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...Grand Haven, Mich. (pop. 10,900), contends it locked up the title when it covered its 7 sq. mi. last March. But it's not the only player on the field. Cities such as Half Moon Bay, Calif.; Athens, Ga.; and Chaska, Minn., let folks roam the wireless Web from street corners all around town. Whereas those places might be ahead of the curve, analysts say that big profits have been elusive for companies backing wi-fi projects. Just because you're among the first doesn't mean that you will last. --By Wendy Cole
...online thanks to a wireless hub in the trunk, a silver dollar-size antenna mounted behind my head and the wi-fi card built into my computer (an X40 mininotebook from IBM). It's just like jumping online at Starbucks, and it lets me go wild multitasking--catching up on e-mail and otherwise staying productive while in transit. Rarely am I trapped at a coffee shop, concerned that my workday is slipping away, but the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway can kill an entire afternoon...
Carey International, which owns Frank's limo, has been testing mobile wireless hot spots in half a dozen of its custom sedans in four cities since the spring, and customers love it, according to CEO Devin Murphy. For now, the cost for the service is included in the standard fare; soon the company hopes to launch "Mobile Office," designed by In Motion Technology, across more of its fleet. First, however, it needs to figure out the business details, Murphy says. It costs $1,000 to $2,000 to equip each car, an investment predicated on an iffy business model...
Smoke Alarm ZigBee is a new wireless technology that efficiently transmits short data messages. Smoke alarms by Freescale Semiconductor will use ZigBee and run for months on regular batteries. That way, people upstairs could get an early warning if a fire breaks out in the basement. In prototype...
...smaller world means there is less room to breathe. Sitting in the library, you can be reached by e-mail via wireless Ethernet. In the middle of the night, you can be summoned to defend yourself—while on web cam—to your significant other who lives across the Atlantic. And so long as you aren’t riding subterranean on the T, your cell phone makes you instantly reachable. With Harvard’s recent initiative to make the entire campus wireless, we’re destined to become even more plugged...