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The Wireless
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Look at the back of your computer
right now. That's OK, you can stand up, this article will still
be here when you get back. |
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| How many cables were back there?
Four? Eight? Twenty? If you're like most computer users, you've
got more cables than you can quickly count. Even users of "legacy
free" computers like the iMac and the Gateway Astro have got
USB cables, telephone, networking cables, external speakers
or microphones, etc. ad infinitum! |
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| Now imagine a technology which did
away with all that mess, instantly. |
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| Instead of plugging a new printer
into your computer, you'd just unpack the printer and turn it
on -- and your computer would instantly recognize the presence
of the new printer and prompt you to insert the installation
disk. Imagine you had three computers in the same room, and
that each computer could print to the new printer without any
complicated networking, special cables or switches. Then you
could do the same with your scanner, multifunction printer/FAX,
or storage devices. |
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| Suppose you could buy a palmtop and
instead of messing with an inconvenient cradle or cable to synchronize
the palmtop with the desktop, the palmtop just did it -- invisibly
and automatically -- the instant you brought it into the room.
And your computer will be able to automatically program a phone
book full of your favorite phone numbers directly into your
cell phone. |
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| Imagine playing games on your computer
with a digital gamepad or joystick from across the room, with
no cables. Wireless music players will download your musical
selections from your computer to the portable player, without
cables. |
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| Imagine your telephone automatically
screening and logging every call you make or receive and saving
the data on your computer elsewhere in the house, with no cable
connecting them. |
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| Imagine each peripheral on your computer
system functioning autonomously, with no direct connection to
the computer at all. |
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| Source: http://peripherals.about.com
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- Bluetooth Consortium
Working to make transparent wireless peripherals a reality.
- IEEE Wireless Lan P802.11 Committee
This IEEE research group wrote the document that defines
wireless networking for the Apple Airport and Lucent Wavelan,
with the goal of extending an open standard to many different
computers and platforms.
- Wireless Fidelity
Wireless Fidelity is the home page of WECA, the Wireless
Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. This consortium of companies
is making sure that high-bandwidth wireless networking is
accessible and above all interoperable, even across different
vendors' devices.
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