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...Verizon's newest RIM BlackBerry, the 7250. And there are variations on the Windows Mobile theme: the UTStarcomm/Audiovox XV6600 with Bluetooth and a connection to Verizon's super-fast EVDO data network (known as BroadbandAccess), and the all-new Samsung i730, which takes all of that and adds a Wi-Fi connection...
...promise of that last device is that it gives you the best of everything-access to Verizon's high-speed EVDO service, which gives you DSL-like downloading in more than 40 major markets, plus Wi-Fi functionality for everywhere else. It sounds great in theory, but has some serious drawbacks in practice...
...issue is that the Wi-Fi and EVDO connections can't run simultaneously. This isn't a problem if you're in one of the places that supports Verizon's EVDO network. But when you're not, and have to switch to Wi-Fi mode, you lose phone service-it won't even ring! Suddenly, this Wi-Fi bonus sounds like a burden...
...just be your microwave that's jamming your cell phone. Electronic items can interfere with one another, which means that your dryer could block your cordless-phone signal--and that your amazing new wireless keyboard could be slowing your wi-fi...
...What's the 21st century's pet rock? A jumbo Tamagotchi pet? Nah. French tech company Violet (www.violet.net) has created Nabaztag, a plastic, 23-cm-tall (with ears up) white rabbit with a constant wi-fi connection. The device provides access to other Internet users and vital daily information like traffic reports and the weather. Programmed by its owner, Nabaztag (rabbit in Armenian) relays the information in a slightly cartoonish female voice, and flashes colored lights on her tummy when new e-mails arrive. The wi-fi rabbit, which also plays MP3s and MIDI files and dances a jig, flags...