Forbes disses initial GPRS roll-out in U.S. via practical anecdotal use: my friend and colleague Steve Manes demos VoiceStream's new 3G GPRS service and walks away unimpressed.
One radio chip, many standards: Amphion creates a radio chip for 5 GHz that can support either 802.11a or the European HiperLAN2 standard. This is a good development as it further abstracts the differences between standards, reducing cost of deployment.
Wi-Fighting Terrorism: or at least the vestiges thereof. Wireless devices are used in airports to help provide rapid deployment and instant checks on people's status. Of course, having this much ready information available about any individual raises the hackles of those who believe that people should be relatively anonymous unless a specific profile is triggered (not racial: general threat and random screening). But who knows: maybe they'll use this form of instant background check at gun shows, next.