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February 29th, 2008
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The price of wireless connectivity has been decreasing at the same time that advancements in that field have greatly increased. Every cellular provider offers some tailored service specifically for you to connect your laptop to the internet wirelessly. This isn’t referring to WiFi hotspots, but the ability to connect wherever you are as long as you have a cellular signal.
In the US, providers like Verizon offer the fastest services out there with their EVDO wireless connectivity that you can access through a pcmcia card or a usb device. On the other end is AT&T’s 3G/EDGE service which is unfortunately not nearly as fast. Often times you will find yourself connecting to the poor EDGE service, leaving you with speeds comparable to a dial-up modem. The tragic part about all of this is that in Europe, 3G is the bottom of the barrel. Consumers don’t have to deal with 2.5G service at all (EDGE).
Recently, interest has increased in a technology called WiMAX which offers connectivity between WiFi hotspots and broadband access to produce a wireless signal that can blanket designated areas. The issue is convincing towns and states to aid in the development of this system, as someone will need to pay for the initial broadband connection, maintenance of the equipment, and installation as well.
The options for wireless connectivity are expanding as laptops become the preferred style of computers for business professionals. The ability to connect when and where you want will increase productivity vastly in all relevant fields. Unfortunately, for this to continue progressing towards a better wireless future, larger companies will have to sacrifice income to convince more people to adopt the new solution.
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Tags: WiFi, wireless
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February 19th, 2008
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Nicholas Negroponte, Co-Founder and director of MIT Media Laboratory, is the brains behind One Laptop Per Child. OLPC’s goal was to create the XO Laptop, a low cost device that would advance the education of children world wide. While the initial mission statement was to provide a $100 laptop, increased costs have brought it up to $200 if you’re donating the laptop. If you’re looking to purchase one for yourself, the cost is $400 for an XO Laptop.
These computers aren’t meant to be used like the Asus eee pc is, rather their intended purpose is for education. The design and configuration reflects the desire to optimize this computer as a learning device over all else. It’s small size offers portability over a desktop that while cheaper, would require the child having one in the classroom and at home.
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Categories: Laptop
Tags: One Laptop Per Child
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February 9th, 2008
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The Chinese company Lenovo, known as the world’s biggest PC producer, has made an agreement with Ericsson, according to which Ericsson will supply Lenovo with HSPA modules.
Lenovo, in its turn, will integrate Ericsson HSPA modules into the latest series of ThinkPad laptops, which will increase their mobile capabilities.
Thereby, the owners of laptops with built-in HSPA modules, without additional investments, will be able to use wireless mobile networks capabilities. It’s interesting that Lenovo plans on selling up to 200 million laptops till 2011 and 50 percent of these laptops will have Ericsson HSPA modules.
Categories: Laptop
Tags: Laptops, Lenovo, Mobile, PC
