ADVISORY/Free Wi-Fi Trial Available at Thousands of Hotspots on ``One Unwired Day,'' Sept. 25.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. (Sept. 25th) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: Mobile PC users can enjoy a free trial of public wireless
Internet access at thousands of public Wi-Fi hotspot
locations across the United States on Sept. 25 through an
event named "One Unwired Day."
One Unwired Day is designed to show businesspeople and
consumers the immediate benefits of the unwired lifestyle,
encourage them to try Wi-Fi services free of charge and
provide opportunities to try notebook PCs based on
Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology.
WI-FI The location of hotspots offering free trial Wi-Fi access
TRIALS: on Sept. 25 is available at www.intel.com/unwire. The Web
site also suggests "cool things to do unwired," including
accessing exclusive music and video from Barenaked Ladies,
Seal and R.E.M., downloading the September issue of
Business 2.0, and playing games offered free by Sony
Pictures' "On the Go."
FESTIVALS: Free trial Wi-Fi access will also be available at One
Unwired Day festivals in New York, Chicago, and San
Francisco, and events in Seattle. The festivals will
feature live concerts as well as product demonstrations
and prize packages including notebook PCs based on Intel
Centrino mobile technology, T-Mobile and Surf Here by
Toshiba Wi-Fi service subscriptions, wireless home
networking products from Linksys and Wayport wireless
access cards.
The festivals will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at South
Street Seaport in New York, North Riverside Plaza in
Chicago and Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. The
event in Seattle, hosted by Cometa Networks, will be held
from 5 to 9 p.m. at University Village. More information
about concert artists and times are available at
www.intel.com/unwire.
SPONSORS: One Unwired Day is sponsored by Intel and leading wireless
Internet service providers, notebook PC manufacturers,
retailers, hotspot location owners, and content and
software providers. Co-sponsors include Boingo Wireless,
Cometa Networks, IBM, MUSICMATCH, Panasonic Computer
Solutions Company, PC Club, SurfHere by Toshiba, T-Mobile
USA, Toshiba, Verizon and Warner Bros. Records/Reprise
Records.
Intel and Intel Centrino The first x86 chip platform for PCs. Introduced in 2003 by Intel, the Centrino package comprises the CPU chip, chipset and wireless network module. Initially offering the Pentium M chip, the Celeron M CPU was later added for the value market. are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking or its subsidiaries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. |
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