AirPort Express Makes Wireless Networking Easier And Smaller
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Today, Apple announced the release of it’s wireless networking hub, “Airport Express”. A quick glance at the Airport Express and you might mistake it for the power block for the MacBook charger, but this thing is definitely a Wifi device.
The AirPort Express can handle up to 10 users through it’s wireless network. You can use the AirPort Express to connect to the internet, or setup your home or small business as a cohesive network.
Probably its’ most “cool” feature is the program AirTunes that works with AirPort Express. With AirTunes, you can take the AirPort Express and plug audio cables from it to any speaker setup. Then AirTunes can then send your music library through the Airport Express and the music through the speakers.
The AirPort Express, will not only work with Mac equipment but allow PC users to be used as well. So for all your people rich enough to own a Mac and PC, the AirPort Express will work with both of your setups.
So with all of these features, and networking powers, probably the most impressive feature of the AirPort Express is its’ size. You can hold it easily in the palm of your hand, use it at any electrical outlet. The AirPort Express currently retails for $99 and can be bought from the Apple Store.
(Photo Credit: Apple.com)
March 17th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Well… The Airport Express has actually been available for over four years, since the beginning of 2004. What’s new as of this week is that it now supports IEEE 802.11n, where it previously only had b/g. Big news, still, but it’s not the completely new product that this post would have us believe.