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Last spring Intel commissioned a surfboard shaper in North Devon, England, to design a board with an embedded tablet PC. Why? So Intel could tout its Centrino processor at beach festivals around the globe. Equipped with wi-fi, the Wireless Technology Surfboard enables the surfer to send e-mail, shoot videos (using the built-in webcam) and, yes, surf...
...City of Brotherly Love wants to bring its citizens closer together--virtually--and plans to cover its 135 sq. mi. with free wireless Internet access by June 2006. Philadelphia will not be the first. Spokane, Wash., and Grand Haven, Mich., have already gone wi-fi. But Philly is the first major city to try joining their ranks. Dianah Neff, Philly's chief information officer and the instigator of the project, says the main objective is to bridge the digital divide in her city. "For Philadelphia to come into the 21st century," she says, "we must have affordable high-speed Internet...
...everybody converge on the same prime spot as soon as it frees up? Not if you fork over extra to get notified, say, 30 seconds earlier. "You pay a premium for that!" says Kevin Ryan, Vivato's V.P. of marketing and business development, his eyes gleaming with invisible wi-fi light. "You're the platinum customer...
There you have it. The future of free urban wi-fi looks bright. It just might cost a little more than we thought...
...WI-FI GETS ROLLING Web surfing on planes, trains and automobiles...