Apple and we had both envisioned this to be largely a WiFi device but with some wireless connectivity.
Of course, official announcement or no, customers might be able to take advantage of some turbocharged wireless data in the near term just as soon as that AirCard starts shipping.
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Empowering the FCC to implement a biased process that favors some companies over others may end up hurting consumers even more by blocking some national wireless carriers from investing in and building out high-speed mobile broadband networks to meet the demands of more than 200 million wireless customers across America.
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Built-in parental controls can be used to limit Internet access or some of the wireless functions.
Or maybe some restrictions are wireless broadband that would make it more affordable for consumers?
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Clearwire appears to be nearing the finish line on a sale of some of its wireless spectrum.
Speaking of phones, recent data reveals there are some 929 million wireless subscribers in India, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
If you're using this in desktop mode, you'll also want some sort of wireless mouse or trackpad (not included in the box, sadly).
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The report also pointed to some skepticism about wireless broadband.
In the United States today, more than 87% of the U. S. population already uses some type of wireless device and there are more than 5 billion devices in use worldwide.
The concept would let a touchscreen detach from its laptop base through a 60GHz ultrawideband format (such as WiGig) and keep its battery powered up through at least some form of wireless charging located in the laptop's hinge.
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We've got to ask, though: where's some high bandwidth 60GHz wireless connectivity when you really need it?
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James Gooch took over as CEO last year and managed to create some hope that the wireless strategy could work.
There's built in wireless of some sort, enabling your fellow EN-V owner-friends to keep track of your late-night escapades if you so allow.
The crash cast national attention on a growing industry of inexpensive buses that travel the East Coast offering cheap fares, convenient routes and, in some cases, free wireless Internet.
Some of them believe the wireless signals from the meters can harm their health.
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Even some municipalities are rolling out wireless services as an alternative to Telkom.
The iPhone has been a boon for wireless carriers, some of which had to wait for the privilege of selling it.
As bubbles go, America's internet has some serious competition: European wireless .
But the Audyssey Wireless Speakers bring some much-needed credibility to the category.
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The high subsidy costs could pressure wireless margins for some time.
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Mobile traffic growth is both a result of stimulation of higher internet usage as well as the shift of some traffic from wireline to wireless networks.
Verizon customers saw a flash of excitement this weekend when an alleged hacker claimed to have pilfered personal data for some three million of its wireless customers.
An internal retractable modem will enable a user to connect with some of the most popular wireless networks today, including Motient's DataTAC, BellSouth's Mobitex and CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data).
The company has introduced its own debit-card system in some stores and is investigating wireless systems where radio tags placed on products are automatically read when a customer is ready to leave a store.
This is where life significantly diverges from the standard man-versus-machine plot: We and silicone-based life forms will almost certainly still be working and evolving together in some cases, as with wireless pacemakers we will actually be part of one another.
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While TrustedReviews found the sound quality decent and some other features, including wireless reception, to be good, the reviewer also found the WACS700 to be lacking in a number of key features, including support for DRM'd files, slow ripping (as long as 20 minutes per CD), and the size of the hard drive (40GB is kind of skimpy).
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The wireless industry will provide some real opportunities as well as some real dangers for investors this year.
Both deals involve rolling out wireless Internet services to some 2 million handheld telephones over the next year.
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