Tim Higgins
The Mvix Nubbin is less than 3/4" long and is claimed to be compliant with IEEE 802.11b, g and draft 802.11n, but is not Wi-Fi Certified to any of those standards. It supports WMM QoS and Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) security.
The single-band 2.4 GHz adapter supports single-stream draft 802.11n, so has a maximum connection rate of only 150 Mbps when connecting to draft 802.11n routers.
The product will be available this month for $39.
Update - NETGEAR's sixth draft 11ac router takes an aggressive pricing stance.
Wi-Fi chipset maker Ralink Technology today announced what it claims is the industry's "longest range" draft-802.11n Wi-Fi chipset. The company said its RT2800 chipset "doubles the range of high-performance wireless systems" through the use of patented, low-noise circuitry. Ralink also said the chipset is designed so that changes to the current draft-802.11n standard can be done via firmware upgrade.
hField Technologies just launched new Mac OS software for its Wi-Fire long-range USB Wi-Fi adapter.
