I'm curious if anyone has seen any information on whether the Atrix will have the wifi direct certification that came out last fall; it would be a nice little added feature that I would be glad to see start showing up in more devices. It doesn't seem like many have talked about it so far though but the possibilities are pretty amazing.
For those that don't know what it is, WiFi direct is like a streamlined Ad-hoc connection protocol for wifi that lets devices "talk" to each other directly without the need for a router. (think bluetooth, but with wifi strengths) Some good usecases for it would be to directly connect to a computer to transfer files, stream things or basically communicate in any way directly. I'm personally pretty excited about using it. Ideally it will be in the xoom as well, then i could for instance take pictures on the phone and send them to the xoom to look at or stream content back and forth, etc...
Here's a link to the wifi alliance page that talks about it:
Wi-Fi Alliance: Wi-Fi Direct?
For those that don't know what it is, WiFi direct is like a streamlined Ad-hoc connection protocol for wifi that lets devices "talk" to each other directly without the need for a router. (think bluetooth, but with wifi strengths) Some good usecases for it would be to directly connect to a computer to transfer files, stream things or basically communicate in any way directly. I'm personally pretty excited about using it. Ideally it will be in the xoom as well, then i could for instance take pictures on the phone and send them to the xoom to look at or stream content back and forth, etc...
Here's a link to the wifi alliance page that talks about it:
Wi-Fi Alliance: Wi-Fi Direct?
