Word: wireless
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There is a wild card in the Internet deck too: wireless services. Hughes Network Systems sells DirecPC and DirecDuo dishes (the latter with both Web and TV reception) that can download Web pages at a relatively brisk 200,000 to 400,000 BPS. Last month Loral's CyberStar unit joined the fray with a satellite system of its own. Both are more expensive than cable and DSL (monthly fees can run more than $100 for unlimited use), but satellite dishes can be used almost anywhere, including vacation cabins and other rural locations. Several companies are also experimenting with a ground...
...online by the year 2005. Little wonder that traditional computer companies are scrambling to enter the mobile business. Bill Gates, whose aim has been to put a PC on every desk, told a symposium in February that "Microsoft's vision for PCs five years from now is a wireless device you can carry around...
...addition to Symbian, the telecommunications industry has formed two other alliances to improve the usability of wireless devices. One of them, called the WAP Forum (for Wireless Application Protocol), is designing special browsers to bring Internet data to mobile phones, while a group named Bluetooth is trying to set a universal standard for radio communications between smart devices like palm computers and mobile phones. Interestingly, Microsoft has not joined either group...
...gadgets make it easy to send e-mail on the road, but scanning and faxing a document are trickier. Hewlett-Packard has a new handheld device that can scan and store up to 50 pages of text. Unlike most scanners, the CapShare 910 ($700, available in December) uses a wireless infrared port to transmit the scanned pages to some notebook computers, which can then be used to fax or e-mail the text. While the lightweight CapShare is easy to use, its reliance on infrared connections could limit its appeal...
...that ping in your car, displaying the recipe you choose, deciding which ingredients you're missing and ordering them for instant delivery from the grocer. What's more, each machine would borrow the computing power it needs on a moment-to-moment basis by accessing a wider network via wireless signal, without the annoyance of the endless peripherals yoked to today's desktop...