Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, U.S. Wireless, Latest Generation) Review

The Kindle has far exceeded my expectations. Purchase of new Kindle Books is smart and simple. There are a couple of issues with the Kindle that I find disturbing. The ability to highlight and navigate the indexes and tables of contents is difficult to master. The instructions are not clear in getting to use some of the features. Other than that, the Kindle is a fantastic product. I will recommend this product to my friends and family.

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, U.S. Wireless, Latest Generation) Feature

• Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines
• Carry Your Library: Holds up to 3,500 books, periodicals, and documents
• Beautiful Large Display: 9.7″ diagonal e-ink screen reads like real paper; boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and sharp images
• Auto-Rotating Screen: Display auto-rotates from portrait to landscape as you turn the device so you can view full-width maps, graphs, tables, and Web pages
• Built-In PDF Reader: Native PDF support allows you to carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, U.S. Wireless, Latest Generation) Overview

Sleek & Trim Kindle DX is as thin as most magazines. Just over a third of an inch in profile, you’ll find Kindle DX fits perfectly in your hands. Beautiful Large Display Kindle DX’s large display is ideal for a broad range of reading material, including graphic-rich books, PDFs, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Kindle DX’s display is two and a half times the size of the Kindle display. Whether you’re reading the latest bestseller or a financial report, text and images are amazingly sharp on the 9.7″ screen. Auto-Rotating Screen By simply turning the device, you can immediately see full-width landscape views of maps, graphs, tables and Web pages. Built-In PDF Reader Unload the loose documents from your briefcase or backpack, and put them all on Kindle DX. From neighborhood newsletters to financial statements to case studies and product manuals–you can take them all with you on Kindle DX. Native PDF support allows you to carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go. With Amazon’s Whispernet service, you can send your documents directly to your Kindle DX and read them anytime, anywhere. 5-Way Controller Kindle DX has an easy-to-use 5-way controller, enabling precise on-screen navigation for selecting text to highlight or looking up words. Simple to Use, No Computer Required Kindle DX is completely wireless and ready to use right out of the box–no setup, no cables, no computer required. Long Battery Life – Read for Days Without Recharging With Kindle DX’s long battery life, you can read on a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to 2 weeks. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store and downloading content. In low coverage areas or in 1xRTT only coverage, wireless usage will consume battery power more quickly.

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, U.S. Wireless, Latest Generation) Specifications

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Curso de inglês grátis em vídeo aulas

Site criado pelo governo com aulas de inglês grátis em video aulas. Você escolhe a aula que deseja assistir e baixa o arquivo em seu computador. As vídeos aulas vem no formato .zip precisando de um descompactador de arquivos como o TUGZIP e de um player de vídeo como o RealPlayer.

Aulas no estilo telecurso 2 grau.

Acesse:

http://www.projovemurbano.gov.br/site/imprimir.php?tipo=Conteudos&codigo=54

Site com dicas de inglês para nível intermediário

Este site já é voltado para os estudantes que já tem um conhecimento melhor da língua inglesa com diversos assuntos desde como aprender a língua como abrir uma escola de inglês.

Dicas de pronúncia, ortografia e vocabulário.E também dicas de como abrir uma escola de inglês, intercâmbios, exames TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, & CPE e MBA nos EUA.

Acesse:

http://www.sk.com.br

Apple iPhone Ad – Did You See My Email? from Arik Hesseldahl on Vimeo.

Hace poco AT&T demandó a Verizon Wireless por “difamación” en los spots transmitidos por la operadora. En ellos se veían clientes de AT&T sufriendo por la pobre cobertura que ofrecía, luego a los clientes de Verizon gozando de tan buena cobertura. Son tres en total y el último trata sobre un iPhone con varios juguetes, que dicen que lo amarán, pero al ver su “pobre” cobertura no.

Apple iPhone Ad – What Time’s The Movie? from Arik Hesseldahl on Vimeo.

Pues bien. Ahora AT&T lanzó 3 nuevas publicidades con Luke Wilson como protagonista haciendo notar la incapacidad de los usuarios de Verizon de hablar al mismo tiempo, el otro trata sobre la buenísima cobertura que AT&T tiene en los Estados Unidos, que en realidad la mayoría es EDGE y no 3G.

Y Apple tampoco se ha quedado atrás y lanzó nuevos spots indicando que podías contestar una llamada y navegar por internet ó apps al mismo tiempo, cosa que Verizon carece. Esperemos ver como termina esta guerra de anuncios, que lo único que me provocan es risa… JAJA

Vía | 9 to 5 Mac

by Carol Politi

Yes, we have introduced a plan for $14.99 per month that includes 60 minutes of Talk time and Unlimited Texting!  We have received a lot of great feedback on this plan so I wanted to highlight this plan specifically – it really does deliver on its promise.  It is a perfect plan for most tweens and young teens (and great for the rest of us that prefer texting to talking!).

What do you do if you want to take advantage of this great monthly price, but would really prefer your child not be texting all night?   Simply use kajeet parental controls to limit texting to those times when it will not be a distraction.  You can turn off calls and texts at night, during school, etc. (while still allowing parent and emergency numbers to be called/texted).

Do you use the 14.99 plan?  Please comment here and let us know how it is working for you.

In the middle of nowhere and can’t use your mobile phone?

Well, finally, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries - Ofcom – has published a discussion document to explore the potential of a new technology that could wirelessly link up different devices and offer enhanced broadband access in rural areas.

The technology works by searching for unoccupied radio waves – called white spaces – between television channels to transmit and receive wireless signals. Compared with other forms of wireless technology, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, white space devices are being designed to use lower frequencies that have traditionally been reserved for tv.

Signals at these frequencies travel further and more easily through walls.

This will potentially allow a new wave of technological innovation in wireless communications. Although at least three years away from commercial production, possible applications include:

• Improved mobile broadband access in rural areas
• Digital cameras that can automatically transmit photos back to your computer as soon as you click the shutter
• The ability to control appliances in your home – such as the oven and central heating – hundreds of miles away.

However, white space devices must first prove they can operate without interfering with tv broadcasts and other wireless technologies that share these frequencies, such as wireless microphones. A promising solution is for devices to do this is by consulting a geolocation database that contains live information about which frequencies are free to use at their current location.

Ofcom’s discussion document focuses on the issues that need to be addressed for this solution to work. If there is strong evidence to show that white space devices can coexist with neighbouring tv signals and wireless microphones without causing interference, then Ofcom would allow them to use the frequencies without the need for individual licences.

