I was thinking about the WiMAX Internet Tablet and decided that a three-prong Internet Tablet strategy is perfect. Here's why:
- The Nokia N800 is still a solid device with many of the features of the Nokia N810 but at a much lower price point. With dual full-sized SDHC card slots and the 800x480 widescreen display, it leads the pack as a media playback device. This is the tablet for people thinking of replacing their iPod and who want a better mobile browsing experience than their phone can ever offer but who do not want to justify the cost for the GPS, sunlight readable display, and keyboard.
- The Nokia N810 is for those who spend a lot of time away from their computers. The smaller size, GPS, transflective display, and keyboard are all about mobility and, to that audience, justify the extra cost over the N800. This would be a mobile blogger's choice - especially those with tethering plans to their mobile phones.
- The WiMAX Nokia N8?? is for those who want and need everything and need it fast. WiMAX allows the Internet Tablet to be always online and saves the hassle of phone dial-up, tethering rate plans, Bluetooth range and overhead, and custom phone configuration. With Skype and Gizmo, it allows the tablet to be an always-available phone as well.
Of course, these devices
do not need to be phones at all - still. Who wants to hold their tablet up to their face?
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I think the thing they are missing are tablets of different sizes. I would still love to see a 1024x768 5-8 inch tablet.
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daniel, maybe I'm missing something, but wimax is NOT THERE YET, seriously, are there any big wimax deployments anywhere in europe?
Wimax isn't here yet, nor will it be ubiquitous. I live in a free wifi county (incomplete coverage). But i have a porable EVDO router that works albeit slowly, nearly everywhere. Should that be an option (OQO2)?
For now I'm too happy with my n810 which I'm using to post this.
The world of the tablaholic...
In Canada we've had WiMAX for years. For around $45/mnt you can transfer up to 30GB at rates of 2Mbps without incurring additional charges.
The speeds and limits are more than sufficient for mobile web surfing, internet radio, voip, downloading, etc. Best of all, the coverage areas are HUGE and growing (similar to cell coverage in the early days).
It's possible to get unlimited VoIP for $20/mnt including long distance North American calling. At $65 total for WiMAX access and an unlimited phone plan, it's a far better value than any cellular plan I've seen in Canada *or* the US.
Reviews on the service were that it started out rocky, but has lately become more stable and mature. I fully intend to sign up when the WiMAX tablet becomes available.
The Nokia WiMax Internet Tablet: Snazzier than Spock's Tricorder!
The Web - in your hand - always on, always connected, everywhere - the possibilities are endless...
WiMax is going to spread at Warp Speed!
one thing about wimax, how it the battery drain on it compared to 3G phone networks?
and, how standardized are the frequencies thats used with wimax? are there global groups like on mobile phones, or are they pr nation and all over the place?
*raises hand*
I want to hold my tablet to my face.
I'm the use case Apple spoke of when they introduced the iphone. I was carrying around an ipod, mostly for podcasts, my phone and the N800. After about 10 months of that, I decided it was ridiculous to carry them all day to day. I threw the ipod in a drawer and resolved to make podcasts work on the N800. It never happened. The available podcatchers just didn't work well enough. I cobbled some scripts together, based on work others had already done, but it simply wasn't an elegant enough solution. I spent too much time on something that should be largely automatic, nevermind when something broke.
Also, I never experienced the browsing nirvana I'd read about other people achieving with maemo's browser. Complex sites were slow to load, or the page would mostly load but I couldn't do anything (such as scroll) until it completed loading the remaining elements. I remain baffled as to why my experience never seemed to jive with the rest of the maemo community's.
In the end, I broke down and purchased the iphone. Is it perfect? Hell no. But in making my decision, I'd decided that I was willing to live with its limitations if it simplified my mobile life. It has, and I'm happy I went with it.
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