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...phones as a loss leader that would be more than made up by charging consumers for use. But after all that cooperation, something radical is happening. Handset vendors are starting to build Internet technologies into their phones that permit users like Stefanou to bypass mobile networks. The same wi-fi chips that have worked their way into laptops and turned tens of thousands of coffee shops and hotel lounges into Internet surfing zones are starting to appear in handsets. Customers using this phone simply place a call as normal, provided they have access to a wi-fi zone. This lets...
...setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Air, Lufthansa and Mexicana Airlines. You can expect the requisite smattering of smart shops and bustling outposts of upscale local eateries, as well as wi-fi access throughout and a security screening center with three walk-through explosives-detection machines capable of processing 2,800 passengers per hour. For meetings and layovers, a posh 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel should take care of your needs. It's not all business, however: to enliven the commodious...
...SPECIAL EDITION L2000 This full-featured, feel-good laptop includes a 1.6-GHz AMD Turion processor, a 60-GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM, a recordable CD drive with DVD playback and built-in wi-fi. For $50 you can add a DVD burner. Bonus for your social conscience: for every sale, HP is donating $50 to the Lance Armstrong Foundation...
...years. And Net telephony provider Skype has 51 million people using its system. So why would Google, with an $80 billion empire built entirely on search, bother playing catch-up on a product that seems unlikely to earn it much money? The same reason a hotel offers free wi-fi, says Scott Cleland, CEO of Precursor, an investment research firm. "They're not doing it to make money on wi-fi. It's to get people to come to the hotel." Google has launched a raft of products this past year, and its late entry into the software-features...
...goes beyond that. When you register on the Web, you can identify your cable or satellite TV carrier and the remote's internal Wi-Fi will go download a schedule of upcoming shows. Also, the Wi-Fi can be used to stream music from a computer on your home network. The remote's dock can be connected to a stereo input of your audio receiver or boom box. If you install the included Media Manager software on a PC that has a lot of MP3s, you can dock the remote, pull up songs and play them. When used in conjunction...