Archive for Wireless
October 16, 2006 at 11:55 am · Filed under Cell Phones, Electronics, Technology, Wireless, Geek Tech, Google, Gadgets, Miscellaneous
…and it looks nice!
GPS devices? Who needs them? I just downloaded Google maps on my Treo and it’s a tasty little tool to have at my fingertips. Free Google maps on your cell phone… it doesn’t get much better than this.
Since we first launched Google Maps for mobile devices, we’ve adapted it to more phones and languages and added features like traffic info. And as of today, the new Palm Treo version answers our top request from users. It’s been months in the making, but I think you’ll find it worth the wait. We think this is the fastest, slickest version yet, with draggable maps and translucent pop-up balloons that don’t hide the map.
I do a lot of cycling so this is a huge help. Very cool tool!
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October 6, 2006 at 1:38 am · Filed under LCD, Displays, Cell Phones, Wireless, Gadgets, Geek Tech, Miscellaneous
As pointed out by CrunchGear, LCD screens are beginning to move into a new, much thinner design realm that will allow them to be easily used in cell phone technology.
LG.Philips is king for now when it comes to thin LCD dislays. The new screen measures a tiny 1.3-millimeters thick with no image degradation.
The original article does, however, point to some disadvantages to using screens this thin.
October 5, 2006 at 8:49 pm · Filed under Wireless, Geek Tech, Gadgets
Looks like we no longer need the Cantenna. No, these days will bring us some much better gadgets and tools and it will keep getting better and better as time goes by.
The latest release in WiFi amplification comes from QuickerTek and sounds like a fairly decent toy.
The company claims the device will allow for WiFi access from up to five times the distance you would normally work from.
So how can you get five times the normal range with this tiny little Connect? With 200 milliwatts of RF power - the rating that wireless products are measured by. A PowerBook has about 30 milliwatts of RF power stuffed inside the case. Not very impressive. Going from 30 to 200 milliwatts is what gives you that extra wireless range and speed. Impress those nerds in the airport the next time you fly when you whip out your Connect and immediately lock onto the wireless network in the terminal. You’ll give those Windows guys wireless networking envy.
Sounds pretty good to me!
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October 5, 2006 at 7:18 am · Filed under Wireless, Geek Tech, Gadgets
From the makers website.
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic.
Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and infering the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic.
I could use this at home. I’m constantly having to hop between networks around town.
By the way… what’s up with that website?
OH! and you can pick one up here.
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