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At Amazon the Motorola Xoom 2 is available now through the first third-party dealers, who sell the Tablet but for a very expensive price. According to the online shop is EU goods with full warranty. So now, for around 540 euros, you get the latest Tablet from Motorola, which only officially to be available according to the press release from February in Germany. The network operator o2 will also offer the Xoom 2 next month, a price is not yet known.

Who identifies as an early adopter and paid also more for the Motorola Xoom 2 can order it from Amazon now. For everyone else, look to the competition model ASUS transformer is recommended Prime, with a better processor, more memory and including docking keyboard for 599 euros at Amazon on Commons.

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The well-known mail order company PEARL newly offer a small, portable Wi-Fi Repeater. What the device is and how it is compatible with Smartphones, to are illuminated briefly in the report.Wireless radio networks provide from time to the issue of a limited range. It wants to use its wireless Internet in the garden, or one occupied an old building, the hardening or repeat the signal is often necessary. The 7Links 300 Mbps Wireless repeaters to now allow for this.

Scope of delivery and hardware

In the Pack is German in addition to the actual device a network cable from one meter in length and one and a French-speaking guide.

The Repeater itself consists of a 111 x 59 x 49 mm small and 105 grams of light white device that fits into the socket. Thus, even the plug can be rotated. On the left side of a 100 Mbit / s Ethernet Jack and a reset button is to find, on the front of three LEDs: power, wireless and LAN activity. The white housing is relatively cheap processed what but not negative is striking in everyday use.

Setting up

Is easily installed via a Web browser, both on the PC as on Smartphones. The website of the Repeater is, that the browser can handle them all easily enough.

So it combines simply with the unencrypted signal WiFi Repeater and opens the address http://192.168.10.1. you want to enter not unprotected data, you can just as well use the supplied Ethernet cable.

The home is offering then all kinds of information about the status and statistics. The first menu item is Setup Wizard, with which the device can simply be established. Here is chosen between the two modes of operation: either the device in Repeater mode where it connects to an existing signal and even an own signal offers to increase as the range of the first. Alternatively, the device as an access point, where offered the Wi-Fi signal and connect to the network via the Ethernetport. Both choices lead to a short overview, what is now set. In Repeater mode, you choose the signal which is to be used next. It displays the SSID, so the name of the plain, the BSSID, so the hardware address, the wireless channel, type, encryption and signal strength. These data rates supported up to 300 Mbit/s and 802 .11A, b and n-standards. The encryption is set up in the next step. The current encryption procedures, WEP, WPA and WPA2, also with the ciphers TKIP and AES are supported. A RADIUS server can be configured. Then, restart the device and is ready for use. Unfortunately the name of the repeating signal can be set here, it is always WiFi Repeater1.

However, in the menu under Wireless Basic Setup. The menu offers to other settings for the wireless signal. In addition to the encryption, there are also the Advanced Settingsunder which the fragmentation, preamble, the transmitting power, and much more can be set. Also, the Wi-Fi signal in schedule can be time-controlled enabled and disabled. LAN interface offering the options to the Ethernet port. Under Management can the log settings, connecting, and the administration password (by default admin) be made. Then you can also download its configuration and upload on Save/Reload Settings and the device restart on reboot.

It all works very well. The transmitting power is good and configuration via a Web browser that is catchy. Pity that the entire menu page can be displayed. The guide is also unfortunately not quite complete, because of the reset button is not explained. This is pressed about five seconds to return all settings.

Unfortunately the wireless function supported distribution system (WDS) only with the update, this can for example at the expense of the transfer rate a WiFi signal with the same name repeatedly and so the reach are.

Price
39,95 EUR and 59.95 CHF at PEARL.

Bottom line

The 7Links wireless Repeater is a low-cost device to extend the range of the Wi-Fi signal. It works with all Smartphone operating systems, whether Windows phone 7, Windows Mobile, Android or Apple Ios_base::OpenMode very well and the price is definitely to recommend.Pro contra price processing simple BedienungWPS and WDS only with UpdateGrosse compatibility

Update: Only just two days after the first Apple already distributed the second beta version of iOS 5.0.1 and is so obviously me quickly the final publication contrary to. The version currently only registered developers available and can be obtained directly from the Apple’s Developer Center. However, the previous beta of iOS is 5.0.1 already can be installed on the device, the new version directly from the software update. At the upcoming official release, also end users for the first time the “over the air” can function by iOS 5 use to bring your device to the latest version.

Apple works 5.0.1, so resolve the partly common problem with the battery life seems very much on the completion of iOS. The first beta version seems after our first test to bring about improvements in this regard.

With version 5.0.1 of iOS operating system Apple has an upcoming interim update of the iPhone and iPad firmware today distributed among all registered developers. The update is to take the battery problems raised in the past few days and the loss by spontaneous cleanup actions described here by us in detail and published in over the coming weeks.

Apple itself is expressed against TheLoop Meanwhile officially identified battery problems:

A small number of customers has informed us that fails its iOS 5 devices battery life less than expected. We have found a handful of bugs that affect battery life and will release a software update in a few weeks, which has accepted these problems.

Good news for users of the 1. iPad generation: the beta provides for the first time the original IOS with Apple’s multi-tasking gestures.

Ios_base::OpenMode 5.0.1 beta contains improvements and other bug fixes including:

-Fixes bugs affecting battery life

-Adds multitasking gestures for original IOS

-Resolves bugs with documents in the cloud

-Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation

-Contains security improvements

Ios_base::OpenMode 5.0.1 beta introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations.

Actually, Mac OS X is commonly referred to as very safe, compared to for example Windows, which is not least because that there is significantly less specifically programmed viruses for the Mac. Also lion has generally improved the security of Mac OS X. Yet also Mac OS X is not completely virus-proof, what is always on the basis of shocking Mac viruses, but also significant weaknesses in the operating system makes itself felt.

Such an error occurs, as Macworld reports, X’s own website certificate validation in the OS. Has one namely revoked confidence a so-called EV SSL (extended validation certificate) in the keychain and the site gets, prevents a Safari not in any way and emits no error message. It is, but only to a “normal” SSL certificate, the browser still emits an error message.

This bug also at first glance seems so special, he is severe but: that is only affected user can do to work this problem out of the way, to use a different browser – and although a which reverts to the system certificates. Do this Opera and chrome namely; They provide no security against unvertrauenswürdigen EV SSL certificates, so, as well as Safari. Only Firefox has built-in here regardless’s own method X from OS, what exceptional times pays off: not only that Firefox displays a warning message for questionable pages, in addition to one – as well regardless of OS X – specific in the advanced browser settings certification authorities confidence escape.

In addition, there is also the option to delete that in OS X blocked certificate itself. To do this, it is necessary to open the Keychain Access and in the search box to type the name of the certificate you want to delete. Via right click, you can delete it then. Not the solution, which was originally to be, but it works.

Extended Validation SSL certificates are actually stricter than ordinary SSL certificates. For example, the business address and identity of the applicant is checked; normal certificates, the person must be the only owner of the domain.

Most recently we reported X security OS on a virus, which disguised as a Flash installation and instead urged a modified Google page by using the advertising or other harmful content should spread.