On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Aaron Baer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Verizon Mifi: Personal Wi-Fi Coming this Month
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/verizon-mifi-personal-wi-fi-coming-this-month/

Sam Churchill carries around a device like that right now - a battery
powered wifi hotspot with a USB port. a Clear wimax USB dongle plugs
into that. The device in the story looks more sleek and s

Back in 2000, the first cell phones with both GPRS and Bluetooth were
supposed to be the gateway between your local devices and the cellular
data network. Bluetooth data networking never took off.

smartphones already have a 3G connection, a battery, and a wifi radio.
"rooted" (aka jailbroken) G1/android phones can do wifi tethering,
thought t-mobile discourages it.

Don

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