Plus: SMC offers enterprise-level wireless products; A miniature mouse with better tracking; Sub-$1,000 Tablet scheduled for September.
Network-attached storage vendor Procom Technology last week announced availability of its $1,700 Taurus network appliance. The “all-in-one” appliance includes a wireless access point (802.11b), sharing of Internet access, data storage, built-in firewall, file sharing, printer sharing, e-mail server, VPN support and network routing, the company says. Procom says it is aiming the box at small and midsize businesses – including schools, hotels, libraries, malls, airports and convention centers – that want to set up hot spots quickly.
The device includes a built-in hard drive with up to 250G bytes of storage space. It can be managed via a Web-based configuration utility, and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption is supported.
SMC offers enterprise-level wireless products
SMC last week announced an enterprise-level wireless access point and CardBus (PC Card) adapter. The $500 EliteConnect universal wireless access point and $90 CardBus adapter include support for 802.11a, b and g wireless LAN connections. SMC says the products will be available next month.
The access point (SMC2555W-AG) can support up to 128 simultaneous users, SMC says. It can be managed through a Web browser or SMC’s SNMP-based EliteView management software. Security features include support for Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), 802.1x authentication, support for Funk Odyssey, and RADIUS server and RADIUS media access control address authentication.
The PC card (SMC2536W-AG) includes multiple-user profile support and has site-survey software that can detect access points. The card also supports WPA, 64-, 128- and 152-bit WEP encryption, as well as 802.1x, EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-PEAP and LEAP for authentication.
A miniature mouse with better tracking
IOGear last week launched a new mobile mouse, the USB Optical Mini Mouse 800. The $29.95 peripheral is aimed at mobile travelers who want a smaller optical mouse, but with higher precision than other devices. The Mini Mouse 800 offers users a choice of 400-, 600- or 800-dot-per-inch resolution. The higher resolution lets users get more accuracy with their mouse pointing, IOGear says.
The Mini Mouse 800 is smaller than a credit card (3.5 by 1.5 by 1.75 inches), and supports computers with Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME and XP, and Mac OS X or later.
Sub-$1,000 Tablet scheduled for September
TDV Vision said last week that its V800XPT Tablet PC would be available in September. The $900 tablet includes an 8.4-inch color LCD screen, a Transmeta Crusoe 800-MHz processor, a 30G-byte hard drive, and 128M bytes of DDRAM upgradable to 512M bytes. The tablet weighs 2.6 pounds and comes with a battery pack that provides up to 2.5 hours of battery life (rechargeable and removable). Other features include a built-in digital camera (640- by 480-dpi resolution), a four-in-one expansion card reader, and built-in Ethernet LAN ports and modem ports. The tablet runs on the Tablet PC Edition operating system, and includes two USB 2.0 ports.
TDV Vision also announced a $1,000 version, the VS1200XP, which includes a 14-inch display, weighs about 4 pounds with 6 hours of battery life, and comes with Windows XP Home or Professional. This model includes a VIA Antaur 1.2-GHz processor, 30G-byte hard drive and 256M bytes of DDRAM. This model also will be available in September, the company says.
