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Nokia is also introducing a slightly more traditional device, a digital picture frame. The world has seen its fair share of connected LCD frames, from the dial-up-modem-equipped Ceiva to the wi-fi-ready Wallflower. Nokia's SU-4 Image Frame ($239) simplifies the process, with the same infrared connectivity found in the Imagewear line. The SU-7, due later this year, will be equipped with a cell phone. For $399--plus the cost of the service--you can set one up and send pictures to it via multimedia messaging. Of course, that's only if the frame...
...Station: Academic turned ceramic artist John Wi Neera and his wife, Helen, run a pottery and hotel in this converted 1940s railway station, an hour's drive from Wellington. Among the attractions near the 1.5-hectare property is the sacred Kapiti Island, a nature reserve that allows no more than 50 visitors daily. Rates start from $78 a night; thestation.net.nz...
...this year. So what's Nokia doing about it? This week, chief executive Jorma Ollila unveils a prototype of the Communicator 9500, a device that ties more neatly and swiftly into corporate IT systems than any gadget Nokia has offered to date. Among the 9500's selling points is wi-fi circuitry that allows users to connect to the Internet in wireless hot spots and securely link up with business networks. Nokia will even trot out some major companies that have agreed to kick the tires on the new devices - DaimlerChrysler for its German sales force, Pfizer for its Finnish...
...think you've heard every reason to get a wi-fi--equipped laptop, here's a new one: live broadband Internet access on airplanes. This April, Lufthansa will begin to offer the wireless broadband service Connexion by Boeing on certain transatlantic flights. Other airlines are quickly moving to provide similar features. Both Scandinavian Airlines System and Japan Airlines will have in-flight broadband by the end of the year...
With Connexion, the whole plane becomes a wi-fi "hot spot," linking users to the Internet via a network of satellites--without getting in the way of the airplane's communications and navigation equipment. Users should be able to surf the Web, download attachments and upload pictures at speeds comparable to cable-broadband service. The cost will range from a flat $30, for journeys around the globe, down to $10 for flights across continents. --By Wilson Rothman