Thread: The Nokia N810 - WiMAX Edition
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2008-03-31 , 03:12
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#119
Originally Posted by luciditydigital View Post
now don't crucify me, but what I would like to see is an IT that was Wimax, but when Wimax was not available would drop down to EVDO and when that was out, back to just CDMA 1x.
That way i would be able to get rid of my Sprint Air card, and just use the N810, and (with some happy software) tether it to my notebook when I need the larger screen.
Now that would be nice...

ya, I know fat chance, but I have a glimmer of hope that when they throw the covers off the specs that there will be a little more than just Wimax connectivity.
-Ezra
WiMAX falling back to EDGE/HSDPA, maybe--then Nokia could sell it as an unlocked GSM device anywhere in the world. EV-DO and CDMA would be too limited (just the US, South Korea, some parts of China...). There's just no way (in the US, at any rate) to sell a CDMA device without getting the carriers involved.

Oh, and Sprint/Xohm's WiMAX network is supposed to work with any WiMax hardware, with no contract. No device subsidies either, which I think is a better model than the current subsidized cell phone one in the US. I haven't seen any indication of what the plans will run per month.

As for a WiMAX modem for current tablets, wouldn't that just create a bottleneck when transferring data from the modem to the tablet? AFAIK WiMAX is significantly faster than either Bluetooth or USB, so it would make as much sense to just stick with using an EV-DO or HSDPA phone as a modem.