I agree they are different. If there was a standard for this we could connect everything on the same network. Fine a PDA could only connect into the network from 10 feet away and get 1/100 the speed or something like that that would be fine with me. It would be something like the 10/100/1000 networking standard we have today. The copper standards are different but I can take a machine with one of those cards and connect into any netowrk. If you only have a 10 meg hub fine I am slowed to that speed but when I can connect into a 1000 meg switch look how I fly. Just an idea.
I agree the one thing I did see awhile back that I thought was neat was the camera that connected you to your pop e-mail. Kind of neat running out of room on the camera? Just e-mail your photos to youself. Also waiting for an important e-mail? Just check your camera. Neat!
When are the companies out there going to get a standard that we all can use together? 802.11x, Bluetooth, The funky Intel stuff, etc. It would be nice if I go over to a friends not to have to make sure we buy the same standard. At least some of the 802.11a people are making it so they do 802.111a and 802.11b.
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I agree they are different. If there was a standard for this we could connect everything on the same network. Fine a PDA could only connect into the network from 10 feet away and get 1/100 the speed or something like that that would be fine with me. It would be something like the 10/100/1000 networking standard we have today. The copper standards are different but I can take a machine with one of those cards and connect into any netowrk. If you only have a 10 meg hub fine I am slowed to that speed but when I can connect into a 1000 meg switch look how I fly. Just an idea.
I agree the one thing I did see awhile back that I thought was neat was the camera that connected you to your pop e-mail. Kind of neat running out of room on the camera? Just e-mail your photos to youself. Also waiting for an important e-mail? Just check your camera. Neat!
When are the companies out there going to get a standard that we all can use together? 802.11x, Bluetooth, The funky Intel stuff, etc. It would be nice if I go over to a friends not to have to make sure we buy the same standard. At least some of the 802.11a people are making it so they do 802.111a and 802.11b.