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A new product to be released in March will turn your car into a rolling Wi-Fi hot spot. Autonet Mobile, a San Francisco start-up, said Tuesday that it is preparing to release a product for cars that combines 3G cellular access and Wi-Fi technology....
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A new product to be released in March will turn your car into a rolling Wi-Fi hot spot. Autonet Mobile, a San Francisco start-up, said Tuesday that it is preparing to release a product for cars that combines 3G cellular access and Wi-Fi technology. With the device, which plugs into a car’s cigarette lighter, users will be able to connect to the Internet the same way they do at hot spots or via their home Wi-Fi networks. The company will show off the system at the Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas. “Our thought was to turn the car into a hot spot so people could have the same experience in their car as in their home or office,” said Sterling Pratz, Autonet Mobile’s CEO. “For the user, it works just like a home router — it’s just another Wi-Fi network.” The system’s backhaul to the Internet is via 3G EV-DO cellular data access provided by both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, Pratz said. However, users connect to the in-car Autonet Mobile unit via Wi-Fi, which makes for... See less
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