Entries from December 2006

Palm’s Foleo - a Linux laptop for your Treo

Date December 31, 2006

A laptop that synchs with your phone.

Palm is launching a smart phone “companion” called Foleo: a lightweight Linux laptop, that synchs with a Treo smartphone using Bluetooth.

Netgear launches SMB wireless switch

Date December 31, 2006

A switch and 5 APs for less than the magic ?2000 mark.

Netgear has launched a switch designed to bring wireless LANs to smaller businesses, supporting up to 500 users.

Wi-Fi Alliance reveals new brand

Date December 31, 2006

And Cisco is the first to jump on board.

The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched its brand for fast Draft N Wi-Fi products, in advance of the final IEEE 802.11n standard, with the first products including an access point from Cisco that hasn’t yet been formally announced.

Aruba steps up converged voice

Date December 31, 2006

And pulls together a tool to get your office into the hotel.

Enterprise Wi-Fi vendor Aruba is launching voice over IP convergence products that let mobile phones work with existing IP PBXs, as well as mobile access point software for road warriors.

Extricom puts four radios in an access point

Date December 31, 2006

And none of them is 802.11n.

Extricom has launched a four-radio wireless access point, that lets the company’s “channel blanket” architecture handle more wireless devices simultaneously.