WiMax confirmed
 

I was in a completely non-770 mode, reading through the day's incoming industry junk mail on my office PC, when BAM!!, what do I read?

Nokia has made a commitment to "develop and market WiMAX-enabled mobile devices in significant volumes, including multimedia computers and Internet tablets."

sweet...

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/...98&newsLang=en

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

Possibly with open APIs and a Google portal of some sort according to the link. I am really looking forward to the next tablet with WiMax. But "mobile internet device" is an Intel developer's buzzword so there may be significant competition by the time this happens...

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/...62&newsLang=en

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

Ari Jaaksi has already said WiMax was on the roadmap, so why is this news?

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

maybe the post has a countdown for posting date :-)

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

There are new details. And for those in the US, the WiMax IT is heavily dependent on the Sprint/Clearwire network rollout. btw, Ari is great, but he has ittle input into Nokia's WiMax strategy and is TOLD if and when the WiMax version of tablet will go.

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

Based upon past experience working with Sprint in the WAN arena, Sprint = Epic Phail.
I mean, c'mon, the US hasn't even gotten up to speed with HSDPA like Europe/Asia has, with only one carrier (AT&T) having it right now in "selected" markets (read: about 17 cities/metros with populations of 1 million or more).
Then you have Qualcomm pulling stupid stunts [url=http://thejournal.com/articles/20419]like this[/i] instead of really pushing for true GSM 3G or WiMax across the board with all carriers.
I would expect WiMax to be more heavily rolled out in Europe and Asia before it even comes close to being real-world usable in the US.
I lived overseas for more than 13 years and even when staring at a herd of camels on the border of Iraq and Kuwait I had full 3g HSDPA access!
Then I come home to a wirelessly-crippled country. Ugh.

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

Yeah america sucks big time in mobile phone carriers and mobile phones..

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

The FCC has been screwing the US for years... all to ensure that the status quo maintains its inertia...

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

I'm a little green when it comes to the internal workings of this..what actually is the "status quo"?

Re: WiMax confirmed
 

The current modus operandi for US carriers.