Starting February 13th, AT&T smartphone owners will be able to download an app that converts a phone’s cellular data connection into a conventional Wi-Fi signal that can be used by other devices.
Now you’ll be able to update your status in flight for free. Starting today, GoGo Inflight Internet is offering free Facebook access on their Wi-Fi networks through the month of February, reports USA Today. In addition to your soft drink and peanuts, you can now make sure that you keep on top of your News [...]
When Verizon announced it’d be carrying the iPhone, the company highlighted the ability to use the handset as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot as one of the key differences between the Verizon iPhone and the AT&T iPhone.
In an effort to improve phone service, AT&T is rolling out new public wi-fi hot spots for their customers in popular areas in San Francisco and New York City. Subscribers will be able to access the service in San Francisco’s Embarcadero area near Rincon Park later this year, according to the press release. For those [...]
If you’re flying home for the holidays you might be able to plug into the Internet for free courtesy of Google.
UMA or Wi-Fi calling is one of the reasons why I’ve been a loyal T-Mobile customer for the past five or six years. And now that unique feature will be extended beyond BlackBerrys (and one Nokia device) to Android devices in the coming months. It will work out of-the-box allowing customers with the new T-Mobile [...]
File this under “It’s about damn time”.
Free at last. Today, Starbucks announced its plan to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access beginning July 1.
Earlier this year, Eye-Fi released its “Pro X2” 8GB wireless SD card at $150. The card features Class 6 read and write speeds and an 802.11n Wi-Fi module for super fast image and video uploads directly from a digital camera or camcorder. Add to that the ability to use the card across an Ad Hoc [...]
For whatever reason, I’ve been following in-flight Wi-Fi pretty closely the last few years. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I was on the first commercial flight that had Wi-Fi. The AA flight attendant spilled water on my laptop and nobody told me I needed an adapter for my MacBook. It was [...]
