Just earlier today we’ve seen Google announcing that it’s going to offer free WiFi in 47 airports for the holidays but Yahoo is also ready to offer some free WiFi. The company announced that free WiFi is coming to Times Square in 2010. New Yorkers will be able to browse the web from both their mobile phones and laptops while in the Times Square. Here’s what the company said about this initiative:

While Yahoo! is the place where your world meets the world online, over 500,000 of you take in Times Square each day and it’s become a central spot for New Yorkers and people around the world. We and our partners at the Times Square Alliance think it’s the perfect place to bring you free WiFi service.

So what do you say New Yorkers? Are you going to make Times Square a daily stop on your busy itinerary next year?

via ycorpblog

Tags: Google, Mobile News, new york, Times Square, WiFi, yahoo

Google has done it again and prepared an excellent gift for some airports on the US: it will provide free Wi-Fi in on many airports and I bet that scenario will make a lot of people very happy. In some cases there will even be Wi-Fi during the flight, that is, if you’re travelling on Virgin America.

The free Wi-Fi gift from Google start on the upcoming Thanksgiving and ends on the 15th of January 2010. The total numbers include 47 airports, and approximately 500 million passengers.

Marissa Mayer from Google, comments:

We’re very happy to extend our Holiday Wi-Fi gift to the millions of people who will spend time in airports over the next few months. We know that this is a very hectic travel season for people, and we hope that free Wi-Fi will make both traveling and connecting with friends and family a little bit easier.

Tags: Airports, Christmas, free wifi, Google, Google, Mobile News, WiFi

Earlier today we let you know that the BlackBerry 8530 would be hitting Verizon on November 20th and now we have news of the same device hitting Sprint.

There wasn’t an exact release date announced but a Sprint spokesperson said that it will be out relatively soon with EV-DO and WiFI built-it. Of course, since there was no release date announcement there was no price but we have a hunch that it will be right around the $99 that Verizon is charging with a 2-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate.

via bgr

Tags: BlackBerry Curve 8530, Cell Phones, ev-do, Mobile News, Mobile Software, release date, Research In Motion, Sprint, WiFi

If you’re looking to pre-order the Archos 9, you can do so now as it has just been put up for $549.99. While this is reportedly $50 more than Archos had originally said, but the specs (some what) make up for it.

This device comes with Windows 7 Starter, a 8.9-inch display, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 1.3mp camera. When exactly will we be seeing the Archos 9 ship? We’ll have to wait and find out.

Read (Archos) via engadget

Tags: 1.3 mp, Archos 9, bluetooth, Uncategorized, WiFi, Windows 7

When will we see cell phones capable of delivering WiFi N speeds? It might be a lot sooner than you think actually. It looks like Atheros has developed a new AR6003 chip capable of bringing 802.11n WiFi connectivity to portable devices. The chip will deliver speeds of up to 85Mbps via the 5GHz band and it will be very energy efficient. In fact the new chip will use 20% less energy than the current AR6002 WiFi chip which is great news for smarpthone users. One of the main issues with WiFi N chips is that they consume a lot of energy.

The product is currently being tested by various companies and we might see it arrive on future smartphones and other portable devices really soon.

via Electronista

Tags: 802.11n, AR6002, AR6003, Atheros, Mobile News, smartphones, WiFi

Sprint is really interested in selling the Pixi at any cost. In fact it would seem that the carrier has forgotten one important fact about the new Palm webOS phone: the Pixi lacks WiFi support which is a pretty annoying thing in the first place. But Sprint is announcing the fact that the Pixi is “WiFi capable.” As much as we’d like to imagine that the Pixi will arrive with WiFi support, that will not be the case this time. Maybe the future webOS Palm phone will offer WiFi but the Pixi won’t be able to sport such capabilities. So, Sprint, what do you have to say in your defense?

via Sprint

Tags: Palm, Palm, Pixi, Sprint, Sprint, webOS, WiFi

The above document has recently leaked that gives us a hint as to when we will be seeing the HTC DROID Eris appear on Verizon. In fact, it tells us that the device will hit the carrier on November 6th for $99 on a 2-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

This device will be running Android 1.5 (no 2.0?) with the Sense UI and feature a 3.2 inch touch screen, 528MHz processor, WiFI, 5mp camera, and ship with an 8GB microSD card.

