Gadrev » Wireless http://www.gadrev.com All about Gadgets and Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Pioneer AVIC-S2 GPS navigation system http://www.gadrev.com/2007/04/18/pioneer-avic-s2-gps-navigation-system/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/04/18/pioneer-avic-s2-gps-navigation-system/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:21:16 +0000 admin http://www.gadrev.com/2007/04/18/pioneer-avic-s2-gps-navigation-system/ AVIC-S2 GPS navigation system
Pioneer introduced its AVIC-S2 GPS navigation system. The new system offers advanced route guidance and the hottest bonus features including MP3 playback and Bluetooth compatibility. If we look into its specs, we will get three main features in it – a full navigation system, MP3 playback, and Bluetooth hands-free. The device features 3.5-inch touch panel, 3.5” X 4” X 0.7” size, map coverage via the TeleAtlas database, built-in SiRF Star III GPS module and antenna, Bluetooth v1.2 technology, handsfree calling, MP3 audio player.
The AVIC-S2 is available for a suggested price of $399 beginning late April ‘07.
source: engadget
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The F-Secure detected another Skype worm, it spreads by sending a message with a malware link to all online friends in Skype’s contact list using the Skype API.
Before sending the message, it sets the infected Skype user’s status to DND (Do Not Disturb). After clicking the link, it is redirected and malware file is downloaded. After this it will show you a picture of a lightly dressed woman. The link also directs users to some Web sites with information about Africa.
F-Secure calls the worm “IM-Worm:W32/Pykse.A,”
source: F-Secure and blogvoip.it
]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/04/18/another-skype-worm-detected/feed/ 0 Free calling between joip-enabled GLOBARANGE phones in all regions of the world http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/14/free-calling-between-joip-enabled-globarange-phones-in-all-regions-of-the-world/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/14/free-calling-between-joip-enabled-globarange-phones-in-all-regions-of-the-world/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:46:57 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/14/free-calling-between-joip-enabled-globarange-phones-in-all-regions-of-the-world/ The deltathree’s newly formed consumer brand, joip, will be the exclusive VoIP service provider for Panasonic’s GLOBARANGE series of hybrid 2-line cordless phones. Announced by Panasonic and deltathree, Inc., a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions worldwide.
Through joip’s VoIP offering and Panasonic’s consumer electronics expertise, the two companies aim to create a global community by providing free calling between joip-enabled GLOBARANGE phones in all regions of the world.
joip will power VoIP capability for GLOBARANGE phones without any software downloads or complicated setup procedures. With joip, GLOBARANGE users are given unlimited free calls to and from any other GLOBARANGE user worldwide with no service contract. The only requirement is broadband internet connection through a router. joip also allows GLOBARANGE users to make calls to landline and cellular phone numbers at extremely competitive rates, while enjoying the most advanced features of VoIP technology.
GLOBARANGE phones will initially be made available in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Austria and Russia. Free joip service offered for calls between GLOBARANGE phones.

source: Panasonic

]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/14/free-calling-between-joip-enabled-globarange-phones-in-all-regions-of-the-world/feed/ 0 use cell phone as a remote control http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/08/use-cell-phone-as-a-remote-control/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/08/use-cell-phone-as-a-remote-control/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:16:00 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/08/use-cell-phone-as-a-remote-control/ The AT&T Inc. has started offering its “Homezone” customers the ability to control their digital video recorders through Web-enabled phones. Now cell phone users can schedule or delete recordings on their set-top boxes from anywhere. Homezone is a $10-per-month product for subscribers of the Dish Network satellite TV service. It includes a set-top box that brings content from the Internet to televisions, such as on-demand movies, plus caller ID information from the phone and photos from the home computer.

source: Yahoo News

]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/08/use-cell-phone-as-a-remote-control/feed/ 0 Panasonic Launches Wi-Fi phone for Skype http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/06/panasonic-launches-wi-fi-phone-for-skype/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/06/panasonic-launches-wi-fi-phone-for-skype/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:05 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/06/panasonic-launches-wi-fi-phone-for-skype/ KX-WP1050 Wi-Fi phone

