CES 2009: Wireless Intel My WiFi Technology

Intel’s new My WiFi technology allows users to take their existing hardware and create a WiFi hotspot. The one exception is you have to be running on Intel’s Centrino 2. Despite that requirement, users will still save money and time with this technology.

The technology is essentially a wireless driver and software update to Intel’s Centrino 2 processor-based laptops. It allows the computer’s built-in wireless networking chip produce a separate WiFi Personal Area Network (PAN). The software can connect to up to eight different WiFi devices without the need of an access point because the laptop becomes the access point.

The dual interface works with Intel’s 5100 WiFi Link and Intel’s 5300 WiFi Link adapters as well as existing antennas to manage both Wireless Local Area Network (LAN) and WiFi PAN simultaneously.

My WiFi permits a connection to photo frames, cameras, and printers. Intel has also tested the software with the Zune and iPhone. The technology is very accommodating since users can carry on two (or eight) tasks at once. My WiFi is expected to be available for download by the second quarter of this year.