Anyone looking to pick this device up?

via engadget

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Eris, Google, HTC, htc droid, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Sense UI, Verizon, Verizon, WiFi

Bell has recently announced that they will be the exclusive carriers of the official handset of the 2010 Winter Olympics which is none other than the Samsung Omnia II.

The Omnia II features Windows Mobile 6.5, a 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5mp camera, WiFi, GPS and 7.2Mbps UMTS/HSPA.

Unfortunately a release date and price have yet to be announced but we’ll keep you posted.

via electronista

Tags: 5mp camera, 7.2Mbps, Bell, Cell Phones, GPS, HSPA, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Omnia II, Samsung, umts, WiFi, Windows Mobile 6.5, winter olympics

After waiting for 2 years I guess many people in China opted to buy an iPhone from the US or other country, but for the people that decided to wait for the official release, the day is today.

So lets recapitulate: the good news is that the iPhone was released on China today, 30 October; and the bad news it that the Chineer iPhone version doesn’t feature WiFi. How bad can it get? The prices are considerable expensive as well, prices start at $720 and go up to $1,025.

Anyhow, rumours mention a possible second batch of iPhones to be released in the future that will come with WiFi, and by that time we’ll expect the price to drop as well.

Tags: Apple, China, iPhone, WiFi

There’s a new player in the eBook readers business. Asus has confirmed that it will launch new eReaders in March 2010. The company confirmed that these devices will come with features like WiFi, 3G and WiMAX connectivity. Why would we need WiMAX in an eBook reader anyway? We don’t have all the specs but it looks like Asus plans to launch two eBooks, a 6- and a 9-inch model. Asus will test those readers in Taiwan before they become available in Europe and the U.S. Unfortunately it’s too early for pricing details so you’ll just have to wait a while for them. Of course you could pick a Nook or a Kindle in the mean time and get your reading on.

via cens

Tags: 3G, ASUS, ASUS, ebook, Kindle, Mobile News, nook, Portable Devices, reader, WiFi, wimax

The Japanese company NEC has presented one of the worlds smallest WiMAX routers with WiFi that have been produced until this day, at least according to “them”.

Also known as Aterm WM3300R, this router can go to speeds such as 40Mbps on downstream, and 10Mbps for upstream. While the main purpose of this small sized device is to use WiFi, you can use it on your computer thanks to a USB adapter.As for the lithium-ion battery, it can last 2.5 hours, but it can easily be recharged.

The NEC Aterm WM3300R will cost approximately $270 and will become available in April 2010.

Tags: Accessories, Aterm, NEC, WiFi, wimax, WM3300R

A few years ago more precisely on 2005, the number of devices shipped with a WiFi system was only 59 million, but that small number has been multiplied by 7 and the forecast for 2009 of devices shipped with WiFi is set at 409 million.

As you can imagine, the 409 millions include all kind of devices, notebooks, cellphones, smart phones, gaming consoles, GPS navigation systems, and more.

Peter King, Director of the Connected Home Devices Service at Strategy Analytics, comments:

Now that IEEE 802.11n has received ratification as a global standard, Strategy Analytics expects to see strong sales of 11n-enabled devices. By the end of 2010 they will ship in more than half of all Wi-Fi systems,

Tags: mobile devices, Mobile News, WiFi

Morotola and Verizon have finally come forth to announce the Android 2.0 powered DROID, a handset we’ve heard about for some time now.

The Motorola DROID will feature a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, slideout QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash, GPS with Google Maps Navigation, WiFi, Bluetooh and an included 16GB memory card.

