Tim Higgins
With the wireless market hung up on waiting for the 11n Draft 2.0 dam to break, and with media file downloading showing no sign of slowing down, NASes are a good place for consumer networking manufacturers to focus their efforts. Improved performance, more features and more competition is good for everyone.
Now, excuse me, I have to go test another NAS!
Manufacturers continue to pump out more draft 802.11n products based on the current Draft 1.0 spec. They do this despite ...
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Tuesday's entry by Intel into the draft 11n market was a bit of a surprise, given its history with being late to the party with previous wireless LAN product generations. But the 11n train left the station awhile ago and Intel, like any other company wanting to stay in the WLAN game, had to get on board, draft status or not.
But aside from lending legitamacy to a technology that has so far been most notable for further decreasing the chance of an average consumer having a successful wireless networking experience, and for getting reviewers' and pundits' shorts in a knot (myself included), Intel did something else. Something that, in my opinion, they didn't play up enough in their announcement material or webcast / conference call, and that deserves special mention.
