Archive for the 'Wireless & Laptops' Category

Asustek has incorporated Intel’s Next-Gen Wireless-N network technology, based on IEEE 802.11n draft standard, in its ASUS S6Fm, V1Jp, VX2, W2P and W6Fp notebooks.

“The Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N technology provides users with up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range. Users can download and stream HD video, music and data while providing up to an extra hour of notebook battery life when compared to existing Draft-N products,” Asustek says.

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AnyDATA Corporation has released ADU-610, the “world’s smallest and fastest wireless USB modem”, which provides the support for 3G networks utilizing the latest HSDPA/UMTS technology.

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Apple has added the software support for the Novatel’s WWAN products to its Mac OS X 10.4.8 based systems, such as MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Owners of the Intel-powered Macs are now enabled to use Novatel HSDPA and EVDO wireless modems for Cingular, Sprint and Verizon networks with Apple’s official drivers.

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Fujitsu Siemens is demonstrating the first notebook to support the new Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standard called High Speed Upload Package Access (HSUPA) at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The forthcoming Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook features High Speed Download Package Access (HSDPA) with download speed of up to 7.2 MBit/s and the HSUPA upload speed of up to 1.4 MBit/s, the company announced.

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Mobile telecommunications corporation Nokia said today it and partner Intel Corp. had scrapped a joint plan to develop an HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) module for laptop computers.

“We have, together with Intel, canceled the HSDPA module cooperation in the form we formerly announced,” said Nokia spokeswoman Eija-Riitta Huovinen.

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Wisair, a provider of Ultra Wideband and Wireless USB chipset solutions, is demonstrating at 3GSM World Congress the use of Wireless USB chip embedded into a mobile phone with camera to wirelessly send images and video to a notebook computer.

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Sony Ericsson today unveiled the PC300 Mobile Broadband PC Card for laptops with HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, CSD and SMS network support .

“The PC300 is Sony Ericsson’s first to support four generations of the world’s most popular cellular wireless technology - HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS – providing you with the same broadband speed as you enjoy from your fixed connection in the office or at home. This robust PC Card has a fully integrated, unobtrusive antenna so you can keep it in your laptop all the time,” the press release says.

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OQO, the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) maker, today announced that it is now offering the model 02 computer with integrated EV-DO Wireless WAN capability compatible with the Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess service.

Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess service provides average download speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second, and is currently available coast to coast covering more than 200 million people in over 242 major metropolitan areas, according to the press release.

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Intel today officially introduced the Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection, an upgrade to the wireless component found inside Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology and other Intel-based laptops.

“Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N technology offers users up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range – while providing up to an extra hour of notebook battery life when compared to existing Draft-N products,” according to Intel.

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UTStarcom announced the exclusive U.S. distribution of the PC5750 Mobile Broadband Connection Card, “the fastest and largest-memory-capacity PCMICIA card the company offers”, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week.

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Intel Core 2 Duo processor-based Apple Mac computers, including MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, incorporate the next generation 802.11n wireless technologies. But, in order to enable it, the customers will have to install “Airport Extreme 802.11n Enabler 1.0” patch.

The 802.11n Mac patch will be available starting next month and will cost $4.99, Apple Insider reports.

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Belkin introduced the N1 Wireless ExpressCard for notebooks, based on the draft 802.11n wireless standard with Intelligent MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology, at CES 2007 in Las Vegas this week.

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Just FCC approved D-Link DWA-643 Xtreme N Notebook ExpressCard, will enable notebook computers to connect to high-speed 802.11n wireless networks, Mobile Magazine reports.

Along with draft 802.11n wireless standard, which isn’t likely to become approved by IEEE until 2008, the DWA-643 Xtreme is backwards compatible with current 802.11g and 802.11b Wi-Fi.

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Verizon Wireless and Sierra Wireless announced that the Sierra’s AirCard 595 PC card for EV-DO Revision A networks is now commercially available for use with Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess service. The companies said the Sierra AirCard 595 PC card is also fully compatible with Verizon Wireless current EV-DO and CDMA 1X networks, adding the customers will see the benefits of EV-DO Revision A high-speed network “when and where it becomes available”.

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Panasonic announced that the business-rugged Toughbook W5 and T5 laptops will feature built-in support for Sprint Mobile Broadband services, including its upgraded EV-DO Revision A service where available. Toughbook W5 and T5 notebooks users will now have the option to access Sprint Mobile Broadband service running on the Sprint Power Vision Network in more than 220 communities and 725 airports across the US, a coverage area that encompasses more than 180 million people, Panasonic published.

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