Interested? It could be yours on November 6th for $199 on a 2-year contract

Press release after the break.

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Tags: Android, bluetooth, Capacitive, Cell Phones, Droid, Google, GPS, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Qwerty keyboard, Verizon, WiFi

eviGroup has today announced an all new 10-inch tablet which they are calling the Pad. Sure, it’s not the fabled iTablet, but it does have 3G and an artificial intelligent digital secretary/assistant that’s sure to get annoying after a few days of use.

Other than that it features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, WiFi, VGA, port 3 USB ports, multicard reader, webcam and microphone.

There wasn’t a mention of a release date but eviGroup is saying the device will be priced below €500.

via engadget

Tags: 3G, Atom, evigroup, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Pad, Portable Devices, tablet, VGA, WiFi

Back in September we told you that Microsoft was planning on opening a Windows Cafe in the heart of Paris, France. Well it seems that Windows Cafe is very real and open today in Paris serving up drinks, giving customers free WiFi access and of course showcasing all things Windows.

You can head over to Le Journal du Geek to take a look at the inside of the store here.

Tags: france, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Paris, retail, WiFi, Windows 7, windows cafe

If you’re living in the UK and looking for a nice pre-paid handset then you should definitely check out the T-Mobile Pulse. This phone has recently been put up for sale as a pre-paid device for T-Mobile UK and is available now.

The T-Mobile Pulse features Google’s Android operating system a 3.5″ touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera, 3G, WiFi, GPS and 2GB of internal storage.

If you’re looking to pick up the Pulse you’re looking at £176.16 or about $291.

via talkandroid

Tags: 2GB, 3.2 megapixel, 3G, Cell Phones, Google, GPS, huawei, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Pulse, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, touchscreen, WiFi

It was recently made known today that the highly sought after BlackBerry Bold 9700 will officially be coming to T-Mobile Germany this November.

If you haven’t been following this device, you may know it as the BlackBerry Bold 2 or perhaps the BlackBerry Onyx but either or, it features HSDPA, a 3.2MP camera, 480×360 display, WiFi and a BlackBerry Curve form factor.

via engadget

Tags: 3.2mp, 9700, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Bold 2, Cell Phones, Curve, HSDPA, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Onyx, Research In Motion, T-Mobile, t-mobile germany, WiFi

Vonage has just announced today that their mobile app for the iPhone and BlackBerry is now available for download.

This app will allow users to make international calls over both WiFi and AT&T’s cellular network. Of course, you’re going to be paying for both AT&T minutes and Vonage’s rates if you don’t use over WiFi but by year’s end Vonage hopes to give those who subscribe to their $25 a month World plan unlimited calling as opposed to the current pay-per-go model.

Tags: At&T, BlackBerry, Cell Phones, iPhone, iPhone, mobile, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, VoIP, vonage, WiFi

It was recently made known that E World has put up a SmartQ5a MID, pictured above), for sale pre-installed with Android 1.5.

For $199.99, other than Android 1.5 you will get a 667MHz Samsung ARM processor, 128MB of RAM, a 4.3-inch touchscreen, WiFi and a microSD slot.

Interested? Head here to check it out.

via engadget

Tags: Android, Google, microsd, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices, Samsung, smart devices, smartq5a, touchscreen, WiFi

Yesterday Dell gave us the first glimpse of their Latitude Z notebook and told us that it was available then. Well, technical difficulties must have happened as the Latitude Z has just now went up for sale with a starting price of $1,799 instead of the previously reported $1,999.

For  $1,799 you will be get a Latitude Z with a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, Intel’s GMA 4500MHD GPU, 2GB of RAM, an 8x slot-loading DVD bruner, WiFi, a 4-cell battery and a 3-year warranty.

via laptoping

Tags: 4500mhd, core 2 duo, Dell, dvd burner, Laptops, Latitude Z, Mobile News, WiFi