Mvix USA has just announced the world’s smallest wireless-N adapter, the Mvix Nubbin. The Mvix Nubbin is 802.11n draft compliant as well as supporting 802.11b/g and 802.1e QoS. It works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
The Nubbin plugs into USB 2.0 ports and only extends 18mm (0.7″) out from its host. Mvix Nubbin is priced at $39 and will start shipping May 7. You can pre-order right now at MvixUSA.com.
Rarely do we find a bargain in this day and age, but that seems exactly what GetUSB.info have done; they’ve spotted a very nice D-Link print server for just $20 on Buy.com, with free shipping and no sneaky discounts – just an honest price – even D-Link are selling it direct for $40! If you’ve got an old printer knocking around that needs plugging into a computer to be used, then there isn’t any excuse not to get it set up wirelessly with this print server.
The DP-301U is compact, has easy configuration via a web-based utility and supports USB 2.0 for extreme printing. The majority of operating systems are supported, but Windows users get a lovely admin program to help manage it.
Buy now!
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Price: $19.99
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3G WiFi Routers have long been offered in high-end Maybachs, but Cadillac has brought it down to a much more affordable level by offering it in their CTS Sport sedans. With a solid 3G connection, you could be looking at a speed of around 400-800kbps, but with a 2G connection you’ll probably get around 200kbps. Your car’s speed may also affect these numbers.
Currently, only 1GB and 5GB plans are available (for $30/month and $60/month respectively) which really isn’t that great, especially with a large majority of phones available with unlimited data plans for a fraction of this cost. There’s also the $500 investment of buying the router, which makes it a bit of a low bang-for-the-buck value.
Qualcomm’s Gobi platform will let you access multiple carriers’ wireless data services. With Gobi, you won’t need to have separate cards and/or built-in chips in your notebook to get online.
Qualcomm is already partnering with Sony to put Gobi chips into Vaio P notebooks. Currently, Gobi will work at speeds up to 5.7Mbps which is not shabby at all.
The big question is whether or not carriers like Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, etc will start offering pay as you go or smaller window plans as opposed to the monthly plans that you find today that typically also come with yearly lock-in agreements.
If Gobi gets into enough netbooks, then it should pressure the carriers to do just that.
Delta will join the airline club that will offer wireless access on its flights. So far, it’ll be on all US domestic flights, and you can expect to see it starting later this year, with the rest of the fleet getting the WiFi treatment by next summer. Fees will be $9.95 on flights of three hours or less; $12.95 on longer flights.
Continental also announced the same thing earlier this year, although surprisingly American isn’t going to try competing and will only offer WiFi on very few planes.
Ok, you can bet I’ll be trying to get flights on Delta and Continental from now on.
We featured the Eye-Fi SD card that bundles WiFi connectivity onboard. Stick this in your digital camera and then you can automatically upload your photos to your favorite photo sharing website.
Now Eye-Fi is rolling out a new version of its product dubbed the Eye-Fi Explore that goes one step further – it automatically geo-tag your photos by using nearby WiFi access points to triangulate your position. Eye-Fi partnered with Skyhook Wireless to provide the geo-data.
We saw a geo-tagging gadget called the GPS Photo Finder back at CES, but I’ve got to say this wins out, because you don’t have to take your SD card and stick it into a different device.
Gimme!
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Price: $129.99
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Rollout still won’t happen until later this year, which really means late this year if not next, as no dates have been announced. Anyway, Sprint who has been working with Samsung on this say it’s ready.
There’s a collection of companies (Clearwire, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks) that will bear the brunt of the cost of getting WiMax out to over 120 million customers by the end of 2010. That’s just a year and a half. I can’t wait.
Fantastic. Now you can not only have an Internet connection by way of your cell phone’s data connection (tethered to your laptop), but you can also share it to create your very own WiFi hotspot! The Cradlepoint Personal Hotspot 300 is a fully featured WiFi router that uses your mobile phone’s data connection as its conn to the Net.
While it includes an AC adapter, its internal battery can be charged up for full portability. Wherever you want to work, now you can. No longer do you have to find some coffee shop and pay them $10 to get online.
The PHS300 support 802.11b/g computers, and its WiFi router includes a full set of the security and access controls that you’ve come to expect in popular home-based broadband routers.
Gimme!
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Price: $149.99
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