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In a move to improve the online standard attributed to its Xbox 360 videogames console, Microsoft Corporation has this week confirmed the impending release of a new standalone Wi-Fi adapter.
The olde a/b/g adapter... soon to be surpassed. Image: Microsoft.
Redmond-based software titan Microsoft revealed the new 802.11n wireless adapter while speaking with gaming Web site Joystiq, although it did not reveal specific details related to either regional availability or price points.
However, the Joystiq report did intimate that Microsoft’s new adapter will not prompt the retail cancellation of the Xbox 360’s existing a/b/g wireless adapter – with the new unit more likely to share shelf space rather than battle for it.
Microsoft’s current dual band 5GHz and 2.4GHz wireless a/b/g network adapter, which, beyond providing online gaming access, is able to stream photos, music, recorded television, movies and videos through the Windows Media Center. It costs around $99.99 USD.
Microsoft has said the 802.11n adapter will “seamlessly connect with [the user’s] home network,” and that more details regarding the new adapter will be available “soon”.
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