A growing number of consumers are walking around with a cell phone for voice communications and a laptop for data connections. Soon, that may no longer be necessary, as handset vendors are delivering new devices and carriers are rolling out new services that support both cellular and WiFi connections. With handsets gaining more capabilities and cell networks supplying more bandwidth for data, integrating the two is now possible, and that should benefit many users in the future.
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Next-Gen Devices May Integrate Cellular, WiFi Connectivity
Posted by: Paul Korzeniowski September 7, 2006 04:00 AMA growing number of consumers are walking around with a cell phone for voice communications and a laptop for data connections. Soon, that may no longer be necessary, as handset vendors are delivering new devices and carriers are rolling out new services that support both cellular and WiFi connections. With handsets gaining more capabilities and cell networks supplying more bandwidth for data, integrating the two is now possible, and that should benefit many users in the future.