Recently both Apple and Lenovo introduced some very thin laptops; the MacBook Air and the Lenovo x300. The MacBook Air is a very elegant looking machine. Very sleek. To make it really sleek, Apple dropped all external connectors from the edge of the product, with the exception of one USB port hidden under a flap. […]

There has been a lot written lately about Android, the so-called Google Phone platform. There are even short video introductions on YouTube about the developer’s kits as well as the announcement of a Google contest for the coolest applications. Since I don’t have time to build my own entry into the Google Phone contest, here […]

As a general rule, it is rare that I have time during the course of a normal business day to write an entry for my blog. Nearly all of my entries are written at an altitude of 30 thousand feet, and this one is no exception. I have read with interest all of the various […]

Some of the early reviews for the first Certified Wireless USB PC Accessory products are now coming to press. Many of them are not particularly flattering. Some of the comments are valid enough. Others I think are a bit off base. What I find interesting, however, is how so many reviewers don’t seem to learn […]

This past week Alereon achieved another industry first for UWB technology – we were the first company to introduce a UWB chipset for WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB applications that is capable of operating at any frequency band between 3.1GHz and 10.6GHz. For those of you that are highly technical, this is a remarkable feat […]

In essentially all of my blog articles I have touched on products, or product concepts, that are part of a future Life Without Wires™. An area I have not written about however is life with no new wires – which is a bit different. For our part, Alereon is staying focused on Certified Wireless USB […]

As a natural by-product of my position at Alereon, I get the opportunity to meet with Venture Capitalists and with many of the limited partners who invest funds in the myriad of venture capital firms around the world. Very often my presentations to them include slides depicting various products under development using Wireless USB – […]

For 97% of my readers, February 14, 2007 is Valentine’s Day. For UWB however, it is the 5th anniversary of the establishment of UWB regulations in the US, making it legal to transmit UWB signals in the 3.2 to 10.6GHz range, provided certain technical guidelines are met. Having been in the industry for four years […]

There will be much written about the iPhone, from Walt in the Wall Street Journal to teenager bloggers and industry pundits. My thought then is to play the futurist for a moment and resist the temptation to gush about the great interface, the beautiful screen or to wonder about how well you can type with […]

In Lost Wages, Nevada this past week, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place. As has been customary over the last few years, many top companies competed for the prize of “largest plasma TV” or “largest LCD.” Again this year, Blu-Ray was making noise - but for the first time ever there were real […]