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Originally Posted by iball View Post
Now, if Sprint is REALLY serious about Wi-Max and uses existing towers to massively deploy it throughout the U.S. over the next year or two then I can see a Wi-Max-enabled N800 stomping the crap out of any current Apple product.
Especially if that N800 comes with Skype ALREADY INSTALLED ON IT. Sprint does a deal with both Nokia and Skype and they stand to make a small mint. Not a large mint mind you, but enough tomake it worthwhile.
More importantly they'll be collecting very valuable data on the whole thing (customers, experience, sales, issues, etc) that will put them ahead of everyone else in the whole wireless data game. There's only so much you can learn from EVDO after all.

Of course if Apple tosses out an iPod Touch that's Wi-Max enabled then the wheel spins again...
Hunting for free open WiFi hotspots is indeed a problem. Even in airports (where it shouldn't be).

I am very hopeful that Sprint delivers. To have an Internet connection and unlimited VoIP minutes everywhere w/o the limitations of US 3G data plans is a big advantage for the N800 WiMax version. This is where/how the Nokia IT can still compete/differentiate itself. Apple cannot roll-out connectivity solutions as well as Nokia, certainly not as quickly. Even now, they can't even do 3G.