While carriers and manufacturers are still fighting over who’ll offer tethering services and for how much, NEC took a step ahead and will soon launch in Japan a cell phone that will work as a wireless access point to 8 devices (!).
They keep quarreling about whether using your 3G device/plan as a wireless modem is ok, and we keep paying big bucks for not-so-good carrier services – does limited use of Skype on your iPhone ring a bell?
Cohda, a system developed in Australia will enable cars, trough WiFi, to communicate with each other, sharing information like speed and location, thus helping to prevent crashes. It works with a GPS device and a chip, so the vehicle sends its data over radio frequency 10 times per second, in a radio of 500 feet.
Initially the system will only issue a warning to the driver, but the future idea is that it brakes the car itself and prevents human error. By communicating with roadside beacons, it can also check traffic flow and help you avoid jams.
More info here.
Great news to those who study, commute or live near the University of Sao Paulo. As a birthday gift to the city (celebrated in January), Nokia will provide a wi-fi network for free for everybody within the campus area and wanna have internet access trough cell phone or notebook.
The initiative is part of a Nokia Store SP contest, where clients could vote for what present they’d like the company to give to the city. The gift will be enjoyed for a whole year.
You can have internet access in the park, at the beach or in the woods, all you need is this WiFi solar panel by Meraki. Just place it under the sun and bingo, wireless access to everybody in a thousand feet area. Best of all, no need for any plugs whatsoever.
Also thinking about the future of our planet, Honda presented the FC Sport, a totally hydrogen-powered car. Very different form the concept-cars we used to see in the past. Check out the machine’s design:
Gizmodo compared several smartphones to find out which ones were really the real McCoy when it comes to internet access over 3G/WiFi. Here’s some conclusions:
3G access, iPhone was faster, followed by G1 and LG Dare. Nevertheless, on loading pages correctly, iPhone and G1 had a similar result.
WiFi access, a draw between G1 and iPhone in speed and proper page displaying.
Other competitors included BlackBerry Bold, Nokia E71 running Symbian S60, Samsung Instinct and Samsung Epix running Opera and IE.
Bottom line? They ass kissed iPhone, even though it has no flash support. Like a reader said in the comments section, doesn’t real web include flash!?!
On the other hand, and despite there’s a long way ahead for the smartphone future, it looks like advertisers already have their favorite. In the U.S., iPhone is still behind Motorola V3, but worldwide it’s already the top dog in mobile advertising, as this AdMob research shows. Surprise?
You can check all data of the research here.
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