However, this technology remains largely unproven and a significant amount of work needs to be done before these claims can be tested.

The purpose of Ofcom’s discussion document is to further the thinking that is taking place around the world on geolocation and speed the development of possible solutions.

By TerryAnn Fitzgerald

It’s an exciting time in healthcare IT. More and more life-saving devices are becoming automated and wireless. For instance, blood pressure and heart monitors track patient vital signs around-the-clock, freeing nurses to perform other critical functions.

A recent report from ABI Research titled, “The Current State of Global Healthcare Wi-Fi,” states, “One of the quiet revolutions taking place in healthcare is the Wi-Fi enabling of so many different medical devices.”  The report goes on to state that one vendor, Zoll Medical, estimates that “nursing staffs can save seventy hours a year by having equipment report on its own condition and indicate when it needs repair” with the use of its Wi-Fi enabled defibrillators.

However, as time-saving as these devices are, they also pose security and compliance risks for hospital networks and patient privacy as anyone caught in the Conficker malware knows all too well. These devices automatically feed sensitive data into records and therefore must comply with HIPAA and other protective mandates. They must also follow network guidelines in terms of having up-to-date patches and virus scans, as well as approved configurations.

So what can you do to minimize the risk and ensure that all requirements for patient privacy and network security are being met?

IT has to manage these devices as part of their centralized network security plan. IT should develop device-specific policies that set configuration and patch standards. They can then use VPN firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and other network security tools to enforce the policies. These tools would keep tabs on the devices to ensure compliance and scan them for potential threats. If the policy management software detects configuration errors, lapsed patching or malware, it can alert IT and quarantine a device until it is brought back in line with policy specifications.

These tools also can monitor and log any changes made to the device, such as operating system or application updates or unauthorized access. This data can be used to generate reports for internal or external compliance audits and to detect and resolve threat patterns. IT teams can set thresholds that alert them to possible threats to the devices so that problems can be mitigated in real time.

Centralized policy management and enforcement tools are essential for healthcare organizations to realize the full potential of wireless devices without worrying about disclosing sensitive patient data or jeopardizing the hospital network.

Has your organization taken a proactive look at your medical devices?  Are they a part of your centralized network security plan?

Oke, sudah saya bilang kan PC EEK taek itu sux?

Master: Mr. Sapto
Mesin: EEEPC 1005 AH
OS: Ubuntu Remix 9.04
Wireless: Atheros AR9285
Kasus: Wirelessnya ngesux.
Hasil # lspci: 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

Oke, jadi, yang perlu anda lakukan adalah sudo apt-get in… Ah, nggak usahlah, soalnya GIMANA MAU APT-GET APT-GETAN KONEK INTERNETNYA LEWAT HP DOANG BISANYA? Jadi, pergilah ke warnet, dan donlot:

1. Satu paket .tar 2 megaan yang isinya AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz, linux-backports-modules-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.15_i386.deb, linux-backports-modules-jaunty-generic_2.6.28.14.18_i386.deb, linux-backports-modules-jaunty_2.6.28.14.18_i386.deb, dan linux-headers-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.46_i386.deb. Kalau anda tidak bisa ngakses cecunguk, silahkan googling satu-satu

2. linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.46_i386.deb di halaman ini.

3. linux-headers-2.6.28-14_2.6.28-14.46_all.deb di halaman ini.

Terus install semuanya.

Kemudian sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
cari semua yang tulisannya: 2.6.28-11-generic dan ganti dengan 2.6.28-14-generic.

Reboot.

Enjoy the magic.

Today, more than ever there is a need for Industry to be responsible in its environmental judgements and actions. With the haste to improve the over-all environmental situation and push on Industry to reduce its carbon footprint, it is important to educate yourself on the short term and long term ramifications of the “Green” solutions you implement. In the case of lighting upgrades, there is a great opportunity to reduce corporation and municipality electricity expenses and more importantly to reduce the electricity demanded from the energy providers who are the greatest contributors of CO2 gases released into the environment. In selecting the lighting solution, you want to ensure you investigate not only the short term purchasing costs, but also the long term costs associated with waste; i.e. labour costs due to installation, maintenance/cleaning and light bulb replacements; and lamp consumable cost expenses which are significant yet typically ‘hidden’ or looked over and purposely not highlighted in the selling process of fluorescent (FLUO) and LED based lighting products.

When considering the type of lighting for your new or retrofit high-bay or low-bay lighting application, it is essential to be educated and made aware of what long term costs will be incurred over the lifetime of the lighting system. One very important aspect to consider is the maintenance and labour costs associated with the cleaning and the changing of lamps. Fluorescent and LED lighting systems have the problem that the light quality they emit inherently degrades over the operating life of their lamps, increasing the lamp replacement frequency and over-all expenses of operating those systems.

Comparing Digital Ballast powered High-Intensity Discharge lighting (Digital HID or DHID lighting) to fluorescent and LED, end-users agree that the added value offered in terms of the DHID solution’s low buying price, energy efficiency, light quality/performance, and reduced labour and maintenance costs, ensures end-users benefit with the best lighting for the shortest payback or return on investment time. Furthermore, when considering the upgrade or retrofit of an existing inefficient lighting installation, one must consider the labour costs involved in the installation; such as the removal of the old lighting system, re-wiring, changing of the lighting grid pattern, and all the consumable costs and other indirect waste created as a result. In the case of the upgrade of an existing core and coil (magnetic) powered ballast fixture, the DHID digital ballast solution is simple, cost-effective, outperforms and is the most environmentally responsible.

It is wise to consider the long term costs associated with fluorescent lighting to truly appreciate the “realistic” return on investment of fluorescent based lighting for factory/warehouse, retail, and general building high-bay and low-bay lighting applications. The following facts about DHID lighting versus FLUO lighting serves to highlight the performance and the common costs associated with the installation and operation of each in the short and long term to help you accurately conclude your own realistic return on investment calculation.

Capabilities and Benefits of DHID Vs. FLUO

This is a direct comparison between both DHID and fluorescent lighting solutions for a 40ft high-bay ceiling application where antiquated core and coil (magnetic) 1000W ballasts in existing HID fixture are already installed.

