Touch360 develops innovative WUSB flash drive
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Product innovation company, Touch360, has come up with an idea for a USB flash drive, that can connect with a PC without leaving the user’s pocket.
The pictures on Touch360’s website show a standard looking USB stick, with its own docking station.
The flash drive uses LAN (local area network), or PAN (personal area network) [...]
WiQuest & DisplayLink collaborate on WUSB
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DisplayLink, which provides USB connections between computers and displays, is collaborating with WiQuest Communications, to transmit high-quality graphics via Wireless USB.
WiQuest specialises in WiMedia Alliance standardised Wireless USB solutions for worldwide PC manufacturers.
The collaboration will bring together DisplayLink’s USB technology, which allows users to add an additional monitor to a computer, and WiQuest’s [...]
FLYVO USB modem secures WiMAX certification
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POSDATA Flyvo’s USB modem U100 and base station have been certified by the WiMAX Forum for interoperability and conformance to WiMAX standards operating in the 2.3 GHz frequency bands.
The products were awarded the Mobile WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008, which was held in Singapore.
Products from Runcom Technologies, [...]
USB dongle boosts 3 mobile traffic
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3 mobile has recorded a sevenfold increase in traffic over the last six months, with the help of its 3G USB broadband modems.
The USB dongle provides a broadband connection in any location, eliminating the need to find a Wi-Fi hotspot and pay a fee.
3 recently reduced the one-off cost for the modem to [...]
3UK knocks £30 off price of USB modem
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3UK is cutting the price of its USB modems from £100 to £69.99 for its Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband customers.
The company is introducing the new retail price for the dongles this week, making it the only mobile operator to offer such a deal.
The current Pay As You Go price plan gives [...]
Smartone-Vodafone announces 14.4Mbps HSDPA USB Stick
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Hong Kong-based Smartone-Vodafone is advertising its latest deployment upgrade to 14.4Mbit/s - the theoretical maximum throughput for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) remains the same at 2Mbps.
This speed has been achieved with Vodafone’s USB Stick, a thumbdrive-sized WAN modem which is an upgrade to the pebble-like USB Modem in [...]
Staccato announces Ripcord1 WUSB Development Kit
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Staccato Communications, a Certified Wireless USB supplier, has launched the Ripcord1 Development Kit (DVK), designed to enable next generation solutions.
Staccato Communications aims to offer a choice of wireless connectivity solutions to customers, capable of delivering high data rate, minimal cost and prolonged battery life connectivity.
The Ripcord1 DVK reduces design complexity and ensures fast [...]
Wisair Secures $24 Million in Funding
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Wisair, which provides single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (WUSB) solutions, has completed a $24m funding round.
The financing was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), a US-based private equity fund. New investors included European company, Advent Venture Partners; Bridge Capital Fund of Japan; and Yasuda Ventures.
Wisair recently developed the regulation and [...]
NEC LaVie J series includes Wireless USB
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NEC of Japan is launching 3 new laptops in its LaVie J series with Wireless USB support.
All the laptops feature a 12.1-inch screen and Core 2 Duo U7600 processor running at 1.2GHz. The machines are shock-resistant, making them ideal for travellers, and can handle a total pressure of 300kg.
The top of the range model is [...]
Sierra Wireless brings ExpressCard to Barcelona
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Sierra Wireless demonstrated its AirCard(R) 885E ExpressCard, a new HSPA mobile broadband modem, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 11 February.
The compact AirCard(R) 885E ExpressCard provides high-speed mobile broadband technology for use worldwide.
It is ideal for people who travel with a laptop with an ExpressCard slot. The modem features a durable, fixed [...]
Dell adds USB to Inspiron and XPS notebooks
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Dell has added a built-in wireless USB option to its Inspiron and XPS notebooks. The notebooks come with a short-range Belkin 4-port USB hub - a major help in reducing workspace clutter.
The optional upgrade costs $145 and covers the XPS M1330, XPS M1530, Inspiron 1525 and Inspiron 1720.
The notebooks feature an internal wireless USB [...]
Belkin announces first CE certified wireless USB product
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Belkin is launching its 4-port Wireless USB Hub in Europe. The hub provides wireless access to USB devices by wirelessly connecting them to a computer.
USB devices, such as a printer, hard drive, or mobile phone, are simply plugged into the hub, and the included USB adapter is attached to the computer.
The hub works [...]
Sony introduces wireless USB competitor - TransferJet
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Sony has introduced TransferJet, a short-range, wireless technology which looks set to compete with the new wireless USB standard.
TransferJet offers a theoretical maximum data-transfer rate of 560Mbps in the 4.48GHz band. In practice, this is likely to be closer to 375Mbps. The technology has a range of just 3cm or less, because of its [...]
Yoggie launches new USB firewall
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Yoggie security systems, an Israeli based company has reported a new dynamic version of its pico USB device, a very small, portable, linux based firewall.
After feedback from users, the new firestick pico was born. Bright orange, and no longer featuring extras such as anti-spam, intrusion detection and content filtering, although the original fire walling and [...]
Edimax USB Adapter provides 802.11n speeds
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Although the 802.11n wireless standard is still waiting for certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance, Edimax is marketing the EW-7718UN Draft N 2.0 USB Adapter, which can provide significantly faster data transfer rates.
Draft N relates to the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard which will replace 802.11a/b/g. The standard uses a new modulation technique called MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) [...]
DisplayLink & Alereon announce wireless USB graphics adapter
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DisplayLink and Alereon have announced a reference design for a Wireless USB display adapter which wirelessly connects PCs to standard displays.
The reference design allows PC accessory manufacturers to develop wireless display connectivity adapters and similar products. It is the only design for a Wireless USB adapter which fulfils all international regulatory requirements.
The design [...]
Belkin and Kodak collaborate on Bluetooth USB Adapter
Permalink: Belkin and Kodak collaborate on Bluetooth USB Adapter
Belkin has released a Bluetooth USB Adapter with Kodak Picture Upload Technology (F8T012).
The adapter allows a Bluetooth-enabled phone to be wirelessly synchronised with a computer which does not have Bluetooth, for the easy transfer of images at full resolution, from the camera phone to the PC or laptop.
Photos can be uploaded to [...]
DesignWare Wireless USB Device certified by USB-IF
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Semiconductor manufacturer, Synopsys Inc’s DesignWare Wireless USB Device IP has passed the USB Implementers Forum’s (USB-IF) Certified Wireless USB Testing and earned the certification logo.
The certification is designed to ensure interoperability with other Wireless USB enabled products. This reduces risk and time to market for designers integrating Wireless USB interfaces into their system-on-chips.
Synopsys Inc’s [...]
Staccato’s Ripcord chips USB-IF certified
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Ultra Wideband wireless technology company, Staccato Communications, has secured Wireless USB certification, from the USB Implementers Forum, for its Ripcord SC3500 chip.
The Ripcord SC3500 is the first single-chip, all-CMOS product, to achieve this certification, which ensures seamless interoperability with multiple vendors.
The certification indicates that the chip is production-ready for peripheral devices.
The Ripcord [...]
Orange launches ICON 2 USB Modem
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Orange has launched the Option ICON 2 USB Modem which provides wireless broadband to a laptop or desktop.
The modem features 3G/3G+ and EDGE/GPRS technologies and supports 7.2Mbit/sec HSDPA speeds to provide a broadband service comparable to that provided by wired broadband suppliers.
It also features Advanced Receiver Technology, to provide faster and more stable connections.
The modem [...]