It Has Become The TCP/IP Of Wireless A Single Networking Standard for all Developers.

Equipment manufacturers, service Providers and Users.

As with TCP/IP, any innovation in Wi-Fi benefits everyone.

Hundreds of equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are now flooding the market with millions of Wi-Fi devices and access points (“APs” -- wireless hubs). The single Wi-Fi standard ensures these devices all interoperate with each other, so for example, an access point made by Netgear will communicate with a network card from Linksys.

Prices Of Wi-Fi Devices Are Falling So Fast

A few years ago, APs (Access points) cost over $1,000, but are less than $100 today, and Wi-Fi cards that were once $700 now regularly sell for under $50 or are included free as part of a laptop, PDAs or other device. As prices have dropped, millions of private Wi-Fi networks have been deployed in offices and homes. Wi-Fi networks have also begun appearing in public hotspots.

The Cost Of Wi-Fi Components

Wi-Fi radio chips, which cost $100 in 2000, now cost only $8, and fierce competition amongst commodity radio manufacturers promises to push this price much lower in the coming years.

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A future with widespread Wi-Fi networks in homes, offices and in public spaces will be filled with all kinds of Wi-Fi enabled devices. It took at least ten years for modems and wired Ethernet ports to become standard on laptops.

According to market research firm In-Stat, 5.7% of all notebooks were shipped with built-in Wi-Fi devices only a few years after Wi-Fi becoming a widely-adopted standard.

Companies Are Swarming To Wi-Fi Devices

• PDAs – HP, Toshiba and Palm have already introduced PDAs with Wi-Fi devices built right in, and many more Wi-Fi-embedded devices are coming. WLAN 802.11b,g,n enabled ,Imagine a cell phone with a low cost Wi-Fi radio that could opportunistically connect to Wi-Fi hot spots, taking traffic off of overloaded (and expensive) cellular networks, and sucking in broadband content like streaming video. Or switch over to a private Wi-Fi network in the enterprise or at home to do voice over IP.

• Automobiles -- New cars are already packed with data-hungry devices that could make use of Wi-Fi devices. Soon you will pull into any service station (in the coming years, they will all be hot spots) and top up on your data along with your gas.

• Download MP3’s, update your navigation system with the latest traffic data, download the day’s Wall Street Journal audio edition to listen to on the way to work. When you pull into your garage, your car will "dock" with your home Wi-Fi network. It could also upload data about itself to your dealer or your insurance company.
  

Gaming Devices Connect To Private And Public Networks

• And become a platform for multi-player games. Again, a low-cost add on to existing products.

• Consumer electronics devices -- Once super-cheap low-power Wi-Fichips are available, it isn’t a stretch to see them added to all manner of consumer electronics devices.

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• Anything that could benefit from the ability to send and receive information, such as a Wi-Fi device MP3 players - download music in any hot spot, and digital cameras. upload pictures right after you take them wherever you are.