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From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]
On Behalf Of Giovanni Bertani
Sent: 01 April 2004 14:36
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Series 60 hack uses Bluetooth hardware for Wi-Fi
Could be the "Hack of the year":
They've done it again: a group of mobile phone freaks have analysed
Nokia's Series 60 firmware and found references to wireless LAN
functionality. Further analysis revealed code that allows for re-tuning the
bluetooth chipset to enable WLAN mode. Technical background:
wireless LAN and bluetooth both operate in the 2.4 GHz spectrum, so they
share the same core technology. Although the range will not match that of
dedicated WLAN cards, it should be good enough for sitting in a cafe and
browse web pages with Opera, far faster than it ever could be with GPRS.
First tests have shown transfer rates up to 2.4 MBit/s.
http://www.mobitopia.com/20040401.html#105110
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Received on Thu Apr 1 16:46:53 2004