Comments on: Broadcom develops 802.11n chip for mobiles

By: Affordable Software

Affordable Software — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:03:22 +0000

YES my company is making an app which will make it so you can also tune into stations online but they will than be resent to others in about a 3 mile radious as AM!
(So all people by the chip can see who is listening to what)

By: Affordable Software

Affordable Software — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:03:22 +0000

By: derosnec

derosnec — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:38:04 +0000

Without impacting battery life? Really? That's a mighty big promise!

Colour me sceptical though – the bottleneck in getting data from point A to a phone is usually the device OS itself… or the back-end 'net connection… or the serving application.

Also, downloading faster doesn't mean you will save battery. Intelligent software design is the best way to save battery life on Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi suffers because it is always “on” (unlike GSM which drops into a low power mode until paged).

My final concern is that I barely see manufacturers advertising 802.11G – its just Wi-Fi. I wonder if N will really be a differentiator.

By: derosnec

derosnec — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:38:04 +0000

Without impacting battery life? Really? That's a mighty big promise!

Colour me sceptical though – the bottleneck in getting data from point A to a phone is usually the device OS itself… or the back-end 'net connection… or the serving application.

My final concern is that I barely see manufacturers advertising 802.11G – its just Wi-Fi. I wonder if N will really be a differentiator.