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Poking around the annals of technology, you’ll probably come across a few product names that didn’t quite do justice to the items they represent. The names of those products needed time to mature, as did the technology itself.
It’s still happening: Try “mobile hotspot” on for size.
A hotspot is a place where you can connect your netbook, notebook, or smartphone so you can log on to the Internet. That much is obvious to most of us.
But what does “mobile” mean? Does that mean the hotspot moves around? Do we have to chase it? Or will it find us? Worse still, how do you buy (or sell) a mobile hotspot?
Contrary to the way it’s been treated so far, mobile hotspot technology is something all mobile professionals should know something about. Besides, over the next 10 years it’s probably going to be the predominant way we connect with anything — or anything will connect with us.
Let’s start by describing the most basic form of hotspot: That wireless router you have in your home or apartment creates a hotspot that you use to connect (wirelessly) to the Internet with your desktop, notebook, or netbook. When you lug your laptop to Starbucks or any other location that supplies you with a similar environment, you’re using a hotspot they’ve created for you and their other customers.
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Verizon Wireless slashed the price of Palm’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus as well as the mobile hotspot service it offers for the phones.
On its website, Verizon is offering stiff discounts on Palm phones as well as a buy one, get one free promotion. The price of the Palm Pre Plus dropped to $49.99 and the Pixi Plus went to $29.99.
Verizon also said it will provide it’s 3G Mobile Hotspot service free on the Palm phones.
3G Mobile Hotspot service allows you to share a compatible Smartphone’s 3G connection with up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices, including notebooks, netbooks, MP3 players, cameras, PDAs, portable gaming systems. It includes 5GB of data access.
The service launched in January at $40 per month.