Panasonic launches the KX-WP1050 Wi-Fi phone for use with Skype™. It looks like a remote control – but eventually a great utility. It is completely PC free system – means, user can move around in the building or can make and receive calls in public areas, and with the built-in travel router user can communicate while on the road.
It is easy to use for anyone with little or no computer experience. The easy menu-driven operation, and a loud handset speakerphone, a built-in headset jack for those long international calls. As far as security and convenience is concerned, phone offers range and security of WPA encrypted Wi-Fi technology, Quality of Service (QoS) to improve voice quality. The phone has 72-hour standby time, 3-hour talk time.
source: ehomeupgrade
]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/06/panasonic-launches-wi-fi-phone-for-skype/feed/ 1 Free or low cost VoIP calls from iPhone http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/04/free-or-low-cost-voip-calls-from-iphone/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/04/free-or-low-cost-voip-calls-from-iphone/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:30:13 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/04/free-or-low-cost-voip-calls-from-iphone/ iphone and jajah

By just typing mobile.jajah.com into the mobile browser and entering JAJAH user name and password the iPhone or smartphone would be able to make VoIP calls straight from the web browser to anywhere in the world with no download or installation. Well……. If it is true then it will come up as an added feature to the iPhone and increase in people’s interest in iPhone. As per company “We are announcing today that we are going to support the iPhone as soon as it becomes available in June 2007.”
source: JAJAH
]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/04/free-or-low-cost-voip-calls-from-iphone/feed/ 0 Verizon Wireless launched live TV for cell phones http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/01/verizon-wireless-launched-live-tv-for-cell-phones/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/01/verizon-wireless-launched-live-tv-for-cell-phones/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:11:03 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/01/verizon-wireless-launched-live-tv-for-cell-phones/ The Verizon Wireless launched the broadcast TV service for cell phones in about 20 Midwestern and Western markets. The launch was announced one day after a demonstration in New York of a planned rival broadcast service called Modeo, as well as an announcement by MobiTV, a forerunner to these new offerings, that it has reached 2 million users. The charges for the TV service will be $15 to $25 a month for the initial lineup from eight leading networks.

source: Yahoo News

]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/03/01/verizon-wireless-launched-live-tv-for-cell-phones/feed/ 0 FiOS Internet Connections of Up to 50 Mbps From Verizon http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/fios-internet-connections-of-up-to-50-mbps-from-verizon/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/fios-internet-connections-of-up-to-50-mbps-from-verizon/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:59:01 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/fios-internet-connections-of-up-to-50-mbps-from-verizon/ The standard for consumer and small-business Internet access is going up again with Verizon’s introduction of an up-to-50 Mbps FiOS Internet service in parts of five counties in the Tampa, Fla., area. This marks the sixth state where Verizon, the company building the nation’s most advanced digital all-fiber-optic network, is now providing this unprecedented speed.
Florida joined Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island as states where Verizon has increased the maximum connection speed of both its mid-tier and top-tier FiOS Internet services. Verizon is the first and only major communications and entertainment provider to be certified by the independent Fiber to the Home Council as providing customers with 100 percent fiber-optic service.

source: Verizon

]]> http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/fios-internet-connections-of-up-to-50-mbps-from-verizon/feed/ 0 Increase in HSPDA devices in 2007 http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/increase-in-hspda-devices-in-2007/ http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/increase-in-hspda-devices-in-2007/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:40:14 +0000 Mubasher http://www.gadrev.com/2007/02/26/increase-in-hspda-devices-in-2007/ Recently, the GSA – Global Mobile supplier Association has published the survey on HSPDA devices. As per survey 196 HSDPA-enabled devices launched in the market comprising 86 handsets, 39 PC datacards and modules (including 3 supporting HSUPA), 34 notebooks, 14 USB modems (including 1 supporting HSUPA), 1 dual-interface ExpressCard/34 & USB modem, 19 wireless routers, 2 Personal Media Players, and 1 digital camera. 10 devices support 7.2 Mbps peak in the downlink (HSDPA). Support for all 3G spectrum bands is strong, not only for the widely-deployed 2100 MHz frequency band, but also for 850 MHz as used in Australia and the Americas, and 1900 MHz which is also available in the Americas. The survey confirms over 50 HSDPA devices which operate in the 850 MHz band, typically together with 1900 MHz, and support for tri-band 850/1900/2100 MHz WCDMA-HSDPA operation is becoming increasingly common.
source: GSA
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