: Branding, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone NDA, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Fans to build own radio as Slacker takes on iPod

Is it an iPod? Is it an old-fashioned transistor radio? These are the questions the Slacker portable digital music player will have to answer when it hits U.S. stores this month. NEW YORK--Is it an iPod? Is it an old-fashioned transistor radio? These are the questions the Slacker portable...

Tags: Apple iPod, Station, Slacker G2, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Slacker, music, iPod, radio

News items 2008-10-02

Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messages

China is running a massive operation to track and store text messages sent over Tom-Skype, a joint venture between a Chinese wireless provider and eBay-owned Skype, The New York Times reports. China has about one million censored messages, many of which contain personally identifiable information, according to...

Tags: Message, China, Monitoring, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Web Servers, Security, Servers, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-01

JVC KW-NX7000 navigation/DVD receiver

The JVC KW-NX7000 isn't cleverly named like its sibling the El Kameleon, but it is just as cleverly designed. With its smart features, such as the proximity-based interface or the flash-memory-based navigation data, we found the KW-NX7000 extremely easy to use. However, it was the fun little touches, like the...

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, add-on module, JVC, JVC KW-NX7000, SD card

Product reviews 2008-10-01

Samsung HKT450 Portable Bluetooth Speakerphone

Bluetooth speakerphones are getting more popular these days, as more states start to implement hands-free driving laws. They're mostly made for in-car use, like the BlueAnt Supertooth 3 and the Motorola Motorokr T505. However, there are several Bluetooth speakerphones that can be used outside the car as well, such as...

Tags: HKT450, speakerphone, Mute/Mode, phone, Mute/Mode button, Bluetooth Speakerphone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-10-01

Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platform

Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platformNot really fighting MS cloudMore like fighting the traditional web hosting firms like GoDaddy that too offer Windows Server, IIS, Asp.Net and Sql Server services. Would like to see their pricing model tho.RE: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platformAs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Servers, Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., strike, pre-emptive strike

Discussion threads 2008-10-01