For handset maker Motorola, the Nextel-Victorinox branded phone is another step in a new direction. The Swiss Army Special Edition is among the first co-branded phones Motorola has produced for corporate customers. Although customizing phones to accompany or promote products is not a new trend for the wireless industry, cell phone makers usually provide companies with only a set number of design choices. Motorola has started giving businesses more say in the phone's actual design, hence the input from Victorinox.

Motorola has tried a similar tactic in an effort to sell its phones directly to consumers, In July, the handset maker held a three-day auction on eBay in which bidders took a shot at 100 Motorola v60 cell phones with the chance to customize parts of the handsets that are normally off limits, But whether other handset makers will follow Motorola's example remains to be seen, Dana Knight, a protective hardshell case for apple iphone xr - garden bloom black spokeswoman for San Diego-based handset maker Kyocera Wireless, said that for now, her company is sticking with selling just phone accessories, Such accessories include new phone covers, hip holsters or even designer bags to hold phones..

The Nextel i90c Swiss Army Special Edition will be available Friday at Nextel retail stores, from the company's Web site and through 1-800-Nextel9. Cell phones are now packed with so many features they're often compared to Swiss Army knives. Apparently Nextel Communications and knife maker Victorinox have taken the hint. On Monday, the wireless carrier announced its Nextel i90c Swiss Army Special Edition, a Motorola-built phone that Nextel has co-branded with Victorinox, the famous maker of Swiss Army knives.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, The report projected annual worldwide shipments of Wi-Fi equipment to reach 33 million units in 2006, up from 6 million expected to ship this year, Gemma Paulo, an In-Stat/MDR analyst, said that the competing 802.11a and 802.11b standards may initially confuse the market, but protective hardshell case for apple iphone xr - garden bloom black the emergence of products that can support both standards will help broaden acceptance, "The key feature that consumers want is the ability to share broadband access, and we expect that will drive growth," Paulo said..

According to In-Stat, the United States is expected to remain the largest market for wireless networking despite wide adoption rates of broadband subscribers in other countries such as South Korea. As wireless home networking catches on, the climate is right for growth in the Wi-Fi market, according to a new study. Wi-Fi is a technology that allows devices located within a 300-foot radius to communicate without wires. Wi-Fi includes two different standards, 802.11b and 802.11a. Reader Resources Products using the 802.11b standard are already being accepted, and products using the emerging 802.11a standard are finding their way into the homes of early adopters, according to a study released Monday from In-Stat/MDR. The 802.11b standard allows data to be transferred at rates up to 11mbps and uses the 2.4GHz radio band. The 802.11a standard transmits data at up to 54mbps in the higher 5GHz frequency and is not compatible with 802.11b.