Review: Wi-Fi Messaging Devices Improve

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From left the Sony Mylo COM-2 the Nokia n810 Internet Tablet and the Zipit Wireless Messenger 2. are shown in this photo taken Tuesday Jan. 8 2008 in Sioux Falls S.D. The devices allow users to keep in touch using Wi-Fi connections rather than runnin ...
From left, the Sony Mylo COM-2, the Nokia n810 Internet Tablet and the Zipit Wireless Messenger 2. are shown in this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The devices allow users to keep in touch using Wi-Fi connections rather than running up their cell phone bills. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

(AP) -- Perhaps it was wishful thinking, but I thought by now I'd be able to sit at any city cafe, park bench or airport bar across the country and jump on the Internet via a free Wi-Fi connection. Such ubiquitous Wi-Fi is still years away.


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