Posts Tagged ‘Wireless’

Software to share your 3G connection over wi-fi

For long time, the easiest solution to share your 3G connecion to laptop over wi-fi is the software “WMWifiRouter“. We have tried version 0.89 and it has been working quite sactisfactory.
Unfortunately, due to the popularity and success, they no longer decided to make the software free. The current version, version 1.30 is now US$29.99. Does it worth the money? You make the call.

There is actually one simple and elegant solution.

Buy ASUS P835. It has built-in Wi-fi hotspot function. The picture says it all. It even has battery display and time of usage. Pictures courtesy of Ringhk.com (link)
As of early April 2009, ASUS P835 is around HK$3800 in Hong Kong (around US$490).

Picture 1 – the warning that wi-fi sharing will devour your battery really quickly.
Picture 2 – the wi-fi hotspot setting page
Picture 3 – setup success!

The death of WiMAX?

Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition Internet Tablet

On 8 January 2009, Nokia announced the discontinuation of N810 WiMAX Edition Internet Tablet, and market are reading that this non-phone non-PDA monstrosity as a failure of the initial WiMAX technology. WiMAX technology is notably in South Korea (the “WiBro“). However, in the rest of world, WiMAX is yet to be supported

In Hong Kong, licenses for use of spectrum for wireless broadband “WiBB”, (or “BWA”, broadband wireless access) has been awarded to network service providers, three providers took the spectrum from 2.5GHz to 2.69Ghz. However, the spectrum profile for WiMAX in Hong Kong, 2.3GHz, was not interested by any providers.

Coincidence? Who knows.