In a bid to boost the speed and capacity of WiFi routers and other WiFi-equipped devices, the WiFi Alliance has announced an expansion of its WiFi Certified ac program. The wave 2 will include more features like Multi-user Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) and support for four spatial streams. Continue reading “WiFi Alliance promises faster speeds with WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2”
Category: Wifi
Google introduces second OnHub smart Wi-Fi router with Asus, pre-order for $219.99
Google in partnership with Asus has introduced a new member in its OnHub router family. Dubbed the ASUS OnHub is company’s second smart Wi-Fi router device in the OnHub series. The first OnHub router with TP-Link was launched couple of months back in August. Continue reading “Google introduces second OnHub smart Wi-Fi router with Asus, pre-order for $219.99”
Xiaomi Mi Wi-Fi nano wireless router Unboxing
Xiaomi introduced Mi Wi-Fi nano, a compact WiFi router in China last month. We unboxed it recently, check out the unboxing video. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Wi-Fi nano wireless router Unboxing”
Asus introduces RT-AC5300 router, claims it to be the world’s fastest
Asus has announced a new router at IFA in Berlin. The new product from the Taiwanese manufacturer carries the model number RT-AC5300 and according to the company, the router delivers the world’s fastest Wi-Fi speed.
RT-AC5300 comes with a Broadcomm NitroQAM chip and delivers 1000Mbit/s on the 2.4GHz band and up to 2167Mbit/s on each of the two 5GHz bands for combined speeds of up to 5334Mbit/s. Continue reading “Asus introduces RT-AC5300 router, claims it to be the world’s fastest”
TP-LINK TL-WA860RE 300Mbps Wi-Fi Range Extender launched in India for Rs. 2500
TP-LINK has launched TL-WA860RE, its latest power socket-mounted Universal Wireless Range Extender with AC Pass-Through in India. It is designed to conveniently extend the coverage and improve the signal strength of an existing wireless network to eliminate dead zones, said the company. Continue reading “TP-LINK TL-WA860RE 300Mbps Wi-Fi Range Extender launched in India for Rs. 2500”
TP-LINK TL-WR720N 802.11n Wireless router launched for Rs. 735
TP-LINK has launched TL-WR720N, the company’s latest 802.11n wireless router that provides up to 150Mbps wireless connection with other 802.11n wireless clients. It supports up to 4 SSIDs so that users can set up additional wireless networks with additional SSIDs and Passwords for guests or friends. This ensures users are safe and there are no performance conflicts with different networks, says the company. The latest version of TL-WR720N router has a external fixed antenna, while the older version of the router has a internal antenna. Continue reading “TP-LINK TL-WR720N 802.11n Wireless router launched for Rs. 735”
Huawei introduces Prime E5878 LTE mobile WiFi hotspot
Huawei has unveiled a mobile WiFi hotspot device- Prime E5878 that delivers download speeds of up to 150 Mbps and connectivity for up to 10 devices with a range of 100 meters.
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Apple teams up with T-Mobile in the US and EE in the UK for Wi-Fi calling
T-Mobile will offer Wi-Fi calling on the newly launched iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the US while EE will provide the same in the UK. The popular US and UK carriers will be the first one to partner Apple for this feature that will allow users to make phone calls using a Wi-Fi network.
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Samsung SideSync 3.0 Demo
At the Samsung event during which Samsung unveiled its Super AMOLED tablets – Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Samsung also announced an updated version of its feature – SideSync 3.0. A couple of weeks back, Apple announced a feature called Continuity at the WWDC 2014 that would allow you to seamlessly switch work between various iOS devices. Samsung’s SideSync isn’t exactly the same, but tries to achieve something similar between the Galaxy Tablets and Galaxy smartphones.
iOS 8 prevents WiFi location tracking
iOS 8 which was announced at the WWDC last weeks packs bunch of new cool features and focuses more on security. Now, another important feature related to protecting user location has been discovered by security expert Frederic Jacobs.
NVIDIA announces support for Miracast wireless display standard for Tegra 3 devices
NVIDIA has announced that they would bring support for Miracast, open wireless display standard that was announced earlier this May. It would let Tegra 3 users to instantly stream content including photos and HDTVs to any Miracast-enabled display. The quad-core Tegra 3 chip would also let you stream intensive games such as ShadowGun THD which is Tegra 3-optimized game on to HDTVs. Continue reading “NVIDIA announces support for Miracast wireless display standard for Tegra 3 devices”
Google offers Free WiFi at O-Zone hotspots in India for Google+ users
Google has partnered with O-Zone to offer free WiFi for Google+ users across India, according to Business Standard. This initiative is to increase the mobile internet usage and let the consumers experience Google+ and YouTube on their portable devices. Continue reading “Google offers Free WiFi at O-Zone hotspots in India for Google+ users”
Sprint officially announces Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi, coming out on June 24
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is currently known as one of the best Android tablet available in the market at the moment. We just showed you an ad in which Samsung is telling us how slim is the tablet really is and Samsung also told us that it’s time to tab. Verizon recently announced that they will be launching it soon and now it will be hitting another major US carrier. Continue reading “Sprint officially announces Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi, coming out on June 24”
AndyPad officially coming this summer, only for £129
There are number of Android tablets available in the market at the moment but not all of them are cheap and easily affordable. At least not cheap like the AndyPad. AndyPad will be launched in UK in September and it’s currently one of the most cheap and affordable tablets with some good specs. Continue reading “AndyPad officially coming this summer, only for £129”
Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi officially announced by Sprint, coming out next week
We told you last month that Sprint will be launching the first ever Honeycomb tablet known as Motorola XOOM, and at the moment it’s available at Verizon Wireless and several retailers in USA. Today, Sprint officially announced the Motorola XOOM which is coming out on May 8th for $599. Only bad news is that the tablet is neither 3G nor 4G, it’s Wi-Fi only tablet. Continue reading “Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi officially announced by Sprint, coming out next week”