The smart fortwo electric drive can be connected to the internet at home via a standard powerline adapter (Homeplug AV) for SmartCharging.

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Stop crowding around a laptop screen and view and share content from your hard drive, home network or the internet wirelessly on your HDTV utilizing the adapter (sold separately).

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Customers have to plug their phones into an adapter, which then connects to a broadband Internet connection.

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There was no Internet connection, which made my Belkin N300 USB WiFi adapter the only piece of hardware that needed to be re-installed from its CD before I had a basically operational system.

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Previous Dish DVRs supported an optional Sling adapter that allows you to stream live or recorded programming from the DVR to Internet connected PCs, Macs and mobile device anywhere in the world, but as with all streaming services, you needed a live and relatively fast Internet connection to watch the programs.

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Earlier this year it launched a network adapter for its PlayStation 2 gaming system that lets customers play against each other over the Internet using either a dial-up modem or a broadband connection.

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