The recommended Digital HID retrofit solution is a dimmable 575W DHID ballast powering a 750W Metal Halide (MH) bulb. The proposed fluorescent high output high-bay T5 solution features 8 lamps at 54W each and 2 non-dimming electronic ballasts.

Installation Complexity and Cost?

DHID: A simple ‘plug and play’ retrofit of one digital ballast into the existing HID fixture and one new HID bulb installed where needed. The existing fixture is re-used and the efficiency is significantly improved by 50% to 75%. The performance and light quality is also better offering 40% brighter, whiter, penetrating light over the old system. The typical labour cost to retrofit a fixture is $50.00 US and takes approximately 30-45 minutes per fixture. The typical total package cost to retrofit a 1000W magnetic ballast application is $250-$300 US including the DHID 575W ballast, light bulb and installation cost.

FLUO: To install fluorescent you need to remove and recycle the used HID fixtures including ballasts, bulbs, reflectors, wires and the exterior metal housings. You then need to create new hanging structures for the new standard size fluorescent T5 8 Lamp high output fixtures. The lighting grid layout will need to also be changed as more T5 fluorescent fixtures will be needed to ensure a uniform light coverage (overlap) at the floor between them. In most cases, extra mid level or low-bay lighting needs to be installed where illumination from the fluorescent high-bay is not significant enough. There are also costs associated with the assembly of the individual fluorescent fixtures which is a labour cost the electrical contractor will invoice. With 8 bulbs and 2 ballasts, the complexity of a fluorescent system is high, adds cost and inhibits performance. The typical cost for a fluorescent T5 8 lamp high output fixture is starting at $280 US or more and this cost does not include the assembly/installation and the cost of the 8 lamps needed per fixture and for inventory.

Luminous Efficacy and Lumens Per Watt Performance?

DHID: Luminous efficacy of 118lm/W for digital ballast powered Metal Halide (MH), High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) and Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) HID bulb applications. If retrofitting an existing HID fixture which has an antiquated 1000W core and coil (magnetic) ballast, a new 575W digital ballast would be installed in place powering a 750W MH bulb for a new total fixture lumen output of 67,850lm (575W X 118lm/W).

FLUO: Luminous efficacy of approximately 81lm/W if 54W bulbs in a fluorescent T5 8 lamp high-output fixture operating with 2 ballasts. If 54W bulbs offer a total lumen output of 4400lm output each, then 4400 X 8 lamps = 35,200 total lumen output from the T5 8 lamp high output fixture.

Ballast / Fixture Efficiency Performance?

DHID: One digital ballast is 97% efficient. For the existing magnetic 1000W MH, we retrofit the 575W DHID ballast operating a 750W MH bulb at 592W with 3% losses. At 575 Watts, the DHID system will produce more lumens at the ground than both the existing 1000W MH and fluorescent consideration. Moreover, the notable increase in lumen output performance will bring the existing fixtures back to life, with more light at the ground, and with more light over-laps between the fixtures for a brighter white facility and working area. Due to the increase in the lumen output of the DHID ballast high-bay installation, 30% to 40% of the existing mid level fluorescent lighting can be removed adding additional energy savings. And since the 575W DHID can be dimmed, even more electricity savings are possible; e.g. instantly dimmed to 20%, the 575W ballast only consumes approximately 474W yet still outputs bright penetrating light to the target.

FLUO: Two electronic ballasts are 90% efficient. Operating 54W x 8 bulbs = approximately 480W total with heat losses. Due to the poorer lumen output of T5’s, more fixtures should be added to the lighting grid to compensate for the lower lumen output to the ground. The 2 ballast design and the accumulation of 8 bulbs creates 10% losses to heat and increased wear on the bulbs leading to a more rapid degradation in light quality. The T5 fixture in this example does not have dim capabilities; to dim would add extra cost and complexity due to the ‘special’ dimming ballasts required. As a result of dimming fluorescent, there is also increased wear and tear on the lamps adding to lamp change increases and ultimately increased labour and consumable costs in the short and long term.

Light Quality Throughout Bulb Life?

DHID: Due to Digital HID’s 118lm/W luminous efficacy performance, more lumens, and natural white bright light penetrates to the facility floor. The light quality is guaranteed over the entire life of the bulb due to patented digital ballast technologies. The bulb does not degrade more than 5% from the life start to life end of the bulb creating huge benefits to retail, factory/warehouse or any applications where consistent bright white light is mandatory. The DHID ballast increases the life of HID bulbs radically by 100% (or more if dimming is utilized). A bulb with an original mean time before failure (MTBF) rating of 20,000 hours will now last 40,000 hours or more and will suffer no less than 5% light degradation throughout the bulbs life. The high luminous efficacy of the DHID ballast delivers brighter more penetrating lumens to the factory or retail application floor for less cost. Compared to LED, fluorescent, and induction based lamp systems, DHID powered systems easily offer the best light quality/performance for the lowest total operating/consumable costs.

FLUO: The fact is that all fluorescent lamps, be they hot cathode, cold cathode or electrode-less will suffer from phosphor degradation. The rate of this degradation is a function of the type and the amount of phosphor, and the type of glass used for the tube. The temperature of the phosphor and glass and the intensity of the UV flux from the discharge also play a role in enhancing the degradation of a fluorescent bulb. High Output (HO) and Very High Output (VHO) bulbs will normally degrade faster than standard output bulbs.

Most standard output fluorescent bulbs claim 10,000 hours to 20,000 hours or more operating lifetimes, but can fall to 80% or less of their original light intensity after only 10,000 hours of operation. One must take into account the long term costs of this realistic bulb degradation and failure in considering fluorescent for your lighting application. If dimming ballasts are installed, please factor in this extra cost and also the increased cost of labour and consumables due to increased lamp changes as dimming has an adverse effect on the life of the fluorescent bulb, degrading it even quicker.

Fixture Noise, Static; Light Quality Psychological Impact?

DHID: The proven DHID ballast is silent, and operates warm as only 3% losses are to heat; the ballast is 97% efficient and does not create significant static electricity. Pulse start MH bulbs are inexpensive and produce a natural white light which is more pleasant to work under. Studies have shown that humans working in brighter, more naturally lit environments are more alert and more productive.

FLUO: Some of the common nuisances end-users underscore about fluorescent lighting are the noise, the light quality/flicker, the colour, and rapid light quality degradation by or before the bulb’s mid-life and inevitably thereafter. Fluorescent lighting fixtures require increased maintenance and cleaning due to the dust that collects on the static charged surfaces of the system. The dust and debris accumulation on the bulb and on the reflector surface is unhealthy and further adds to the degradation of light quality and total lumen output.

