Wi-Fi Looks Like the Winner. HomeRF loses to Wi-Fi in the home-networking arena. Also: BlueLinx develops a (legal) way to muffle ringing cell phones.... Argentine financial crisis wreaks havoc on Uruguay's telecommunications industry.... and more in this week's Unwired News by Elisa Batista. [in Wired News]
The Wi-Fi declaration is interesting, but what really caught my eye was the Motorola-Food.com partnership that has "created software that lets customers order food from their cell phones. The wireless method of ordering shows customers the menu right away and saves them from being put on hold when they call on a regular telephone." Now why can't I order books and CDs from my local library this way? ;-)
Of course, a pizzeria is the first restaurant to sign up for the service. Mmmm... comfort food.
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