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26Percentage of wireless customers who use their cell phones to take picturesMore Vitals
| |   Before Wi-Fi Can Go Mainstream It won't achieve the status it deserves until it overcomes several obstacles -- some doozies -- now keeping it stuck in a techno-limbo How the Wi-Fi Future Might Look From seamless switching among networks to making cell calls over the Net to beaming video from PC to TV, the possibilities seem unbounded Then There's UWB, WiMax, wOzNet... Wi-Fi may be just beginning its rise, but already a slew of alternatives are bubbling just under the surface. Here's a rundown "The Next Evolution" for Wi-Fi SBC Chief Technology Officer Ross Ireland says the DSL giant is working on ways to switch seamlessly between Wi-Fi and cellular service Here Comes "a Broader Roaming Era" Ken Denman, chief of wireless ISP iPass, says business needs are driving providers to widen the reach of Wi-Fi's "patchwork quilt" Apple's Other Hardware Hit As with the iPod, the hot Airport line of Wi-Fi gear shows that ease of use and an eye for coming trends bring outsize gains How-To's of Wi-Fi Thinking of taking the plunge? BW's Steve Wildstrom has some tips for newbies to the world of the wireless Internet Why Cisco Investors Switched Off The networking giant's growth prospects, at least in the near term, don't seem capable of supporting the stock's pricey valuation Slower Cisco? The networking giant's earnings were good but not great -- and investors sold off the stock. BW's Amey Stone offers a look at what's ahead in this video interview | |
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Next Big Thing For Wireless WiMax is a lot faster than Wi-Fi and has a bigger range -- but success isn't assure (1/19/04) STREET WISE Intel: King of the Wi-Fi Frontier? Its new Grantsdale chipset for desktops stands to do for traditional PCs what Centrino has done for laptops (12/30/03) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Beyond Wi-Fi: A New Wireless Age Three technologies will boost the capacity of our airwaves -- and innovation, too (12/15/03)  | |
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