Lamp(s) and Ballast(s) Change Frequency?

DHID: Only 1 lamp needs to be replaced per HID fixture and with little labour cost/time needed as HID fixtures are typically easy to maintain with easy access to the light bulb. HID bulbs operated with the DHID ballast are rated to 30,000 hours to 40,000 hours or more life expectancy (with dimming) and the bulb lumen output is guaranteed to not decrease more than 5% over the lifetime of the bulb. The DHID ballast will output 118lm/W right up until the bulb’s life end. The DHID ballast is rated to a 10 year MTBF and will output the same 118lm/W up until its life-end. At ballasts life-end, it is again a very simple and cost-effective replacement to upgrade the HID system without having to replace entire fixtures.

FLUO: 8 lamps per fixture need to be replaced and much more frequently than DHID which adds more labour and maintenance costs. If mean time before failure of the fluorescent bulb is 20,000 hours then lamps need replacement every 2 to 3 years. If the lamps are considered to be failed at 10,000 hours due to significant light quality and brightness degradation, then lamp change frequency needs to be every 1 to 2 years. Since the 8 lamp fluorescent fixtures need two ballasts each, then at the ballasts life-end two ballasts need replacement. If you factor in the labour costs to remove the old ballast and reinstall new ballasts, it becomes evident that a lot of waste is created due to the limitations of the fluorescent lighting technology.

Long Term Realistic Bulb And Ballast Expenses?

DHID: Simple example: 1 bulb per existing fixture x 500 fixtures X $20 US approximate HID bulb cost for a 750W Pulse Start Metal Halide bulb = 500 bulbs at $10,000.00 US total every 4-6yrs+. Very simple procedure, 1 lamp to replace and it is easy to do in the existing fixtures since the bulbs are really easy to access. This decreases the maintenance labour costs noticeably. The DHID ballast is rated to 10 years MTBF and is also easy and cost-effective to replace at that time.

FLUO: 8 x T5 high output bulbs X 500 units = 4,000 bulbs. At an approximated bulb price of $5 USD X 4,000 bulbs the total bulb consumable costs alone is $20,000 US. If the bulb lasts 15,000 hours without significant degradation, you would incur this expense every 2 years approximately. In addition, there will be increased labour costs incurred to change 8 lamps per fixture. At the end of the ballasts life there will again be expenses incurred to replace either the entire fixture (more waste), or to retrofit two new ballasts in the existing fixture. Either option with fluorescent will result in inevitable labour and consumable expenses and environmental waste.

Motion Sensor Dimming Capabilities?

DHID: It is possible to dim Metal Halide, High-Pressure Sodium and Ceramic Metal Halide HID bulbs with DHID digital ballasts. Dimming is simple and instant and it adds to the already sizeable savings in energy consumption since the DHID ballast can dim the HID bulb from 100% power to 50% power or any step in between this range. The dimming of a DHID ballast powered bulb is barely noticeable because the system still delivers high lumen output in the dimmed state. With smart dimming, the electricity costs to operate the system are further reduced without disrupting the operation or safety of the working environment. Motion sensors are strategically placed to detect human and operator activity to determine lamp on times at full power.

In the case of a 575W DHID ballast powered HID bulb replacing a magnetic 1000W system drawing 1200W with approximated heat losses, the end-user can expect 50% or more savings without dimming. The system can then be dimmed down via motion sensor or switch by 20% to the 460W setting for the additional 20% in savings in electricity (1200W – 592W – 118.4W = 489.6W / 1200W = 59%+ savings total).

With the advancement in the DHID technology over magnetic based HID systems, lamp start times are 1 minute, dimming is instantaneous and start-up after a hot re-strike is 3 minutes. In most Industry applications, instant dimming capabilities are preferred since HID lighting systems are typically installed in areas where the lights are to be on for extended time periods. Where it is essential to have the lights on always, the dimming of a HID system is ideal since lumen output is still high in the dimmed state, yet more electricity is saved since the lights are only at full power when needed.

FLUO: Yes and No; it is possible to dim fluorescents, but you need special and expensive ballasts with this capability for T5 fluorescent bulbs. This adds expense as you need two ballasts per each 8 lamp high-bay fixture. Without dimming there is a great limit on electrical energy savings possible with fluorescent lighting. One should also consider the original lumen output performance when considering the fluorescent solutions versus a DHID retrofit solution since DHID offers a much higher output of lumens to the target, even in the dimmed state. Secondly, one should consider the effect of dimming on the fluorescent bulb since increased dim-on and dim-off cycles reduce the bulbs life. Fluorescent lighting was not originally designed for dimming, and is typically not recommended due to the associated expenses, performance limitations and poor return on investment.

Return On Investment?

DHID: With DHID the short term return on investment payback is 0.5 years to 1 year for a total DHID retrofit package including bulb, ballast and installation. In the long term, if utilizing an MH bulb with a MTBF of 30,000 hours to 40,000 hours+ with dimming, operated at 6,240 hours yearly, the bulb would need to be replaced every 4.8 years or 6.4 years+ with dimming respectively. At a bulb cost of $20 US, the total consumable cost is miniscule over the lifetime of the system. The DHID ballast is rated at 10yrs MTBF with the potential to have its life extended further depending on the application. With fewer bulbs and less frequent lamp changes, maintenance/cleaning time is more infrequent making the money saved in labour and consumable expenses over the system life noteworthy. The DHID solution guarantees high energy efficiency, and high-quality, penetrating light over the entire lifetime of the bulb and the DHID ballast.

FLUO: The short term return on investment payback time is poor due to the initial cost of purchase and installation; i.e. the labour to assemble the new T5 8 lamp fixtures; the removal of the used HID fixtures; the install and wiring of the new T5 fixture; the installation of the 8 lamps and the accumulated costs of all the fixture hardware and individual lamps for each fixture. Furthermore, in the short term one must factor in the costs of how frequently the fixtures will require cleaning due to decreased light output as a result of dust accumulation. If the T5 high output bulb is able to last 15,000 hours without noticeable degradation due to cleaning and efficient bulb operation, then bulb change labour and consumable expenses will be frequent; every 2 years or less making the return on investment of fluorescent over the long term (5 years or more) most unfavourable when compared to the DHID retrofit solution.

