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June 27, 2004
[WWDC] Pirate Wi-Fi
The Marriott charges an outrageous $12.95/day for wired internet access. It comes with unlimited local and long-distance calling... like anyone carrying a laptop doesn't also have a mobile phone. I doubt I'll be purchasing this anytime soon unless the UW is willing to foot the bill.
However, from my room on the 11th floor, my PowerBook can barely pick up the free wi-fi of the Hotel Palomar - which is in line-of-sight of my window. The view I had from the Argent last year was nice, but I'll happily trade it for free wireless.
Did a walk by Moscone West (which was close for the night). A lot of Apple logo-work on the glass fronting of the building, and a largish billboard in the lobby that's still covered (thus hinting at product-to-be-announced). Billboards pimping Tiger - and dissing Longhorn - are visible on the second floor. We'll see if there's any meat to the claims at tomorrow's keynote.
Edit: Gizmodo has pictures of the banners. Redmond is the home of Microsoft. Longhorn (a cow!) is the code name for the next version of Windows, due sometime in 2006 - and touting several features that MacOS X already has.
Posted by jim at June 27, 2004 10:58 PM