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20.05.12
5 Networks and storage
Wi-Fi routers and hard-disk storage are as unglamorous as they are important.
Products such as the Pogoplug Mobile (pictured, £59.99) let you access all
your media, wherever you are in the world, as long as you have a network
connection, even on a smartphone or tablet. It’s not new technology but it’s
now easy to make use of, even for technophobes.
The new SmartBeam router from D-Link, for instance, even focuses a Wi-Fi
signal where it is being used (£69, pixmania.co.uk) and the Belkin Screen
Cast (pictured, £89.99, currys.co.uk) will let you stream in glorious HD,
wirelessly, from a host of gadgets, via a simple USB dongle. It’s all part
of Intel’s new ambition to make wireless display (WiDi) as ubiquitous as
Wi-Fi. When it comes to storage, look out for SanDisk’s new memory cards
with built-in wireless uploading software from Eye-Fi, and Kingston’s newer,
faster line of USB sticks.
Source: Telegraph.co.uk