 
The Environmentally Responsible Lighting Retrofit Solution

The DHID ballast retrofit solution is the most environmentally responsible and cost-effective upgrade for inefficient lighting installations. By simply retrofitting the Digital HID ballast into an antiquated HID lamp system, the old fixture is re-used and rejuvenated, bringing new life and a drastic improvement in performance to the HID bulb based system. This simple procedure leaves only the magnetic ballast to be recycled (and bulb in circumstances) and therefore creates much less strain on the environment.  The DHID solution is able to reduce Industry’s carbon footprint, and the over-all CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere due to the measurable amount of energy consumption reduced and physical and time waste reduced as a result of the DHID solution.

Digital HID lighting promises and delivers the optimal balance of energy efficiency, light quality/performance, and reduced maintenance benefits for the shortest realistic return on investment payback time in the Industry. We welcome the opportunity to discuss our findings with you further; please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Anthony Borges
aborges@accendoelectronics.com
www.AccendoElectronics.com

Telegent Systems, Inc. has just become the latest company to file to come public via an Initial Public Offering.  No terms were listed, but the initial prospectus filing is for up to $250 million in common stock. Telegent will list on the NYSE under the stock ticker “TLG.”  Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are the lead underwriters, with co-managers listed as Jefferies & Co., Oppenheimer & Co., and Piper Jaffray.

Telegent is a fabless semiconductor company that has core expertise in RF mixed-signal design, communications signal processing, and multimedia processing.  This is designed to offer live broadcast television on very small screens and the company says its technology is integrated into more than 50 million handsets globally.

The use of proceeds is earmarked for general corporate purposes, sales and marketing, and research and development.

In its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, Telegent generated revenue of $123.9 million,representing 150% year-over-year growth.  In the six months ended September 30, 2009, it turned in revenue of $111.1 million, representing 66% growth over the comparable period in 2008. The company also noted that it has been profitable for nine consecutive quarters.

JON C. OGG

So it turns out I spent most of the weekend planning the coming week and mildly panicking.  I found out on Friday afternoon that I was lucky enough to score two job interviews this week. Luckily they aren’t on the same day.  They are however, on two consecutive days in places that are a five-hour train ride apart.  And, they are not turn up, do your interview and leave processes.  Both interviews require the better part of each day for interview, tests/ presentations and for one, a buffet lunch with prospective future bosses.  I’m ok with all this and happy to finally being going to interviews again but it did require a little research on my part aided and abetted with research conducted in the Southern Hemisphere. 

It’s all sorted now though and I have trains tickets (some cheap, some not) and accommodation (not too bad considering short notice) because I’ll be away for a few days.  Both sets of accommodation have wi-fi so I might be able to pop up some more pictures soon but even if I don’t, I’ll certainly be taking more for when I get back to the big smoke.

Linksys WAP4400N

Se ha anunciado una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio en los puntos de acceso inalámbrico Linksys WAP4400N (Wireless N Access Point).

El problema se debe a un error al tratar peticiones de asociación mal construidas, lo que podría dar lugar a que el dispositivo se reinicie o quede bloqueado lo que provoca que no pueda utilizarse la red inalámbrica con la consiguiente condición de denegación de servicio.

Se ha publicado el firmware versión 1.2.19 para corregir este problema.

Enlace: Marvell Driver Multiple Information Element Overflows

Everyone loves the convenience of wireless, it’s just great, quick to get going, even better for the likes of myself that changes their mind and thinks up a better arrangement or location.

Just recently I must admit that I have started going back to wired for a number of things, looks like wireless ain’t without it’s drawbacks.

• Kids couldn’t live without one wired xbox360 wired controller, everyone runs out of charge at the wrong time and boy are those controllers greedy
• Hand drill – just bought a great Bosch GSB18 unit. Most drilling in the home/garage is beside a power socket, the power is better, but for those who haven’t upgraded and re-mortgaged to Li-ion the NiMH always needs recharged before you start, how annoying !
• Power monitor, just ran short Rs232 cable so now that I finally decided on where things will be the zigbee will be de-commissioned.
• Computer WiFi still use it, but whenever there are sizable files to copy its plug-in to gigahertz cabled speed
• …. barely a rant about batteries, so far

Okay, not earth shattering, but sometimes the extra effort to cable can be worth the hassle.  Just thinking up a final note, so what wireless/battery device will I not give up ?

Answer: Bosch AHS 52 Li Hedge Trimmer

Ultra-lightweight, cableless safety, li-ion always ready to go, a tenacious well designed unit where the extra money is money well spent. (5 star)

Giant International’s Intouch IT7150 wireless Internet frame could prove to be the perfect gift choice this holiday season regardless of the recipient’s age – after all, who doesn’t want to have their favorite memories dance across the display all the time? This follows the trend of newer digital photo frames, where you are connected to the Internet for instant access to news, weather, social media, other dynamic content and online photo galleries. Apart from that, you can also use FrameChannel to organize and share your own photos. Features of the Intouch IT7150 include a 7″ color digital display screen (16:9 aspect ratio) at 800 x 480 resolution, Wi-Fi connectivity, an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, live Internet radio, RSS 2.0 support, stereo speakers, a multi-memory card slot, 128MB of internal memory, and an audio jack among others. Expect to pick up the Intouch IT7150 wireless Internet frame for $229.99. [Press Release]

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Sobra decir que robar al vecino está mal, aunque todos tenemos parte de culpa, uno por no protejerse y el otro por atacar primero; en cualquier caso ese no es el tema que trato de mostrar sino el aspecto técnico del ataque y de su posible protección ya que como muchos como estamos cansados de mitificar al “hacker”. El nivel de este artículo lo voy a hacer para que me entienda absolutamente todo el mundo y si no dejase algo claro… siempre se me puede preguntar que gustoso responderé las preguntas.

Si lo que buscas es un programa como aircrack la dirección es “www.aircrack-ng.org”, la ignorancia para algunos es la felicidad… Supongo que lo que aquí cuento no es lo que buscas.

Iré añadiendo conceptos poco a poco para no sobrecargar el tema así al final se entenderá completamente tanto para los “iniciados” como para los que no.

