Wireless Devices
Have you been observing the prices of wireless devices? If you are, you should have noticed that they came down drastically in unbeleivable pace.
When I first bought my first Access Point, I had to pay around $160 for 802.11B. This was probably more than a year back. Looking at the prices of 802.11B&G access points now, you can get one for $20. I tried this $20 AP and it works perfectly fine.
Now at this rate, I dont even see the need for other standards like BlueTooth or ZigBee. They were initially started as a cheaper chips, but WiFi itself is getting there and with its reach, especially in the consumer market, it doesnt make much sense to embrace techologies like BlueTooth.A day where our Fridge, Oven, fan, light etc connected through WiFi is not very far.
When the prices are coming down at the low end, I dont understand how the high-end vendors like Cisco are surviving pricing the same APs for $600 etc.
Raju
January 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 am
I feel, it’s not unique or alone for wireless devices only, but common for any new technology devices and things in its earlier stage. Like color TVs, mobiles, PDA’s, Digital equipments like Digi. Cameras, etc.,
This is really quite interesting ? I too alwayz thinking of the same. This is also common in all fields, take the case of mobiles, people prefer to buy costlier NOKIA fones only (even if you get cheaper price fones from Motorola or Samsung). Why ? Is this where the BRAND NAME and QUALITY playing its role ??.
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