He wanted to search the Web while wandering but could never get a strong enough wireless signal.
Going wireless risked security and production troubles: People might toss them onto the field or the wireless signal might fail.
Your surfing speed depends on the phone company's wireless signal strength.
By providing directions even in areas without a cell or wireless signal, and the latest NAVTEQ maps saved on the phone, the app always has you covered.
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With HackRF in the hands of hackers or security researchers, in other words, no wireless signal would remain secure just by virtue of using a unique, unfamiliar frequency.
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One group of scientists hailing from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and universities in the US, Israel and China isn't so impressed, having generated a wireless signal clocking in at 2.56Tbps.
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This is ideal for notebook, tablet or mobile phone users who want to be able to use their devices wirelessly and connect to the network from places in their home where a wireless signal from a router may not reach.
For at least two years, multiple iPhone carriers lodged complaints with the company that its phone doesn't work well in making calls and doesn't hold a wireless signal for a voice call as well as other devices, these people say.
Powerline solutions also provide a simple way to help extend the home network into rooms such as basements, attics, garages and back houses that may have dead spots or a limited wireless signal due to building materials, such as concrete and steel.
For such wireless networks, Google has publicly supported the possibility of using small, inexpensive cellular devices, called "micro cells" that would be located at the access points and would harness the TV airwaves to broadcast the equivalent of a 3G or 4G wireless signal for devices within a quarter-mile radius.
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In 1896, Marconi obtained his first patent and in 1897, he formed the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company Limited with his cousin Henry Jameson Davis.
The RT-N12HP utilizes a custom hardware architecture that augments wireless transmission and signal quality with detachable 9dBi high-gain antennas and a discrete signal power amplifier.
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They emitted so much radio-frequency interference that Mr. Clark struggled to get a clear signal for the band's wireless instruments and in-ear monitors.
The Adaptive Wireless Engine, as it is called, is a device whose logic cells have been specifically designed to handle signal filtering, speech encoding, wireless communications protocols, and so on in other words, the sorts of things that mobile phones have to do.
With 802.11a, the wireless technology currently favored by Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) for transmitting video and music on wireless home networks, the signal spectrum used is in the 5 gigahertz range.
Nextel ( S) made use of external antennas on their phones and some of them still have external antennas all of this is to give the customer the ability to receive and send wireless information when in lower signal areas.
Astounding advances have arrived ever since the analog innards of wireless gadgets gave way to digital-signal processing chips.
This new wireless remote system operates from a radio signal rather than infrared light, dramatically increasing functionality and range.
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This year's contests include the largest-ever plasma screen (150 inches), the largest Organic Light-Emitting Diode TV (a new bright and energy-efficient screen), the first functioning laser television and the first TVs that receive high-quality wireless streaming from a high-definition signal.
To do that, the system essentially bombards the space with an array of wireless signals and keeps watch on any changes in signal strength, building up a "picture" of the room in the process.
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It manufactures high performance mixed signal and standard products, which cater to automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.
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Reportedly, the FCC has warned Sprint that it "could lose access to the signal spectrum used by its Nextel- and Boost Mobile-branded wireless services" if it doesn't remedy the problem by June of 2008.
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To serve home and office users who need wider wireless coverage, the ASUS RT-N12HP high-power wireless-N300 router employs detachable 9dBi antennas and a unique hardware signal power amplifier.
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For instance, Toshiba says its robot has a wireless network that can be controlled in high radiation, looking for a better signal when reception is weak.
"Beamforming is the next big thing in WiFi signal technology, and NETGEAR is proud to bring it to you on our market-leading 802.11ac wireless products. 802.11ac is the wireless standard you need to support the increasingly heavy demands on your network for voice, video and data, " said Sandeep Harpalani , NETGEAR director of product marketing for retail networking products.
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