Bueno comenzaré hablando de qué es una red wireless, es un conjunto de computadoras que en cierto momento están comunicándose por ondas de radio. Quien piense que su teléfono móvil o PDA no es una computadora que se lo plantee de nuevo porque tienen mayor potencia de cálculo que máquinas que tiempo atrás se llamaban supercomputadores…

Las redes necesitan de un dispositivo electrónico para enviar y recibir datos que en el caso de las computadoras son las tarjetas de red pudiendo éstas ser integradas en la circuitería base de la computadora (placa base) o llegando a ser incluso dispositivos del tamaño de un dedo que se enchufan al puerto USB; la tecnología no para de avanzar y hay mucha imaginación de por medio. Si en un extremo teníamos una computadora, en el otro o tenemos otra computadora o un dispositivo para rebotar nuestra señal que en ella van codificados nuestros datos, estos dispositivos suelen ser routers; existen otros como hubs y switches que hacen tareas similares pero con pequeñas diferencias de funcionamiento que no trataré en este artículo.

Los datos que se transmiten por esta red tienen una estructura predefinida en un par de protocolos de comunicaciones conocidos como el protocolo TCP, Protocolo de Control de Transmisión, y el protocolo IP, el Protocolo de Internet. Comunmente se conocen como TCP/IP porque se usan juntos. Los datos se encapsulan en capas de abstracción de tal forma que para cada capa hay un protolo y el protocolo más abstracto contiene al que es menos abstracto; y al final todo esto se envía por ondas de radio. Para más información véase el modelo OSI y el modelo TCP/IP.

Como ya hemos dicho estos datos se enviarán encapsulados en “paquetes” donde la información se troceará en el origen y se volverá a pegar en el destino ya que hay una limitación en cuanto el tamaño de los datos. Estos paquetes deben de ir identificados puesto que se debe conocer para quién van, de quién vienen y su orden. Para conocer el destinatario y el remitente poseemos dos direcciones para cada uno, una es la dirección IP y la otra es la dirección MAC (Control de Acceso al Medio). Veremos cada una de ellas.

La dirección IP es del tipo “192.168.1.5″, se utilizan los puntos de separación ya que son cuatro bloques numéricos que van desde 0 hasta 255. Con esta dirección se identifica de forma lógica un dispositivo que utilice el protocolo IP. Esta dirección debe de ser única dentro de una red. La dirección bien puede ser introducida a mano o bien hay un servidor DHCP (que puede ser una computadora o un router), Protocolo de Configuración Dinámica del Servidor, que nos asigna una dirección de forma automática.

La dirección MAC es del tipo “00:11:11:69:D2:C6″, los dos puntos son parte de la notación utilizándose también puntos o líneas horizontales dependiendo del autor, en la realidad no hay separación cuando se envía la información. Son un total de seis números en el sistema matemático hexadecimal (00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 0A, 0B, 0C, 0D, 0E, 0F, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B…). Con esta dirección se identifica de forma física un dispositivo que utilice tanto el estándar 802.X, en particular son las 802.11n las que se refieren a las redes sin cables. Esta dirección debe ser única a nivel mundial. La dirección es suministrada por el fabricante de la tarjeta de red (ellos se ponen de acuerdo para la emisión de los números) pero y aqui es donde empieza el problema, la podemos cambiar y así decir que somos otra máquina.

Existe un protocolo de comunicaciones conocido como ARP que lo que hace es que te preguntan tu dirección IP que es configurable dada tu dirección MAC que como acabamos de decir no debe de ser configurable pero lo es. Con esto ya estamos mintiendo de quienes somos. Todavía no hemos hablado de cifrar comunicaciones ni claves, y aun así se pueden poner barreras al vecino, esto es conocido como filtro MAC y consiste en una lista de direcciones MAC autorizadas para que se conecten con tu router que a partir de ahora llamaremos punto de acceso (que es una definición más genérica). Así aquel que no conozca tu dirección MAC le es imposible acceder.

Los sistemas operativos tienen una fuerte seguridad, y los drivers de las tarjetas de red que son miniprogramas internos del sistema operativo y específicos de las tarjetas de red no permiten que se cambien las direcciones MAC. Pero ¿y si le cambiamos el driver a uno que sí lo permita? Afortunadamente para unos y desafortunadamente para otros se puede cambiar el driver y como ya hemos dicho falsear nuestra dirección MAC. Así que esta medida de seguridad no es más que una medida complementaria.

Resumiendo, hemos visto quiénes se comunican y cómo nos identificamos en la comunicación. Para tener una medida más segura hay entrar más a fondo en lo que es cifrado de datos y en cómo nos comunicamos con el punto de acceso que se verá en el próximo artículo.

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Pessoal, esse blog chegou a marca de mais de 100 mil visitas em 3 meses de existência!!!

Para comemorar essa marca, que pode parecer pouco para alguns, mas para um blog sem midia, sem tanta exposição é uma marca muito boa, estaremos sorteando um adaptador wireless 802.11 b/g USB Encore que já vem com o CD de instalação.

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Para concorrer, tudo que você precisa é fazer um comentário nesse post e criar uma frase bem criativa com o nome do blog – Idiotice tem Limite – e a melhor frase, que será escolhida pelo blog levará o prêmio.

O nome do ganhador será colocado aqui no blog no dia 01/12/2009, então você tem até o dia 30/11/2009 para enviar sua frase, ok?

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With the Sprint-Nextel merger reportedly off the table, Deutsche Telekom (DT), T-Mobile U.S. parent company is seeking partners to help finance its network expansion.  T-Mobile is building out its 3G network with plans to upgrade its network to HSPA+ to handle the burgeoning growth in mobile data.

The German telecom giant is reporting looking at AT&T Mobility, Clearwire, and MetroPCS as possible partners – at first blush, the obvious choice is AT&T as both have the same GSM technology and seem to be migrating to 4G along the same path.  On the flip side, both Clearwire and Metro PCS are potential partners due to significant spectrum holdings; technology issues may preclude the latter 2 as Clearwire is using WiMAX and MetroPCS CDMA which aren’t compatible with T-Mobile’s GSM/EDGE/HSPA+ network infrastructure.  The view that DT may be using Clearwire and MetroPCS spectrum to build out it’s 4G network and it’s deep pockets may just make this a reality.

All of this comes on the heels of Q3 results showing T-Mobile further losing ground to Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint, with their struggles more apparent with losing 77,000 subscribers in the quarter; DT isn’t known for sitting idly by while they lose market share, so expect something to transpire soon.

T-Mobile is banking on new, low-cost, unlimited plans plus new Android smartphones such as the Motorola Cliq to stem the losses; will it be enough to get them competitive with the other, much larger competitors?

