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Why is wireless broadband so expensive in the US? AT&T recently cancelled their unlimited 3G service for the iPad. Now extra gigabytes cost $10. Verizon charges as much as $256 per gigabyte for their mobile broadband service. Does anyone know why it's so expensive here in the US? I was thinking about going with Datajack. They were advertising unlimited 3G for... 13 Aug 2010 21:13
Android Mobile device in USA without a phone? On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:50:36 GMT, in <Xns9DD37877029Darcademastergmailcom(a)69.16.186.8>, SINNER <arcade.master(a)gmail.com> wrote: I dont need a phone and I'd like to get a device to play with but of course I'd like one with 2.1 on it. All I want is wifi and the ability to use the google marketplace. D... 13 Aug 2010 16:50
Intruder? Using a Billion Wireless-G router (802.11b/g) with WPA2, how can I tell if there are any intruders accessing the system? The only connected_user info I can find in the router is the DHCP pool. ... 13 Aug 2010 12:28
Anyone managed to get dd-wrt to work on a dir-600 as a Repeater Bridge ? Trying to set up a friends, he does not speak English and lives 50 miles away. Been there twice, no go so far. I can see both the ESSIDs of the dir-600 (took advice to give each essid a different name, after using the same name failed), but no connection. Followed the tuts on the dd-wrt page. Using latest firmw... 12 Aug 2010 22:26
NEWS: Smartphone sales up 50%, Android set to pass BlackBerry Data from Gartner: * 326 million handsets sold in the past 3 months * 19% are smartphones Market shares: * Symbian 41% * BlackBerry 18% * Android 17% * Apple 14% MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/12/smartphone_sales/> ... 12 Aug 2010 13:39
Let Us Peek Your Interest in a Mobile Solution Let Us Peek Your Interest PEEK Mobile Devices Remember when mobility was simple you had a mobile device that did one thing every well like paging and email and that was all you needed. Now mobile devices with phones, cameras, Mp3 players, web browsing, and more has made them more complicated then your computer a... 11 Aug 2010 21:20
Indoor vs Outdoor, directional or not? I was considering a Yagi with these specs for indoor use: looks like a sword with small nipples on each side of it. Frequency range: 2400~2500MHz - High quality wireless network booster antenna - Gain: 15dBi~18dBi - Bandwidth: 100MHz - Interface: N female - Vertical lobe width: 23� - Horizon lobe width: 26... 12 Aug 2010 02:47
Favorite Android apps FWIW, my own personal list. Suggestions welcome. 3CXPhone A Online Radio aContacts Alarm Clock Amazon MP3 AndFTP Antennas Astro File Manager Beer Can Racer Browser (Google Chrome) Calculator Calendar (Google) Compass ConvertPad Currency (XE) Dictionary.com EasyTether eBay Flashlight Flixster Movie... 13 Aug 2010 13:34
NEWS: Nokia N8 clone runs Android <http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21440/nokia-n8-clone-with-android.html> ... 11 Aug 2010 11:25
Save The Internet! Make Your Voice Heard, In Support of Net Neutrality! Back in the 1990s, the internet was still new, but there were some prescient voices to foretell and voice the need in protecting this growing new electronic frontier. "How can government ensure that the nascent Internet will permit everyone to be able to compete with everyone else for the opportunity to provide ... 11 Aug 2010 11:25
Introducting Poken Take Your Social Networking Offline Introducing Poken! Take your social networking offline and into the real world with Poken! Poken is your 'social business card.' It's an easy way to share your contact details and online social networks in the real world. Just hold two Poken palms together high4! (Poken only have four fingers) And now you're conne... 10 Aug 2010 11:19
Network load of idle systems In my neighbourhood, I see about 10 access-points being active. About 40% on channel 1, 20 % percent on channel 6 and 40 % on channel 11. So I take channel 4 and 13 for my two access-points. I thinks thats the best I can do. In general, performance is very good, so I think most of my neighbours are not the kind ... 11 Aug 2010 18:01
NEWS: First SMS Trojan for Android is in the wild The first text message-based Trojan to infect smartphones running Google's Android operating system has been detected in the wild. Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer-A poses as a harmless media player application and has already infected a number of mobile devices, Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab warns. Prospect... 10 Aug 2010 11:19
Advice on wireless adapter needed My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum reception of the 3G I use for internet a... 11 Aug 2010 15:48
NEWS: Google and Verizon unveil Web plan Google and Verizon walked into a barrage of opposition from public interest groups in Washington on Monday as they formally announced a joint proposal for how traffic on the internet should be regulated. The biggest US internet and telecommunications groups said their plan, the first reports of which emerged las... 10 Aug 2010 16:53
NEWS: Sony Ericsson, AT&T announce the X10, available Aug. 15 for $149.99 And sure enough, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is on its way to AT&T. ... The 4-inch phone is bringing its custom Android experience to the U.S. on Aug. 15, complete with 8-megapixel camera, LED flash, 8GB of on-board memory, 2GB microSD card, and the Timescape and Mediascape UIs. The X10 will cost $149.99 after t... 9 Aug 2010 12:18
NEWS: Flash for iPhone Now Available, Thanks to Jailbreak Adobe's Flash technology is now available for iOS devices, thanks to a new application for jailbroken iPhones and iPads. Coming from Comex, the same man who developed the browser-based JailbreakMe tool, Frash lets iPhone users view Adobe Flash content on their phones. Frash is in its very early stages, and works ... 9 Aug 2010 12:18
NEWS: Coffee shops are taking Wi-Fi off the menu To stimulate sales, coffeehouses are pulling the plug on the Net. Housed in an old San Francisco warehouse, Four Barrel Coffee � with its vintage record player, 53-year-old coffee roasting machine, tables hewn from recycled wood and wall of mounted boar heads � calls one of the world's most wired cities home. ... 9 Aug 2010 12:18
NEWS: T-Mobile First To Snag BlackBerry Curve 9300 3G Research In Motion formally introduced the BlackBerry Curve 9300 today, the first GSM-based Curve to offer 3G. It is also "BlackBerry 6-ready." MORE: <http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226600220> COMMENT: Do or perhaps die for RIM ... 12 Aug 2010 02:47 |