There's no lack of hardware to give you a Wi-Fi connection with a 3G-based backhaul, but the latest targets one specific area: the inside of your car.
Autonet Mobile this week announced a wireless unit with the eponymous name of Autonet. The $399 product will make its debut at CES 2007 next week in Las Vegas. The difference between this and, say, the JunxionBox, is that Autonet will act as your Internet service provider. You won't need a separate relationship with Verizon Wireless, Sprint, or Cingular for 3G backhaul. Autonet will charge $49 a month for that access.
Oh, and this product plugs directly into your car cigarette lighter port for power.
"Our goal was to deliver seamless connectivity to the car," says Sterling Pratz, the president and chief executive of Autonet. "It's a new-age media center for the car."
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