This morning when I woke up, I logged onto the internet.

This evening when I returned to boot up again and log on, no dice. My wireless indicator light was off, so I figured I must have bumped the switch. I turned it to on. The orange light of doom was still glowing. Orange means the wireless is off. Blue means the wireless is on.

The orange light was mocking me.

So I fiddled with it some more. I used my Blackberry to Google why the wireless wasn’t turning on, and the orange light remained. Ironically, I came upon a forum where a member referenced my exact model of HP laptop and said they had experienced the same problem and that their calls to HP Customer Service were futile. (I’ve heard that about them.) They also said they’d taken the laptop into a repair store and decided the $150 diagnostic fee was not even worth it.

I glanced over a few more articles on the Crackberry and decided my best bet was the cheapest route (thank goodness for that)… I headed out to purchase a wireless adapter. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be to get installed and working, but after an hour of frustration, I got it. So, that’s that. I no longer have the ease of built-in wireless, but at least my computer is still working and able to function online with the adapter. (And I had a $20 reward certificate from Best Buy to use up, so it cost me half the price)

Technology. I love it. And I hate it.

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24/7 Wall St. sat down with Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) to talk about the company’s current subscriber growth issues, the firm’s WiMax roll-out, and the future of broadband telecommunications.

The interview:

24/7 Wall St: It’s obvious that Wall Street’s perception of Sprint has changed  markedly in just the last week, and obviously you all have watched that.  Are there one or two things that you think have changed in terms of perception in the direction of what’s going on in the company that were not as easily visible before?
 
Hesse:  Well I can’t speak for why the shares have gone up in the past week.  What I will say is that I hope that investors have seen continued improvement at Sprint in terms of the customer experience.  We’ve reported seven consecutive quarters of improved customer satisfaction, improved first-call resolution, improved customer satisfaction at retail, improved network performance, so an overall improved overall customer experience.  And the past quarter, the 3rd quarter, we saw the largest sequential improvement in gross adds, which is the industry vernacular for new customers, since we’ve been keeping records, which is over 5 years.   So perhaps these are being noticed by the Street.  In addition, as you know, we recently bought down another $1 billion of Sprint debt, which perhaps is viewed as increasing confidence in our ability to generate free cash flow and improve the balance sheet. 
 
24/7 Wall St:  One of the things that I’ve seen in writing, and I wanted to get your reaction to this, there’s certainly a perception that you make more money per customer than your major competitors in terms of the data that people use from their phones to the people they’re talking to or doing business with.  Is that a fair perception?
 
Hesse:  We have a higher average revenue per user that is attributed to data.  And Sprint has been effective at attracting customers that want to use their phone for more than just voice.  So we have very simple pricing plans, like Simply Everything which we introduced in the 1st quarter of 2008, and our Everything data plans have recently been enhanced by adding Any Mobile Any Time to them so that the data-centric customer who’s looking for a great 3G network, as you know we have the most dependable 3G network, we have the first 4G network, and we have very good rate plans for those data and text-centric customers that we tend to attract.  And as a result our ARPU, or average revenue per user, that is attributable to data for our CDMA customer base.  We have two networks.  We have a CDMA and we have an iDEN network.   But the customers that go to the CDMA network are very heavy data users so we do have the highest average revenue per user among those customers in the industry. 
 
24/7 Wall St:  I suspect that if we asked 99 out of 100 analysts and institutional investors what they think will be the tipping point for Sprint, it will be when you start to add subscribers the way that AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless NYSE:VZ)(NYSE:VOD) have.  Do you have a feel for when that may start to happen or what the triggers are for that?
 
Hesse:  Our focus is on increasing revenue and getting to the point where our revenues as a company grow.  We have post-paid wireless customers, pre-paid wireless customers, wholesale wireless customers, and then we also have a wireline division.  We have made a lot of progress in growing our pre-paid customer base this year in 2009.  As a matter of fact in the first three quarters of 2009 we’ve added 2.1 million net adds, or net new subscribers in pre-paid, which is more new customers than any U.S. pre-paid provider added on all of 2008.  On the post-paid side, we are still lose losing customers, but at an improving rate.  We’re losing fewer customers than we have in previous quarters, which we believe is attributable to the fact that we’ve improved customer service and network quality immensely.  We do have a goal of getting to total subscriber growth.  We want our customers to choose what is the best rate plan or service for them.  For some customers, they prefer prepaid which means there is no contract.  And some customers prefer post-paid, where they get a subsidized phone and in exchange they sign a 2-year contract.  We want the customer to make that choice.  And I think that the Street sometimes can tend to over-emphasize one area over another.   We tend to take a more balanced view.  So the appropriate way of looking at our turnaround is total revenue.   And that is still declining, but we do have clear goals to get that moving in a positive direction.  
 
24/7 Wall St:  so just as a quick follow-up, the notion that adding a 1 or 1.5 million net total subscribers every quarter is an incredibly important benchmark for you or any or your competitors is somewhat overstated? 
 
Hesse:  No I think the way look at it is that you have to walk before you run.  For us the goal is to grow revenues.  And whether that comes from post-paid subscribers of pre-paid subscribers isn’t the issue a much as just growing the revenue stream.  So we do have a goal to grow and obviously the more the revenues or the more new subscribers you’re adding the better.  Your question may have been is there a particular number of subscribers that you’ll guide to as a goal going forward.  And our number one goal is to get to revenue growth.   And later on perhaps we’ll have goals around the particular number of subscribers that we’re growing.  But right now our pre-paid business is growing subscribers in a very healthy way.  We need to get where the combination of our pre-paid business, post-paid business, our wholesale customer base, as well as our wire line business are working together to growth the overall revenue stream?
 
24/7 Wall St: You’re currently building out your WiMax network with your partner Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR).  At what point will you be able to aggressively offer that service in the top 20 markets, be able to really market it throughout that area?
 
