SipSizzurp
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join:2005-12-28
Hilo, HI
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Last year next year
What happened to the Wi-Max chipsets that were last year predicted to be installed in laptops by this time already ? Do we have any Why-Max laptops yet ? Next year again, maybe ? Perhaps they are waiting for the tower structure to be in place before spending money on portable devices that would have no source of service ? Since Wi-Max is technically non functional as it is purported to work, we will be waiting for a lot longer than "Second Quarter of Next Year", like all the other "Second Quarter of Next Years" we already have sat through for the last 5 years when the protocol was first ratified !
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
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4 edits |  Probably deliver this 1st in the N800 device or similar
»www.redherring.com/Home/22732
»www.nokiausa.com/A4511049
The N800 already has Bluetooth for hooking to cell phones; 802.11g wifi, Skype built-in, USB 2.0, add-on navigation, etc. It wouldn't take much to add Wimax support. It costs about $300.
Later, they could add Wimax to their N series cell phones.
And they will have a Wimax base station products for ISPs by end 2007:
»www.nokia.com/link?cid=EDITORIAL_42669
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL | Nice gamble......
Since nokia isn't trying to compete with all of the media content type phone......I'd like to see how much usage costs will be!
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OreoleO
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join:2004-05-22
Feasterville Trevose, PA | Voltage?
Anyone know if the Wimax chips require a lot of voltage?
One reason... why apple didn't put 3G chips on the iPhone, and took EVDO instead. The anandtech review speculated 3G chips to subtract roughly an hour of usage time. |
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Mutiny32
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join:2000-07-04
Lees Summit, MO | Apple didn't go with EVDO, they went with GPRS. I think you mean UMTS/HSDPA |
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jrsmooth
join:2000-05-17
Washington, DC | Actually the iPhone has EDGE (some call it 2.5G), a slightly better technology than GPRS (2G). |
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Calm
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Re: Last year next year
Easy does it there big fella. Sprint said last year that test markets would be up in the 4Q of 2007 with commercial availability by 2Q of 2008. 100 million pops available by end of 2008. That's been the time line for quite a while now.
Technically non functional? They've had wimax networks up in Korea now for almost two years... And just because a protocol was ratified doesn't mean it's built out in 5 months...
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crippy
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| nokia vs others
the nokia phones are much better than all other brand phones including the iphone if you compare it to the nokia n95 which is in the same price range as the iphone, well coming to the point, nokia has still not been able to make its place in usa but its probably the number one cell phone company in the rest of the world, abt wimax, i think its probably going to be the next big thing considering the fact that the current services offered are really not something an average person could use easily.. hope to see it out in markets soon |
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JSM88
join:2000-12-20
Falls Church, VA | reply to jrsmooth
Re: Voltage?
and wimax is 4G, so it wouldn't matter what 3G apple had chosen (if they had) rather than going with tired old 2.5G speeds. |
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