Guest roozbeh Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 Hi there.... sorry if newbie question or duplicate one.... what is it that everybody is talking about it...i know it is some kind of connection technology but is it same as bluetoth or not? Regards
Guest meatgrinder Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 wi-fi is similar to bluetooth, wi-fi is used to setting up loacl area networks wirelessly - it provides a (fairly) cost effective way of running wireless LANs are high speed (up to 54mbps where bluetooth only does 1mbps max). btw, wifi = wireless fidelity Dave
Guest nedge2k Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 Plus if you're wandering round a city and find a "hotspot" you can use it to access free internet. :wink:
Guest meatgrinder Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 yep :) - i cant wait - shame there aren't many hotspots though... :D. last tiem i looked into it, about 10-20 in the UK, not very impressive :D Dave
Guest nedge2k Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 Really? Would've thought there'd be more than that. Or is that just the leagal/found ones? Not that i support being illegal in any way, shape or form :wink:
Guest roozbeh Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 what is those hotspots?why they created these and also free?
Guest londonlad Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 speakin of wifi whats the latest on the wifi sd card? they said they were writing drivers 3-4 months ago, surely they arent still writing em are they? and i thought the e200 was SDIO capable so didnt need drivers anyway?
Guest phonesmarts Posted February 26, 2004 Report Posted February 26, 2004 well, i am connected to a wifi hotspot and currently is an access point myself. i live in CA, USA, and this is THE place to get connected. it has over 100+ hotspots and lots of them are free (except the ones in cafes and such). roozbleh, if you want to know if there is a hotspot go to Node Database and search if your locale has any. this wifi is a great to use, but somewhat unreliable (im running it from a fixed location and receiving using a homemade antenna. it is free because a.) the person forgot to password lock their connection or b.) they feel generous. the group where i live provides free access to internet because they feel that it should be free to receive radio and electrical signals.... anyway, i think there should be a wifi adapter to this phone (even though it drains humongous amounts of power...) so the people w/o GPRS can browse freely.
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