Belkin WiFi Phone for Skype Released

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The Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype doesn’t require a PC and will work anywhere in the world where you have secured or open access to a WiFi network.Any home, office, cafe, or municipal wireless access point that does not require browser-based authentication will do. Pre-loaded with Skype software and featuring the same Skype interface, the Belkin Wi-Fi Phone is ready to use with any wireless network.To make a call, simply use the intuitive on-screen color menu to locate your contact and view their online availability-exactly like you use Skype today. The phone is Skype Certified and is touted as having excellent voice quality, WEP, WPA, and WPA2 with PSK support. The phone is 802.11b/g compliant and comes pre-loaded with Skype software and standard Skype interface. The phone will have a list price of $189.99. Look for this one on our shelves later this month!

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Record And Sync via WiFi on iPod Touch and iPhone

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

The more I use my iPhone as a "weekend" device, the more I am loving the capabilities that developers find they can muster from it.
Take the folks at Griffin who have come up with two…

Published on November 29th, 2008 under , , , , , , , ,

Virgin America Adds InFlight WiFi

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At a press event yesterday Glenn Fleishman, aka Mr. WiFi NetNews, and others got to experience the new in flight WiFi available on Virgin America. Its pretty much the same thing that you’r…

Published on November 23rd, 2008 under ,

WiFi on The Water In Washington via Boingo

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Last week it was airports being added by Boingo. This week they’ve added ferries and ferry terminals in Washington State.
As PhoneBoy points out, the costs have been lowered and subscribers…

Published on November 17th, 2008 under ,

Motorola WiFi Only Phones For Enterprise Based On Windows Mobile

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Motorola is clearly not just thinking about cellular phones these days. They’re busily moving into a full blown WiFi VoIP handset that works with a very robust server and lots of security…

Published on November 15th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Boingo Buys OptiFi, More Consolidation of WiFi Networks

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Yesterday client Boingo acquired OptiFi, another aggregator/operator of airport hotspots, much like Boingo’s Concourse Communications purchase, and their buy of Sprint’s airport hotspot…

Published on November 11th, 2008 under ,

Now Blackberry Users Get Free WiFi Too With AT&T

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Yesterday the news was about iPhone users getting free access to AT&T hotspots. Now today, I spotted that CrunchGear has a report about free BlackBerry access too for those with WiFi enabled…

Published on October 31st, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Connect To WiFi Easily

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SF Bay Area based Devicescape have rolled out EasyWiFi, a simple to install, easy to use WiFi and Access Point login aggregation application that stores your usernames and passwords safely in…

Published on October 21st, 2008 under ,

WiFi on Trains (and Buses)

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I’ve had the good fortune to use WiFi on the Heathrow Express when I’m in London. The experience, which is made possible by T-Mobile connects train mounted access points to 3G radios…

Published on October 11th, 2008 under , ,

WiFI VoIP Standard Now Final

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PC World reports that the long awaited 802.11r standard has been finalized and approved by the IEEE, the standards body that determines much of what goes into our personal electronics and communications…

Published on August 30th, 2008 under , , , ,

Smart Mobile Users Tap into WiFi, VoIP Abroad

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Published on August 27th, 2008 under , , , , ,

WiFi In the Air is Back

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TechCrunch reports that Aircell is launching WiFi in the Sky today.

As a person who used to choose his flights by which airlines had Airfone and later which airlines offered the ill fated Boeing…

Published on August 20th, 2008 under

A Look At Voice over WiFi

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Published on August 16th, 2008 under , , ,

Free WiFi In San Francisco, Taking Hold

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What Earthlink couldn’t make work, Meraki is going to turn into reality.

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Published on July 4th, 2008 under , , , , ,

WiFi To Get Certified VoIP Devices (Finally)

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American Airlines to Block Skype on In Flight WiFi

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This shows how technology illiterate some people at American Airlines must be.

Blocking a widely used IM service and comparing it to a cell phone.

Ok. If they want to block the voice traffic…

Published on June 26th, 2008 under , , ,

Why I Hate Free WiFi

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Published on June 11th, 2008 under , ,

Complimentary WiFi in Paris

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Published on June 4th, 2008 under , ,

Starbucks Getting Hotter With Ad Supported WiFi

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Published on June 3rd, 2008 under , ,

Is WiFi Coming To SF’s BART Light Rail?

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I’ve used WiFi on the Heathrow Express that works with T-Mobile (and gotten the bill for it for 12 minutes of use each time) so I’m happy to see that a company called WiFi Rail is hoping to offer…

Published on May 24th, 2008 under ,

WiFi Up, WiFi Down

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Earthlink is bagging it in Philadelphia and wants to take their equipment home. Damn carpetbaggers. But, I recall saying at a past MuniWiFi event that given what I know about the politicians…

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