Category: Airport

Apple Computer's new AirPort Express is a four-trick pony: It creates a portable wireless network, moves music around the house, shares a printer and can increase the range of your existing wireless setup. Via [mercurynews.com]

Apple Computer Inc.'s new AirPort Express wireless access point is just the kind of toy we high-tech gadget freaks fall in love with. Via [computerworld.com]

Apple today announced it has begun shipping its AirPort Express Wi-Fi mobile base station. "With over 80,000 pre-orders, AirPort Express is off to a great start as the first 802.11g mobile base station for Mac and PC users," Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said. Via [technewsworld.com]

If you're parked in a hotel room with a wired broadband connection, a new Wi-Fi solution can come to the wireless rescue. The Apple AirPort Express, a new $129 802.11g mobile Wi-Fi base station, offers what may be the most efficient design yet for roaming wirelessly. Via [pcmag.com]

Logan International Airport will be hot today -- not just with temperatures forecast to be above 80, but with a new web of wireless Internet access hot spots blanketing all four terminals. Via [boston.com]

In addition to its VDLM2 deployment, Southwest also plans to boost data delivery to its aircraft by using an aviation version of wireless LAN technology called Gatelink, according to Brian Gleason, the airline's director of flight operations, technical. Via [computerworld.com]

Apple Computer unveiled on Monday a $129 device that acts as both a portable wireless base station and a way to stream music throughout the home. Via [news.com.com]

AT&T Wireless and Sprint on Monday announced a new Wi-Fi hot-spot roaming pact for several U.S. airports. Via [zdnet.com.com]

BT is installing Openzone Wi-Fi access points in 80 British Airways customer lounges around the world. Via [vnunet.com]

Taking a page from their wired peers, wireless local area network (WLAN) providers Wayport Inc. officials announced Wednesday the acquisition of four Laptop Lane business centers at the Cincinnati/North Kentucky International Airport. Via [internetnews.com]