xenophon
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 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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Re: Hard to find a laptop w/out WiFi, WiMAX to follow same path
We probably will see a couple WiMAX/CDMA smartphones from Sprint in the next year or so, but WiMAX only phones won't show up until QoS VoIP over WiMAX in a few years. Once VoIP is ubiquitous, it should be easy to handoff a VoIP call between networks. We may see WiMAX on gameboys and PSPs before before dedicated VoIP WiMAX phones.
Another key thing to point out is that Sprint doesn't want to sell WiMAX devices, just the service. They'll start out with selling devices, but eventually will get away from it. This is completely different than the cell-based model, where the carrier wants control of what's connecting to the network.
One other thing the article link points to is that Intel will be focusing on low power chips. It's about time. Only gamers, video editors and niche apps need 3Ghz or more. I'd rather have a 12-18 hour laptop at 1.5Ghz than 3 hours with dual core 2-4Ghz. |
