Announced earlier this year in February the EdenTab or Eden TAB a 7″ Android 2.3.3 Android tablet (Set to be upgraded ton Android 4.0) that comes with a Samsung S5PC210 1.2GHz Dual Core CPU, comes with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory, a WXGA resolution and SIM (Free) slot, is now set to arrive in Japan within august and will be sold between 34,800 and 36,800 Yen!
In many cities, phone booths are relatively rare. In my area, all the phone booths were removed years ago thanks the popularity of mobile phones. There’s still a huge amount of phone booths in New York City and New York City is committed to ensuring that those roughly 12,000 phone booths don’t become relics. The city is set to turn those phone booths into free Wi-Fi hotspots.
New York City announced in April that some of those phone books would become digital kiosks with SmartScreens instead of phones inside. The smart screens would provide information on the local neighborhood, restaurants, and landmarks to visit. I think most citizens will get more use out of free Wi-Fi than a SmartScreen. The first hotspot booths were activated yesterday with Wi-Fi routers attached to the top of the phone booth.
Six of the phone booths are located in Manhattan. Two are in Brooklyn, and one is in Queens. The city plans to roll out additional locations in the Bronx and Staten Island soon. The city worked with two companies, Van Wagner and Titan, to deploy the Wi-Fi hotspots and provide ads of the booths. Those companies paid for the cost of the project including installation, management, and customer service. The cities pay nothing extra for the hotspots. The hotspots have a range of 100 to 200 feet around the phone booth.
[via ABC News]
NYC phone booths to become free Wi-Fi hotspots is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Since it seems like most everyone has a cell phone these days, the need for payphones has predictably plummeted. So, what are we going to do with all of those sad-looking payphone kiosks now that no one is using them? New York City has a pretty excellent idea: turn them into free Wi-Fi hotspots.
Today New York City began rolling out a plan that will see many of the city’s old payphone kiosks turned into wireless access points. So far, only 10 kiosks have been converted to 24/7 hotspots across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, with the plan being to eventually set up many more hotspots across all five boroughs. Have a look at the list of locations where these hotspots are now up and running, courtesy of Gothamist:
Brooklyn
• 545 Albee Square
• 2 Smith Street
Queens
• 30-94 Steinway Street
Manhattan
• 402 West Broadway
• 458 Seventh Avenue
• 28 West 48th Street
• 410 Madison Avenue
• 1609 Broadway
• 1790 Broadway
• 230 West 95th Street
Kiosks equipped with Wi-Fi service will have the words “Free Wi-Fi” plastered all over them, and once you’re within range of the signal (100-200 feet), all you need to do is select the “Free Wi-Fi” option on your device and agree to the terms of use. When you’re finished with that, you’re free to browse the internet at your leisure.
NYC payphones begin transition to Wi-Fi hotspots is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s already toyed around with offering free WiFi at a few of its locations, but Tim Hortons has now finally committed to making the service available at most of its restaurants across Canada. That’s being done through a partnership with Bell Canada, which Tim Hortons says was selected after a “rigorous six-month testing process,” and it looks like the WiFi has already been turned on at quite a few of its locations (you can search for those near you using the store locator on its website). All told, the company expects to roll the service out to more than 90 percent of its restaurants (not including gas stations, kiosks, and the like), or over 2,000 locations, by this September — a number that Tim Hortons says will make it the largest free WiFi network in Canada.
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Tim Hortons bringing free WiFi to 90 percent of its locations by September originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
According to our good friends over Engadget, the Motorola XT626 has been spot over at the FCC in the USA, however, today, the Motoroal announced that this new phone will be first made available in Korea and will be available via KT Powertel.
Despite being freshly announced, the XT626 is far from being the most exciting Android Phone that we had the chance to see and don’t expect much since this new Moto will only be powered by Android 2.3 and come with a 8Mpix Camera with Digital Zoom and LED …
Google’s Nexus 7 is the best new way to spend 200 bucks: it’s fast, slick, and expensive-feeling. But Nokia claims it also infringes some of its patents in the process. More »
We’re fans of the Nexus 7. Nokia, however, isn’t quite so keen. It claims to The Inquirer that the ASUS and Google joint project is using Nokia WiFi patents without a license. The two companies never even asked, Nokia argues. As it’s a question of standards-based patents, it’s more likely that Nokia will simply cough politely and ask for a royalty rather than launch into yet another legal battle — still, it’s not exactly a minor accusation. We’ve reached out to both ASUS and Google for comment, but we can’t imagine that either will be happy with the potential hit to their respective bottom lines. Sending a slice of what’s left to Finland could be more than a bit painful when that $199 Jelly Bean tablet is already operating on virtually non-existent margins.
Nokia claims Nexus 7 treads on its WiFi patents, wants a little dough for that Jelly Bean originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Heating and cooling company Lennox has unveiled a new Wi-Fi enabled thermostat to help homeowners save money and add some geeky style to their home. The thermostat is called the icomfort and has a number of settings to help save power on heating and cooling when you’re away from home. The thermostat has a one touch away mode that allows users to set specific temperature ranges for when they’re not in the house.
It also has a wireless remote control capability to allow users to adjust the heating and cooling system over the web or via a smartphone. The thermostat communicates with the heating, and cooling system to provide alerts to the user and to the installing service provider on repairs or maintenance needs. The thermostat can also integrate with existing air purification system and dehumidifier.
The thermostat also has a section of the display for real-time weather information, and it can adjust the air-conditioning system for better indoor air quality. The skin on the outside of the thermostat can be customized to help it blend with the wall decor in your home. Pricing and availability are unannounced at this time.
Lennox unveils icomfort Wi-Fi thermostat is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Delta Airlines isn’t a stranger to offering WiFi on many of its domestic US flights, but using Gogo’s air-to-ground connection setup has essentially kept it from taking off over the seas. That’s all set to change come 2013, however, as 150 of Delta’s long-haul aircraft will make use of all those high-bandwidth Ku-band capacity satellites that Gogo has been acquiring over the past few months. The updated setup will ensure that you can update your Facebook status over the likes of the Atlantic, but it won’t be fully rolled out until about 2015. By that time, the airline estimates it’ll be operating around 1,000 Gogo-equipped aircraft worldwide — not too shabby. If anything, the wait to hit 10,000 feet is surely going be more interesting for all the international work-a-holics out there. Hit up the press release after the break for more details in the meantime.
Delta expanding Gogo in-flight WiFi to select international flights beginning in 2013 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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One of the things I like so much about Kickstarter is that you never know what kind of project will turn up. One of the most recent projects that caught my eye is the device called the Knut. This is a small battery-powered Wi-Fi enabled device that you can use for monitoring just about anything you can think of. It can be used to monitor environmental conditions in your home such as the temperature of various things and humidity.
It can also be used to monitor when something is open or closed such as a gun cabinet or liquor cabinet. The Knut is also able to monitor vibration and can be placed inside a box with something sensitive or fragile you might be shipping to monitor if the package is being treated appropriately. You can even use it to remind you to water plants.
The device is controlled by an app that would run on the smart phone or computer and receive the data the Wi-Fi enabled sensor spits out. The device will also e-mail the information to a specific e-mail address so you can check it without bothering with your phone. The user can control how frequently Knut checks sensors, with some sensors such as accelerometers and switches checked anytime they change. This project is seeking $25,000 and has so far racked up $39,834 with seven days to go before funding. It will cost you $80 or more to get one Knut sensor during the Kickstarter project. Delivery is estimated for September.
Knut can monitor just about anything is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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