Thread: Gizmode flames Wi-Max
View Single Post
vbrilon is offline vbrilon
2008-04-04 , 21:36
Posts: 183 | Thanked: 77 times | Joined on Jul 2006 @ Mountain View, CA
#7
Not an official Nokia answer, but for those of you interested in the details (since I was there)......

Originally Posted by cashless View Post
• Xohm partners we spoke to were under the impression that a full Xohm demo would be set up for CTIA. However, Wired's Joe Brown attended Nokia's press conference and noted the N810 WiMax Edition Tablet was demoed over Wi-Fi. What's up with that?
The press conference was held outdoors, away from the main halls, and included a crane that took the press people about 180 ft straight up. That makes it a little hard to get proper WiMAX coverage in the area.

• Similarly, while previewing the N810's HAVA Player at Nokia's booth, the Hava rep told me he was using Wi-Fi for demos because the Xohm booth just across the hall didn't have a strong enough WiMax signal. What ever happened to 10Mbps at 10 kilometers?
The RF interference in that hall was *insane*. Think about all the different cellular base stations and the hundreds of WiFi access points competing for essentially the same RF spectrum and you'll understand why this was so hard. I wasn't there when Adrian spoke to the Hava guy, but clearly there was some miscommunication -- the issue was RF interference not, signal strength from a booth that was 40 yards away.

On an unrelated note, in the Xohm booth itself, once they sorted out the immediate interference issues, the N810s ran beautifully on the WiMAX network.
__________________
My insane ramblings are exactly that -- mine. Just because I work at Nokia doesn't mean I speak for the company.

Check out the Nokia Internet Tablet Video Converter: http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/videoconverter
 

The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to vbrilon For This Useful Post: