* portable USB hub (Belkin makes reliable inexpensive 4-port hubs) * battery charger that works with AA and AAA batteries * Brookstone universal voltage converter * USB flash drive (512MB minimum).
The tool is useful because other media are often unable to reach the populations targeted, and the creation of a portable messaging hub to send and receive messages to mobile phones makes it difficult for the service to be blocked by governments.
For the past few years, we've been led to believe that it is (finally, again) 'the year of mobile.' Thanks in part to continued smartphone enhancements allowing mobile phones to evolve beyond being portable communication hubs, and into always-on marketing devices, offering access to endless amounts of consumer data and real-time targeting capabilities made possible by location-driven technologies.
Dr. Dean, the former governor of Vermont, spent a second consecutive day campaigning in a soft crew-neck sweater, instead of his usual suit and tie, leading an unwieldy caravan of 13 vehicles, 55 reporters, a portable wireless Internet hub, assorted staff, political celebrities and enough food to feed them across 631 miles since Thursday.
The larger point is that wireless carriers (and I suspect all of them) are looking at portable high-speed hubs with connections that you can share as a new offering for consumers.
Why rummage around on the move or constantly brandish an expensive, delicate smartphone if you can instead use it as the hub of your own portable media ecosystem?
Participants were encouraged to bring and use their own portable computing devices as a "personalized learning hub" to support their reflective engagement.
This version has Bluetooth, but the long-term vision is to give it the wireless capability to be the hub of every Internet-ready portable device you own — phone, laptop, tablet.
The mini weighs only 7.5 pounds and is only 17-inches long, making it highly portable, while the Silver is a powerhouse, with four hub motors capable of pushing it up to 21 miles-per-hour.
