TRENDnet has a high powered wireless USB 2.0 adaptor at 108Mbps, the TEW-445UB. This means greater range for wireless devices from the main hub, about 300 feet indoors and up-to 900 feet outdoors! Not bad, but be sure to use either the WEP or WPA encryption technology otherwise your entire neighborhood will be piggy-backing. The TEW-445UB
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MobiGater makes cell phone long distance/international phone calls super easy and cheap. The MobiGater is the first Skype to GSM gateway. This means a MobiGater connects your cell phone to your home computer to run Skype. Of course you still need to pay for the mobile phone call between your cell phone and the MobiGater, but after that
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Icron is the industry standard for extended range USB connectivity. The ExtremeUSB technology from Icron can span 1.2 miles from host to device. Now, Icron is putting their skills to work on WUSB. As with wired USB technology there is high latency in wireless too. Restrictions of bandwidth and variable error rates of wireless media, Icron and ExtremeUSB developed technology
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Cut the tether from cords and disconnect from your PC with the Linksys CIT 310 Dual-Mode phone for Yahoo Messenger. With this convenient and ergonomic handset, you can make free voice-over-internet-phone (VOIP) calls to all your friends who have Yahoo Messenger accounts, or very inexpensive calls to cell and land-line phones anywhere in the world from the comfort of any room in your house.
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If your USB ports are too close together on that hub, then a triangular hub would certainly help. That is the idea behind the Trust4 Port Triangular USB Hub. There are two ports on either side of the triangle, back hold the power & PC connection, along with two USB ports on the top. The top mounted ports will also enhance your wireless performance, if you even have a WUSB device,
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Power up that Mac AirPort card with the Quicky USB Antenna from QuickerTek. Of course the cheapest solution is just moving closer to the base unit, but remember you get what you pay for. So if your in a multi-story home, or large office space where walls greatly diminish your signal strength, get a Quicky power up.
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E Ten has the slim-jim phone Pocket PC lovers would,…well,…love. The Glofiish X500 is a very thin Pocket PC based off E Ten’s internal antenna design. The improved ergonomics of the phone are just for starters. You also get GPS and Wi-Fi built in and integrated two hot-keys. The Glofiish features 2 quick application buttons that offer one-thumb navigation of Pocket PC applications, 2 dedicated phone function buttons and several user-configurable soft-keys that will allow for customization.
Future products will incorporated Bluetooth, multimedia video and audio capacities and a 2.0MP camera.
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Samsung, in conjunction with eidicom, have presented the new EW-700 WiFiFone Smart phone that uses their new co-developed Post-PC multimedia processor.
It has a fairly impressive list of features with everything from a web browser, MP3 player, IM client, movie player, 2MP camera and integrated Outlook Data Sync. That’s all very well, but it’s the VoIP we’re after
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It seems like every 3 days or so there is another VoIP phone product being released. To keep on par with that trend, yesterday US Robotics turned out a new Skype VoIP phone. The USR9630 includes a touch-pad phone and base unit. The base unit connects to both the handset (plus 3 more) and your standard land-line. The USR9630 is not PC free however,
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3Com is leading the charge for SIP VoIP cell phones. SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol and SIP enables call-management functions to be embedded in the phone itself, rather than in the network infrastructure. Although this looks almost exactly like the D-Link DPH-541, the new 3Com wireless 3108 VoIP phone is geared towards government facilities, doctors, nurses and college campus’.
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Tired of searching for internet “hot spots” while out and about then maybe a broadband USB modem will lower your frustration level. Franklin Wireless has the first USB dongle EVDO mobile broadband modem available in the states.
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Multiple PCMCIA slots are much harder to come by then the 2 or 4 USB ports found on most laptops and with many local network providers offering network cards in a PCMCIA format it’s hard to make the connection.
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TRENDnet has a high powered wireless USB 2.0 adaptor at 108Mbps, the TEW-445UB. This means greater range for wireless devices from the main hub, about 300 feet indoors and up-to 900 feet outdoors! Not bad, but be sure to use either the WEP or WPA encryption technology otherwise your entire neighborhood will be piggy-backing. The TEW-445UB
Continue Reading
MobiGater makes cell phone long distance/international phone calls super easy and cheap. The MobiGater is the first Skype to GSM gateway. This means a MobiGater connects your cell phone to your home computer to run Skype. Of course you still need to pay for the mobile phone call between your cell phone and the MobiGater, but after that
Continue Reading
Icron is the industry standard for extended range USB connectivity. The ExtremeUSB technology from Icron can span 1.2 miles from host to device. Now, Icron is putting their skills to work on WUSB. As with wired USB technology there is high latency in wireless too. Restrictions of bandwidth and variable error rates of wireless media, Icron and ExtremeUSB developed technology
Continue Reading
Cut the tether from cords and disconnect from your PC with the Linksys CIT 310 Dual-Mode phone for Yahoo Messenger. With this convenient and ergonomic handset, you can make free voice-over-internet-phone (VOIP) calls to all your friends who have Yahoo Messenger accounts, or very inexpensive calls to cell and land-line phones anywhere in the world from the comfort of any room in your house.
Continue Reading
If your USB ports are too close together on that hub, then a triangular hub would certainly help. That is the idea behind the Trust 4 Port Triangular USB Hub. There are two ports on either side of the triangle, back hold the power & PC connection, along with two USB ports on the top. The top mounted ports will also enhance your wireless performance, if you even have a WUSB device,
Continue Reading
Power up that Mac AirPort card with the Quicky USB Antenna from QuickerTek. Of course the cheapest solution is just moving closer to the base unit, but remember you get what you pay for. So if your in a multi-story home, or large office space where walls greatly diminish your signal strength, get a Quicky power up.
Continue Reading
E Ten has the slim-jim phone Pocket PC lovers would,…well,…love. The Glofiish X500 is a very thin Pocket PC based off E Ten’s internal antenna design. The improved ergonomics of the phone are just for starters. You also get GPS and Wi-Fi built in and integrated two hot-keys. The Glofiish features 2 quick application buttons that offer one-thumb navigation of Pocket PC applications, 2 dedicated phone function buttons and several user-configurable soft-keys that will allow for customization.
Future products will incorporated Bluetooth, multimedia video and audio capacities and a 2.0MP camera.
Continue Reading
Samsung, in conjunction with eidicom, have presented the new EW-700 WiFiFone Smart phone that uses their new co-developed Post-PC multimedia processor.
It has a fairly impressive list of features with everything from a web browser, MP3 player, IM client, movie player, 2MP camera and integrated Outlook Data Sync. That’s all very well, but it’s the VoIP we’re after
Continue Reading
It seems like every 3 days or so there is another VoIP phone product being released. To keep on par with that trend, yesterday US Robotics turned out a new Skype VoIP phone. The USR9630 includes a touch-pad phone and base unit. The base unit connects to both the handset (plus 3 more) and your standard land-line. The USR9630 is not PC free however,
Continue Reading
3Com is leading the charge for SIP VoIP cell phones. SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol and SIP enables call-management functions to be embedded in the phone itself, rather than in the network infrastructure. Although this looks almost exactly like the D-Link DPH-541, the new 3Com wireless 3108 VoIP phone is geared towards government facilities, doctors, nurses and college campus’.
Continue Reading
Tired of searching for internet “hot spots” while out and about then maybe a broadband USB modem will lower your frustration level. Franklin Wireless has the first USB dongle EVDO mobile broadband modem available in the states.
Continue Reading
Multiple PCMCIA slots are much harder to come by then the 2 or 4 USB ports found on most laptops and with many local network providers offering network cards in a PCMCIA format it’s hard to make the connection.
Continue Reading
