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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New WiFi Standard?

If your not a techy, then you are probably already confused by the whole Wireless A, Wireless B, Wireless G, and Wireless N,  or, more accurately, 802.11 (wifi under the IEEE) a/b/g/n deal.  However, a new WiFi standard has been finalized recently and several home routers running this new standard were announced yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES).

4G LTE Phones will not work Abroad

Marguerite Reardon of CNET explains in her most recent article in "Ask Maggie" that LTE phones from the United States, as of right now or the near future, will not work in other countries.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-57355741-266/world-travelers-beware-4g-lte-phones-wont-work-abroad/?tag=mncol;topStories

CES Stories

With CES under way, I plan on doing several stories on products or services that are announced during CES with my snarky comments after the main story.  :-)