ViaSat Promises 12-Mbit/s Satellite Broadband for $50/Mo. Next week, ViaSat promises to launch what has previously been a pipe dream for rural homes: satellite broadband that's comparable to DSL speeds and prices. In a statement Thursday, the company said it would offer up to 12 Mbits/s service for just $50 per month. ViaSat also said that it would power JetBlue's in-air broadband system, scheduled to launch by the end of 2012, as well as a new service for broadcast reporters in the field. However, ViaSat has yet to answer what may be some important questions: namely, whether or not data consumption will be capped. A cap seems almost certain, although what it might be and what the overage charges could be are also unknown.
A ViaSat representative declined to comment ahead of the launch, which will take place next week at the Consumer Electronics Show. ViaSat estimates that up to 15 million U.S. homes are without access to broadband, primarily because they're too far away from a major metropolitan hub to justify the investment. Razer's Project Fiona Unveiled: It's a Tablet.
Razer unveils its mysterious 'Project Fiona' device--a full gaming PC tablet. LAS VEGAS—Last week Razer released a trailer teasing its upcoming product announcement at CES, saying we would see "PC gaming in an all-new form factor. " Well, the wait is over, and the device codenamed Project Fiona has been revealed to be a tablet. "We are looking to change the whole perception of tablets," said Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan. The man isn't lying: Project Fiona boasts a 10.1-inch screen, Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 processor, and two analog joysticks attached to either side of the device. And it will not only be on display at CES 2012, but you'll be able to touch it and play full PC games on it, including such titles as H.A.W.X 2, Company of Heroes, and Space Marines. Granted, what you see at CES this year is only a concept design, but this tablet isn't Switchblade vaporware.
Project Fiona will also feature two analog joysticks, which somewhat resemble the nunchucks on the Hydra motion controller. Jailbreaking May Soon Become Illegal Again, Act Now To Help Keep It Legal. Advertisements It was in July 2010, the United States government ruled that the jailbreaking and unlocking of Apple iPhones, as well as the rooting of Android devices was to be deemed a legal act, as long as the process wasn’t being carried out with the intention of circumventing copyright.
We ran with an article directly after the ruling was made which outlined the full details of the new DMCA legislation which once and for all set to rest the misconceptions surrounding the legalities of jailbreaking a device. Obviously, the court’s decision to rule the act of jailbreaking as entirely legal was a major blow for Apple, considering they have invested so much time and money into making their devices and operating systems as secure as possible, and have always been public advocates for making jailbreaking an unlawful act.
Apple’s goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience. Untitled. I promise this is the last thing I'll write about 802.11actoday, but it is very relevant to our smartphone and tablet coverage. If you've followed any of our reviews in the mobile space you'll notice that there seems to be a bit of a glass ceiling in terms of WiFi performance on smartphones and tablets: We have yet to see a device that can download consistently at more than 36Mbps. For most smartphones/tablets this isn't alarming as they only support 2.4GHz 802.11n and a single spatial stream, resulting in a maximum interface speed of 72Mbps.
Factor in loss and overhead and you're left with about half that as real world performance. It turns out, as you'd expect, that there's another bottleneck in these devices limiting their peak WiFi performance: the SDIO interface and it's associated drivers. SDIO is an I/O interface based on the Secure Digital (SD) standard. One solution to this problem is a transition to a more modern interface: HSIC.