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Bluetooth + WiFi + GSM = Wanda

nackrm writes "CNN is reporting on the latest from Texas Instruments seen recently at the Cellular Telecommunication and Internet Association (CTIA) conference in New Orleans. They've managed to jam these three techs into one chip. Soon we'll be seeing the techie equivalent of a swiss army knife."

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  1. Not one chip! by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The submitter didn't even RTFA. WANDA (there's the link that the submitter was too lazy to give you) is at least 7 chips.

  2. Anywhere access... by Justen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have been waiting for this for quite a while.

    The idea of "anywhere" access isn't new. Almost every wireless company has included it in their .com business plans at one point or another. But there has always been a reality that it just isn't all that realistic for a single protocol. That is, it isn't very cost-effective to utilize a wide-area terrestrial wireless network when you are sitting five feet from an wi-fi base station.

    I think that this card will bring mobile warriors a bit closer to the idea of truly affordable anywhere access.

    justen