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From: Jeffrey Siegel (no email)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2008 - 09:07:42 EST
> Properly configured cellular wireless booster systems do
> co-exist fine with wi-fi systems.
They use completely different frequencies so there is no problem at all with
combining WiFi and cellular radios. Many mobile phones today have both WiFi
and cellular connectivity. The Apple iPhone and AT&T Tilt are good
examples.
> On most boats, especially with the advent of any number
> of Bluetooth handsfree options, I just don't see a big
> payoff...
This is a very good point. For voice phone use, Bluetooth gives 20-30ft of
range. This means you can attach your mobile phone to an amp/antenna and
use a Bluetooth headset (a tiny ear transmitter/receiver) to walk around on
the boat and talk without a problem. Using Bluetooth in this way works very
well.
For digital access, the very latest WiFi-enabled phones allow you to turn
the phone itself into a small WiFi hotspot on your boat. This means that
you have the phone connected to the amp/antenna broadcasting the 3G high
speed internet connection over the internal WiFi radio. No other boxes,
power wiring or other mess is needed. You connect your laptop wirelessly to
your own phone with WiFi. The AT&T Tilt does this today.
It's a confusing time in the mobile wireless world because much is changing.
Type "Android" into Google and you'll get pages of links to a new mobile
phone technology that wasn't known about until two months ago. Very little
information, architecture, and help is available for the boating
implications of all of these things.
Stay tuned!
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Jeffrey Siegel
M/V aCappella
DeFever 53PH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine
www.activecaptain.com
Content, Communications, Community
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