It is a packet-switched technology, and only consumes network resources when data is being transmitted, so it is widely expected that customers will be charged for the amount of data they exchange, rather than the time they spend logged on to the network.
Intel thinks it has nailed the 32-nanometer process: It reports that defect rates for the first chips in its development factories are comparable to what it saw when it switched to 45-nanometer technology two years ago, a transition that went smoothly.
The most compelling remains Pixel Qi -- a hybrid LCD technology that can be switched from a standard, full-color LCD backlit mode to a Kindle-like monochromatic reflective mode viewable in direct sunlight (while consuming 80% less power than standard LCDs).
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
HEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
Every Wednesday Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, an opinion column about consumer technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
The team later switched to providing an outsourced sales force to technology companies, in the way that LiveOps provides customer service.
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But what starts out as government or military technology often ends up in commercial applications, as packet-switched networks and the global-positioning system demonstrate.
Bjordal said research suggested about 20 cellphones were inadvertently left switched on during any given flight, and claimed that the company's technology actually reduced the signal strength of those active cellphones.
On a typical long-haul flight, says Mike Fitzgerald of Altobridge, a firm that makes technology to bridge satellite and cellular networks, 20 mobile phones are left switched on.
They then analyze how the remaining major cost components, switching and transmission for both types of networks and interconnecting with the switched circuit network for the IP-based networks, change with the change in technology.
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