WLAN

802.11v Standard Coming to make WLAN Green

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A future version of the Wi-Fi standard called 802.11v will bring with it new power saving features that are intended to add a green aspect to wireless LANs. Work on the 802.11v standard began in 2004 and is expected to be complete in 2010. Features will include a Wireless Network Management Sleep Mode that will allow for longer power-off times for 802.11 radios.

Wake on WLAN capabilities will be added to allow managers to wake wireless computers and other appliances. A Proxy ARP will allow an access point to respond to ARP requests. The standard will include several more power saving features. Read more

Posted on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nokia 6136 WLAN and GSM Mobile Phone

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Nokia introduces the Nokia 6136 besides the Nokia 6070 and Nokia 6131 at the 3GSM 2006.

The new Nokia 6136 is the most interesting new Nokia phone introduced today. It supports UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology that allows for seamless handover of voice and data connections between GSM cellular and WLAN networks.
Besides WLAN support the Nokia 6136 features a 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, microSD card slot, mp3 player, FM Tuner, MMS, email, push to talk and Nokia Xpress audio messaging. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:31:18 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Nokia N80 WLAN Slider Mobile Phone

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Nokia announces a several new mobile phones today. We start with here with the Nokia N80.

The Nokia N80 is the first quadband handset designed to work on 3G (WCDMA 1900 or 2100), WLAN, EDGE and four GSM bands (850/900/1800/1900), enabling broadband access from virtually anywhere in the world. This Slider phone is pretty small, just a little bit taller than a credit-card. Nice work Nokia.

The new Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map is supported by the N80, featuring a semi-transparent zoomed-out overall view of the web page, enabling users to intuitively navigate to all corners as well as see the web site as it was originally designed.
Other features include: QVGA screen, 3MP Digital Camera, miniSD card slot up to 2GB, Music player, FM-Tuner and USB 2.0 and supports UPnP technology. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:04:18 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Neonode announces WLAN Mobile Phone

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Photo: Neonode N1m

Neonode announces that it works on a WLAN enabled mobile phone to be released in the second half of 2005.

Neonode has since last fall cooperated with Philips Semiconductors to develop a mobile with low power consumption and WLAN support. The press-release has no technical details. It talks mostly about the benefits of having WLAN capabilities in a mobile phone: Cheap Internet Access, VOIP, higher bandwidth.
More details in Neonode press-release.

DoCoMo already launched a WLAN mobile phone back in July 2004.

Posted on Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:00:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

3G Phones with Flash or WLAN

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Wireless Watch Japan reports:
This free-for-all program takes you to KDDI's recent launch event at the Imperial hotel announcing the carrier's three new WIN handsets, all now making use of Macromedia flash-lite. You'll get a close-up of these phones in action plus get a tip on the new 3G flat-rate price plan coming in August. We then move on to see DoCoMo's N900iL 802.11b /W-CDMA handset, based on the N900i which, unfortunately, has been transformed, into a de facto proprietary intranet-only "Passage Duple" WLAN phone by NEC and DoCoMo. While future versions may run on the M-Stage platform in a bundled package, for the time being this 1st step into dual mode 3G and Wi-Fi is aimed at Corp. walled gardens. Program Run-time 4:15 - Coded for Broadband Connections Only.

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Posted on Fri, 23 Jul 2004 01:28:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NTT DoCoMo launches WLAN 3G N900iL Mobile Phone

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NTT DoCoMo announced today a dual network 3G FOMA® handset that runs on both FOMA and wireless LAN networks.

The N900iL, which is scheduled to be marketed in Fall 2004, has been specifically designed to support the new PASSAGE DUPLE™ system that was developed by DoCoMo to integrate the two-network operation.
Under the PASSAGE DUPLE system, the N900iL may be used as a standard FOMA handset, as well as an in-house VoIP phone utilizing a company's internal wireless LAN network.
In addition, users may engage in instant messaging between N900iL handsets over the wireless LAN network.
The N900iL measures approx. 102 x 48 x 27 mm and weighs 120g. It supports the 802.11b WLAN standard. The mobile phone features a 2.2" color screen, one 1MP digital camera, one 0,11 camera, and miniSD card slot.
More details in NTT Press-Release.

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Posted on Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:55:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr