When WiQuest shut down operations recently, it was yet another jolt to ultra-wideband wireless, which underlies wireless USB products. Ultra-wideband wireless, which underlies wireless USB. You see, UWB is a wireless format that was destined for products such as wireless input peripherals and possibly even wireless high definition gear, but after TZero and WiQuest - two of its most. A demo from chipmaker WiQuest showing a Dell laptop connected via wireless USB to a jerry-rigged Samsung monitor won me over because it enables true wireless docking for a laptop. If mobile Internet devices take off, that could be something consumers find valuable. Next year wireless USB should find its way to mainstream monitors just in time. WiQuest Communications, Inc. Is a privately-held fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and supplies complete ultrawideband solutions to PC, consumer electronics, and mobile systems. Access Wireless is a service provider for the government-funded Lifeline Assistance program. Lifeline service is provided by i-wireless LLC, d/b/a Access Wireless, an eligible telecommunications carrier.
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Not only is WiPhone capable of completely free calling, it's also an open source, self-contained Arduino development platform. Unlike most other dev boards it comes in a nice package, with a battery, power supply, and on/off circuitry. Once your project is done, instead of an eyesore of tangled wires and stacked boards, it's compact and visually appealing.
A Phone You Can Own
(Not One That Owns You)
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Modern smartphones are more and more a tool we don't own, but instead one we're only allowed to carry around. One that serves the interests of various tracking networks, corporate boards, and government organizations. Driver jobs in vasco. You don't own it, it owns you. It tracks you, serves you ads, and sucks away your time with mindless dopamine hits. We want a phone that's back in our control, optimized for our convenience.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Hardware |
| Fate | Bankruptcy India operations acquired by Staccato Communications |
| Founded | Allen, Texas 2003 |
| Defunct | October 31, 2008 |
| Headquarters | Allen, Texas |
| 120 | |
| Website | www.wiquest.com |
WiQuest Communications, Inc., was a fabless semiconductor company[1] that designed and developed Wireless USB (WUSB) products using WiMedia Alliance technology for high-speed, short-range applications. WiQuest offered integrated circuits, software, and reference designs. WiQuest was headquartered in Allen, Texas, and had operations in Bangalore, India.
Products[edit]
Wiquest Mobile Phones & Portable Devices Drivers
In early 2008, WiQuest's Wireless USB products had an 85% market share.[2] Among WiQuest's customers were laptop manufacturers Toshiba,[3]Dell and Lenovo, and peripheral manufacturers D-Link, Belkin, Imation, and Kensington.[4]
Demise[edit]
The company ceased operations on October 31, 2008.[5] Reasons cited for the demise of WiQuest are the same issues that are plaguing Wireless USB technology in general, such as economic conditions in the late 2000s recession, the relative high cost of the end products, lackluster power-consumption and throughput characteristics of first-generation wireless USB products, regulatory issues, and low adapter attach rates.[6]
The Bangalore operations were acquired by Staccato Communications.[7]
References[edit]
- ^'WiQuest Named #1 UWB Vendor by ABI Research'.
- ^'WiQuest Enabling Over 85% of Certified Wireless USB Consumer Products'. Reuters. January 7, 2008.
- ^'WiQuest Showcases UWB Silicon in Leading Consumer Products at CES 2008'.
- ^'WiQuest Product Mix'.
- ^'Ultra-wideband Near Death as WiQuest Shuts Down'.
- ^'Wireless USB startup WiQuest folds'.
- ^'Staccato Acquires WiQuest's WUSB Development Center In India'.
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