D-Link expounds the benefits of 802.11ac to GoMo
One of the last things which GoMo News would have expected to have put a nail in the coffin for Apple?s domination of the smartphone market is Wi-fi. But as far as we?re concerned it just has. GoMo News trotted down to London?s Soho to chat with the crew from D-Link Europe. Chiefly Paul Howard, the company?s technical manager for Telcos & ISPs. He?s really sold us on the benefits of 802.11ac. Which in layman?s terms is the newest, fastest version of Wi-fi. When asked if 11ac is in smartphones yet, Howard immediately informed us that it is. Indeed, built into the very latest Samsung handset (S4). Which means it ain?t in the latest iPhone (5).
Why would you want 802.11ac support in your handset in the first place? [We think they really should call it superfast Wi-fi. Ed]
Two very good reasons. Compared to the existing Wi-fi ?standard (802.11n) it is three times faster.
More importantly, however, however it is an incredible six times lower in power consumption than 802.11n.
Given the struggle that most handset manufacturers have to keep their smartphones going on a single day?s charge ? that?s a welcome power saving.
In practice, 802.11ac hasn?t been ratified yet. D-Link says that this doesn?t matter because it?s extremely unlikely that any mods will be needed.
One good reason for this is that 802.11ac doesn?t work at 2.4 GHz ? only 5 GHz.
Which means that the Bluetooth brigade hasn?t made any objections because Bluetooth only works at 2.4 GHz.
Apart from lightning file transfer speeds, why would you want superfast Wi-fi inside your smartphone.
Well, it just so happens that a company like D-Link makes Wi-fi routers for your home.
And in its top of the range models ? like the DIR-868L, there?s a facility called USB SharePort.
You can load a movie you?ve downloaded onto a USB memory stick/hard drive and then share it across any of the devices in your home.
Including your smartphone, naturally. Plus the DIR-868L can support speeds up to 1,300 Mbit/s. So no jitter on the video, then.
GoMOoNews discovered that D-Link does some really neat apps (Android & iOS) too.
D-Link has promised to lend us a router to try the apps out. So we will let you know!
Tony is currently Editor of GoMobile News. He's a veteran telecoms journalist who has previously worked for major printed and online titles. Follow him on Twitter @GoMoTweet. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gomonews/NGYj/~3/RF2hr3rAGPU/
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