It can be a bit annoying to deal with Wi-Fi issues, which definitely put a damper on your netbook experience if you're just trying to check something online or print a document at a friend's house. Wi-Fi currently requires Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other through the medium of a home network, making them far less efficient than Bluetooth.
Thankfully, the Wi-Fi Alliance has taken the hint and introduced the all new Wi-Fi Direct.
The idea is to slim down the connecting process by eliminating one leg. It would allow wireless devices to connect to each other directly without joining a network – just connect your netbook to the printer and print. The applications of this are quite interesting to think about - playing music on Wi-Fi speakers though they're on a different network, for example. Wi-Fi direct will make things faster and easier, which is the whole point of netbooks.
The new specification should be available by mid-2010.
Via I4U.
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