Monday, January 04, 2010

WLANs: The state of the market; 21 apps Apple doesn't want on your iPhone

21 apps Apple doesn't want on your iPhone; What ultimately wins in the enterprise, the Blackberry or the iPhone?
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WLANs: The state of the market

The results are in from the annual Webtorials Wireless LAN State-of-the-Market survey, which was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2009, post-ratification of the 802.11n standard. A few interesting trends emerged, particularly regarding "all-wireless" plans (or lack thereof), customer satisfaction levels, architecture choices and that ever-elusive variable: voice. Read full story

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January 04, 2010

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