Sub $300 handtop wireless PC from India

: "Indian technology firm Encore Software unveils Mobilis Wireless, a laptop that features a 7.4-inch LCD screen and six-hour battery life. It will cost about 15,000 rupees, or about $277. "

Folx ... is this it???!!! The gr8 leveller of the digital divide in India and the world? Looks cool too!

More pix on the site ... click the pic above

New TV Mobile

This new mobile phone from NEC (donno if it is available in India) has a TV tuner, which means u can view ur TV channels even on the go! Its a dual band GSM/GPRS phone, meaning it will work even in India!

The first few WiMax pilots in India

The first few WiMax pilots in India: "The technology sends Internet signals up to 30 miles, and could solve the costly last-mile problem. Intel sees huge potential in it, but others prefer to wait and watch.

In India, where the telecom infrastructure is poor and last-mile connections are typically through copper cable, DSL and fibre optic, installation costs are high as it requires ripping up streets to lay cables. The ability to provide these connections wirelessly, without laying wire or cable in the ground, greatly lowers the cost of providing these services. This is why WiMax is an attractive alternative for providing last-mile connection in wireless metropolitan area networks, especially in cellular back hauls. In developing countries that lack a well-developed wired infrastructure, 802.16 offers a practical way to extend broadband Internet service to many different parts of the country. WiMax could thus bring broadband access into the homes and businesses of millions of people in rural and developing markets."

How does this happen? Read on ...

Fuel cell powered bluetooth headset

This is a fuel cell bluetooth headset which Nokia is researching upon. The 66-mwatt fuel cells are using fluid methanol. With one filling the can can operate for 10 hours. Nokia modified the available Nokia HS-3W headset to use a fuel cell.

Just hope people dont get running ears when their headset gets leaky :D :P

The Geekzone Bluetooth Guides

Geekzone mobile forums: "Each Bluetooth Guide will help you with easy step-by-step instructions and images on how to complete Bluetooth tasks in different platforms."

Great How-to articles for Bluetooth junkies. It even told me how to connect my Sony Clie to the net via my Sony Erricsson T610's GPRS connection through Bluetooth. -ap

The all-band phone

NEC FOMA N900iG - the first device to offer FOMA / tri-mode GSM / UMTS (Europe) roaming

This phone now brings a lot of bands together & has dual cameras! -ap

What is GPRS?

"What is General Packet Radio Service?"

I was asked this question recently by my friend. This site has a good intro to GPRS, only that it was written in January 2000.

But a small bit on the differences between browsing the net over GSM & GPRS based on my experiences:
1) GSM gives me 9.6 kbps but GPRS gives me 57 kbps
2) GSM costs me for the duration I am connected, GPRS costs for the actual data I transfer (up/down both)
3) GSM is like a normal dial-up connection over the POTS, GPRS is like a LAN connection to an APN.

WiMAX - Broadband Wireless Access Technology

WiMAX - Broadband Wireless Access Technology: "WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including 'last mile' broadband connections, hotspot and cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for businesses.

An implementation of the IEEE 802.16 standard, WiMAX provides metropolitan area network connectivity at speeds of up to 75 Mb/sec. WiMAX systems can be used to transmit signal as far as 30 miles. However, on the average a WiMAX base-station installation will likely cover between three to five miles."

And that's a snap from the intel website ...

Overview of Wireless Technologies

Overview of Wireless Technologies: "Wireless technologies represent a rapidly emerging area of growth and importance for providing ubiquitous access to the network for all of the campus community. Students, faculty and staff increasingly want un-tethered network access from general-purpose classrooms, meeting rooms, auditoriums, and even the hallways of campus buildings. There is interest in creating mobile computing labs utilizing laptop computers equipped with wireless Ethernet cards. Recently, industry has made significant progress in resolving some constraints to the widespread adoption of wireless technologies. Some of the constraints have included disparate standards, low bandwidth, and high infrastructure and service cost. Wireless technologies can both support the institution mission and provide cost-effective solutions. Wireless is being adopted for many new applications: to connect computers, to allow remote monitoring and data acquisition, to provide access control and security, and to provide a solution for environments where wires may not be the best solution.
What follows is an overview of existing wireless technologies and related issues. "

That's the primer for Wireless Technologies in University of Tennessee. Go on & get some basic stuff cleared out ... I plan to do it ... sigh ... donno if I will manage to do it though :-(

Combat Digital Assistants

Combat Digital Assistants
The basic idea is to keep platoon leaders (and platoon sergeants, who will probably end up with CDAs as well) constantly informed about what their commanders want, and what new information is available about the enemy. With the satellite communications link, new information about the enemy situation can be constantly sent. Of course, the new CDAs will have the “Blue Force Tracker” technology that will constantly show the location of all nearby friendly platoons, tanks and combat aircraft on the PDA screen.

How To Really Surf The Net

Yahoo! News - How To Really Surf The Net: "People have been talking about surfing the Net for years. Jools Matthews actually does it. Intel has helped build the world's only Wi-Fi waverunner, a toughened, waterproof tablet computer embedded into the surface of a working surfboard. An embedded Intel Centrino chip lets the board communicate with a wireless access point on the beach. "

Use the surfboard to surf the net ... sportive geek :D