http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/ Engadget Comments for Elusive Xbox 360 802.11n wireless adapter appears in the UK http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
The joke was on them when consoles got those red rings and they ended up loosing billions. Xbox360 is probably the best system on the market but its got so many crippling flaws its incredible.

That's why they'll never sell the HDD's or the wifi adapters for a fair price. Meanwhile Sony Ps3 users can swap hard drives whenever they want - and their systems have Wifi.

I feel cheated honestly. ]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
I understand the frustration at Microsoft's pricing scheme on hard drives and wireless adapters, but to compare the Xbox 360 with PS3 on a strictly hardware basis and say PS3 is better is completely farcical.

This weekend Walmart was effectively selling the Xbox 360 for $100. Factor in a hard drive, wireless adapter, an extra controller, and a game of your choice (all purchased through online retailers) and the 360 STILL comes out cheaper than the PS3. Of course you can argue on game collections and that would be a different story altogether. But when it comes to hardware pricing Microsoft has Sony beat.

As for the rrod atleast Microsoft owned up to it eventually and now their repair policy is extremely lax regarding the rrod.]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
I'll never claim PS3 is better than Xbox 360. Xbox 360's GPU is way better and doesn't suffer from antialiasing or washed colors as much as PS3.

and yes, I perfer to buy games on 360 than PS3 because XBLive is actually worth paying for compared to PS3's free online which isn't as good.

But I am simply annoyed with Microsoft for never integrating WiFi into the Elite or the limited edition HALO model. Imagine how ugly it looks plugging a WHITE adapter to one of those models??? and now the Wireless N adapter is ONLY BLACK so if you wanted it for your older, White 360, you are outta luck and gotta stare at that black on white color clash.

WiFi adapters shouldn't exist. they should be integrated into anything that expects to go online from the get go.

But what really pissed me off is when MS doesn't let you simply buy a WiFi adapter and plug it to the USB port. In fact, its ridiculous and stupid that the 360 has 3 USB ports yet this adapter MUST take up one of them. so guess what...if you have a Vision Camera...you gotta plug it in the front. Its ridiculous man.]]>Nov 8th 2009 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
You are going to compare price of a console that is on a SALE price and other one with the RETAIL price?
What kind of logic is that?]]>Nov 9th 2009 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
I think.]]>Nov 8th 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
My recommendation - save the 49 quid and get a nice long run of Cat6/5e whatever you need.]]>Nov 8th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
Wireless G is quick enough for gaming/streaming video. Where it really counts is how quick and reliable your internet service is.]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
TCP, means that every packet that is received is acknowledged, and if it doesn't arrive the packet is resent. This is used in most communication on the web and ensures all the data you request arrives complete. Since round trip communication is necessary to coordinate the packets being received a high latency connection is far more noticeable

UDP, means that the server dishes out the data but the client doesn't require each packet to arrive intact. If a packet is dropped the client will just wait for the next packet down the line. UDP is ideal for streaming, because if you get network congestion or a failure of some sort it will just pick up later. The lack of constant acknowledgements and two way communicaton make UDP perform more smoothly even over high latency connections.

So just because it streams video well, doesn't mean the connection is low latency when it comes to other things like gaming.]]>Nov 8th 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
$81. It looks like it's not going to be at the $99 price point as was rumored. I'd imagine $79 is going to be closer to the price in the US.

** No, it's not €54.]]>Nov 8th 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/What do you do then? Play MW2 early cause you don't give a shit anymore!]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
It claims to be releasing on November 10, 2009, but (even as an Amazon Prime subscriber, 2 day shipping) has a delivery date of November 16, 2009.]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124279]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.buy.com/prod/211827819.html]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.buy.com/prod/xbox-360-wireless-n-networking-adapter-wi-fi/q/loc/108/212511908.html
Available for $95 US ]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/wedding dress
Cloisonne Enamel Paintings]]>Nov 8th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 8th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/They are $99.99. Employees get them for $78.24. ;]]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/
I kid ;)]]>Nov 9th 2009 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 10th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 9th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/elusive-xbox-360-802-11n-wireless-adapter-appears-in-the-uk/Nov 10th 2009 3:39PM