Mobile VoIP Finally Comes of Age - The Pocket Internet Phone

VoIP is proven technology but its greatest challenge is to make the leap from a "technophiles" gadget to a truly consumer orientated "mass" market service.

The advantages are clear - low cost or free telephone calls. But the downsides are just as obvious. Poor quality of earlier technologies such as Skype is well known. But usability issues are the key.

Take a typical scenario - calling for a Pizza delivery. How many consumers users are going to;
1. Go to the PC (often in another part of the home) 2. Turn it on 3. Wait for Windows to load 4. Watch as the latest anti-versus toolkit is downloaded 5. Find the headset 6. Look up the number ...... five minutes have passed and you've forgotten why you want to make the call anyway!!

PC based VoIP is good; but not good enough. Users want instant connectability; a single address book and a service that is mobile. Oh and they want broadband download speeds as well.
So convenience and mobility are critical to the success of VoIP. Don't get me wrong. PC based VoIP will be here for sometime - but the true mass market is going to require a much improved user experience.

WiFi is likely to be the answer. Over 10% of US and UK homes are already WiFi enabled. Almost all broadband packages now come with bundled WiFi routers. A further 15 million homes will be WiFi'd this year. A similar picture is developing across the corporate world. But surprisingly penetration of WiFi is lower than in homes - but rapidly catching up.

WiFi hotspot coverage is also growing with most major cities planning large scale roll-out of free access WiFi.

But WiFi in the home is where the battle will be won or lost. There is a good range of WiFi VoIP handsets coming on to the market. These are the handset that are going to transform the user experience - providing always on internet phone capability in "the pocket". These phones have all the functionality of VoIP plus the all convenience of a mobile – cheap, mobile and always available.

The pocket internet phone concept is being developed by companies such as Mobiboo (http://www.mobiboo.com/ or http://www.tovo.co.uk/.). Cleverly Mobiboo have launched a branded WiFi service through Tesco in the UK. It comes in two “flavours” – WiFi only and dual mode. WiFi only is good basic handset that offers service whenever logged into WiFi. Dual mode is even better – this works as a WiFi phone in WiFi areas and a standard (GSM) mobile when not. Both phones have good battery life; large phonebooks and amazing download speeds – up to 5Mbit/s.

So the scenario above has a very different outcome

1. Take the phone out of your pocket

2. Dial the number.

Now isn't that a so much better way to do it! And the call can be made from anywhere in the home or office. And the local cafe, restaurant, shop or airport! All the convenience of mobile; at the price of VoIP.

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WiFi Spying

Our CIA needs to develop fold out WiFi Spy devices for the field, this will enable them to track international terrorists, hack into Blackberry Type portable devices and monitor computer surfing when an Internet Service Provider cannot be trusted, as in foreign operations. I believe we should hire the Defcon Convention Hackers who were able to receive a signal over 125 miles away without amplification to help us design a system which can easily fit into a small space for easy transport. The previous World Record for an un-amplified WiFi connection was just over 55-miles. To learn more as to how this is done go to this website:

http://www.wifi-shootout.com/

We know that the International Terrorists and insurgents use personal computers and when they travel they use Internet WiFi systems to send and receive and communicate with their cells. If we can track them and pick up their signals this will in fact give us clues to who they are talking with, what they are surfing for and perhaps the potential dates and places of their next targets against humanity. The Internet Hackers as bad as they are, seem to be able to provide us with their down and dirty prototypes and they assure us, underneath it all they are still Patriots at Heart.

http://wifi.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000407052562/

We can design a system based on their prototypes out of light-weight materials. Once this is done we can use NASA technologies for the unfolding of systems, similar to their Mars Lander deployments for fast and easy set-up in the field, thus enabling our CIA in-country assets to quickly deploy and fold-up these units for transport. Think on this.

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Wi-Fi Finder

Nowadays wireless network or wifi to be more precise is getting very popular among the users. As a result of its popularity and its demand many wifi hotspots are installed throughout the world. Today these hotspots can be found in offices, shops, school, colleges and many public places. Now people are getting more and more interested to know the locations of these hotspots. Hence the devices used in locating these hotspots are beginning to flood the market.

The devices used to find the hotspots are known as wifi finder. These are the portable devices which can be carried in the pocket or there are various websites in the internet which gives and exhaustive listing of the various locations of hotspots.

The features of wifi finder.

Found in many shapes the portable wifi finder is the last thing anyone would refuse to buy. As obvious from the name, the portable wifi finder can even be carried in pockets or purses. The best thing is yet about to come, within no time the wifi finder helps you track a wifi signal most appropriate for you to get connected to the wifi network in the area with just one click. The wifi finder is available in the markets and can also be purchased from sources such as web sites in the internet like .

Another type of wifi finder exists in the market. These devices can be connected to our system through USB (universal serial bus) ports. This type of device can be said to be dual purpose. In other words it can also be used as wifi adapter. This device also has a LCD screen which displays an access point’s security scheme, the signal strength of the WiFi network available in the area, and the wireless network standard available. Therefore this device can work even if the wireless system to which it is connected is switched off. If it is not available in the local electronics shop it can be purchased from the outlets like Tiger Direct.

Purchasing the wifi finder is not everyone’s first choice. People who are connected to the wifi network at either home or office can get easy access to various websites. It isn’t that difficult as it sound when you have enough time to spare and list out the various places where you would require your wifi device the most. This can be done easily by just typing in the your next location and get all your hotspots for that location listed right in front of you.

This process requires the detailed information about your location including the city or the province or the country or even the postal code. The user who has logged on to these sites can also be asked to give the information regarding the distance between users place and the nearest hotspot point, the user may also be asked to give the details about the type of the destination like a park, a school, a college, a hotel etc. There is also an option for specifying whether user wants free access points or the ones by service providers.

You can also find more info on Wi-Fi Phone and Wi-Fi Security. Topwifireviews.com is a comprehensive resource to know about Wi-Fi Wireless Network Technology.

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