Boris Johnson is planning to roll out wi-fi across London, including the underground, meaning that those with hectic email accounts will no longer be able to escape from the deluge, even on the tube.
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iPad UK shortages were always on the cards after iPad UK launch queues. Now if you’ve been waiting to snap up your very own Apple tablet you could be in for a wait. New shipping dates on the Apple site and reports from antsy Apple fans suggest the UK could be suffering an iPad drought until the middle of June. It’s like the tech equivalent of a hose pipe ban…
London is set to get citywide Wi-Fi in time for the Olympics in 2012. Mayor (and humorous haircut owner) Boris Johnson made the pledge at the Google Zeitgeist event. Our Wi-Fi hotspot test earlier in the year found service to be pretty patchy so how does Boris plan to banish poor coverage?
O2 has announced a deal with BT that allows O2 customers to use BT’s Openzone hotspots as part of their mobile tariff – that means you can now hook up online while waiting for your Vanilla Frappuccino at Starbucks.
The front of a car, an air-conditioning unit, one of those heaters your gran has by her feet… the Roberts WM201 certainly makes a statement. It’s just unfortunate that statement is “I have no aesthetic sense whatsoever”. Luckily we’re not so shallow to hold that against this most wonderful of Wi-Fi radios.
Virgin Trains has now kitted out all its Pendolino trains with Wi-Fi, courtesy of T-Mobile. That means cheap high speed web access for more travellers than ever before.
iPhone users will soon get free Wi-Fi to go with their lattes: Starbucks is bringing BT Openzone to the chain, and it’s free for owners of Apple’s blower!
Bluetooth 3.0 is set to be unveiled on 21st April, and the word on web street is that it’ll be upping its speed to Wi-Fi rivalling levels and cutting out those irritating disconnects.