http://www.wi-fiplanet.com en-us Copyright 1996-2006 Jupitermedia Corporation rss@jupitermedia.com rss@jupitermedia.com http://backend.userland.com/rss http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3849026 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3849026 We can't tell you whether Wi-Fi Planet's contributors have been naughty or nice this year, but we can tell you which wireless gadgets they've been wishing for. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3848796 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3848796 Canadian provider, Craig Wireless, is set to launch mobile WiMAX in Vancouver in time for 2010 Winter Olympics http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3845866 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3845866 Mike Elgan argues that despite the technical superiority of some new devices on the market, such as the Wi-Fi-enabled Kindle-competitor Nook from Barnes & Noble, those first to the party will continue to dominate the smartphone and e-book markets. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3845396 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3845396 Any Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone can potentially run Kineto's new mobile VoIP app, designed to lure carriers into competing with Skype and other free or cheap mobile VoIP services. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3844006 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3844006 Jeff Vance compares the arrival of smartphones in the enterprise to the arrival of the Internet. Corporations that hide their heads in the sand and hope nothing bad happens will find that unfettered mobile cloud access means problems, he says. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3842136 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3842136 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes says the iPhone and the iPod touch stink when it comes to gaming. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3841276 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3841276 More contagious than the swine flu and even harder to shake, Mike Elgan (an iPhone user) says the iPhone is a virulent bug that transcends geeky gadget preference, gadget addiction, or even gadget snobbery. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3840816 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3840816 Dual-mode smartphones, such as the iPhone and BlackBerry, are spurring mobile VoIP growth. Some 400 million dual-mode handsets will ship in 2013, according to predictions made recently by researchers. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3826296 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3826296 In this multi-part series, contributing writer, Gerry Blackwell, examines the state of the WiMAX industry in key regions around the globe. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3839816 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3839816 We speak with VeriWave’s vice president of marketing about the all-wireless office, the ratification of 802.11n, and how the market is likely to change in the coming year.