Hesse:  Well, it takes a while to build a national 4G market.  Our target is to have 25 markets, not the top 25, but 25 markets covering 30 million people operating by then of this year, 2009.  And 80 markets, covering about 120 million people, which will cover most of the major markets by the end of next year, 2010.  This year we’ve already launched Chicago, Philadelphia, Portland, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Atlanta, Las Vegas, very major markets.  And of course there are very big markets planned for launching in 2010.  And as we get more markets build it becomes easier to market 4G because the national coverage gets better.   Because it does take a long time to build a national 4G footprint, very much like we did when we built 2G and when we built our 3G, we’ll offer dual-mode devices that operate on the existing large coverage network that we have in 3G.  We have a very large 3G network at Sprint, 14 times larger than T-Mobile’s for example.  So our devices will operate on 3G and also 4G so that if you happen to be in a market or location where 4G isn’t built out yet it will downshift, if you will, to 3G.  So we have begun marketing Sprint 4G services in the markets that indicated have already been launched this year, in 2009.  But you’ll be seeing much more market of 4G services in 2010 as we get more of a critical mass of markets.  And again by the end of 2010 our goal is to have 120 million what we call pops covered, which is equivalent to 120 million people that could get the service if they choose.    
 
24/7 Wall St: Your partner Clearwire obviously just got a new round of funding.  Is there any assumption that gets them to profitability or is the assumption that just in essence gets them more runway as you build our WiMax?
 
Hesse:  Well I’ll let Clearwire, which is a separate public company, talk about what the funding means.  It depends upon how rapidly Clearwire builds out the network.  The more rapidly they build out the network the more likely they are to need funding to build it out more aggressively before the revenue comes in from new customers.  So it is a corporate decision that Clearwire makes on whether time the funding of capex investment or market expansion with revenues coming in, which would mean they may not have to go out and get additional funding, or if in fact they intend to aggressively build out the network so that the cash or capital requirements go out before the revenues come in, which would mean they would need to raise additional capital.  But there is a significant likelihood that Clearwire would need to raise additional money, whether that be debt or equity, in the future.
 
24/7 Wall St:  how important in terms of picking up net new customers that WiMax is being deployed well ahead of the LTE technology that people like AT&T and Verizon will offer?
 
Hesse:  We think it’s quite important, because as opposed to any other new generations of wireless technology where it took a while for the market to develop, because the applications needed to developed.   3G is a good case and point.  3G technology was available really before a lot of the applications where there, and on the network side available before the devices for 3G were out on the markets place.  The beauty of 4G is that in a very short period of time data growth has exploded on the mobile networks.  A lot is being written about, for example, AT&T’s network not being able to handle the heavy data users on the iPhones.  So need for additional speed and capacity on the wireless networks is there, that’s number one.  So the applications don’t need to be developed; it’s not like we’re waiting for those to come.  Secondly, we’re not really waiting for the new 4G devices to come either.  Because with what we call a MyFi, we offer a 3G MyFi which is like a small wireless router that’s about the size of a thick credit card, the 3G versions.  And we have a 4G version that operates on 4G and 3G that’s larger, but the size will come down over time.  This means that anything that anything that I have has WiFi on it can be a 4G device.   So any of my 3G or 2G cell phones that have WiFi can operate at 4G as long as I have one of these mobile hot spots with me.  So can my MP3 player, or my iTouch, or my gaming device, or my camera, or my video camera, or my PC, or my netbook.  These can all be mobile 4G devices as long as they have WiFi on them because what these small routers do is they take that WiFi signal from all these devices that are out there on the market today that I’ve just described, and it goes WiFi to this mini-router and then 4G, or 3G depending on what’s available, out to the internet.  So the hot spot now is no longer the size of a WiFi hot spot, no longer the size of a coffee shop or your apartment, but it’s the size of the entire city.  So both the applications are there and the devices are there for 4G now.  So we can take real advantage of time-to-market advantage for 4G.  So we think it will make a very big difference to be first to market. 
 
24/7 Wall St:  Is WiMax, once it’s broadly distributed, a fast enough technology so that it will actually compete with wired broadband to the home.  So as an example could there be a set-top box that in essence operates wirelessly that allows for broadband and TV to come in the way they might with cable or fiber now? 
 
Hesse:  Well there are landline technologies that are capable of faster speeds than wireless 4G, like WiMax.  WiMax of course is theoretical capable of going at 40 megabits per second and is faster, but that in the real world with the number of users sharing bandwidth thing of something more in the range of 4 megabits per second, maybe 5 megabits per second, as being the kinds of speeds that customers might expect on 4G.  It will compete very effectively against, from a speed point of view, with DSL.  There are cable modem speeds, and as you mentioned fiber, that are capable of going faster than that.  The real question is from a price performance perspective, if I’m a customer and I have 4G service available at let’s say 4 megabits per second, that’s very fast for most applications.  Is it worth it to also buy a landline on top of that, because we believe that everybody will want to have and need to have that capability from a mobile point of view.   So the real question is “is it worth the extra money when I’m home to buy another subscription to another service to get what could go faster?”.  So the question is a good one.  There will be landline solutions available to everyone that’s within service range, because everybody can’t get high-speed cable modem service for example, or fiber service like a Fios or a U-Verse.  They may not have that available to them.  But those services are capable of even faster transmission speeds than wireless 4G.  
 
24/7 Wall St.:  Thank you.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is counting on its relationship with China Unicom (NASDAQ:CHU) to drive iPhone sales in a nation which already has over 500 million mobile subscribers. The head of Unicom said he expects the iPhone to take 10% of China’s 3G users by the end of 2012 when the company forecasts there will be 240 million 3G customers nationwide.

The explosion of iPhone subscribers in China should cause millions of visits to the Apple App store as software programmers begin to write Chinese language software for the iPhone. Last month the store hit two billion app downloads worldwide since its inception.

There are close to two million unlocked iPhones in China. These will be the source of Apple App piracy which could affect the revenue of applications for the handset as seriously nearly unchecked piracy has undercut Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows revenue in the world’s most populous nation.

The Apple App store is expected to bring in $1 million in revenue this year in China and $10 million next year. This is small compared to the estimated $200 million in sales that the App store does each month worldwide, according to AdMob. But, Unicom has only sold a few thousand iPhones so far. China App store downloads should be in the tens of millions once the iPhone has been on the commercial market for a year.

Appke is up against the Chinese disregard for intellectual property. iPodNN reports, “Regionally the largest ratio of pirated apps, over 37 percent, is said to be found in China.” Windows suffers from similar problems. The situation got somewhat better once Microsoft pushed the Chinese government to do more to take legal action against people who sold illegitimate versions of its operating system.

The Chinese Apple App store certainly has the potential to reach download levels similar to those in the US within the next two or three years. But, piracy could completely upset that and, if history is any indication, the Chinese government will not do much to prevent it.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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