Monday, August 25, 2008

WhatMAX?

We haven't heard much about the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition or WiMAX at all lately. Though the FCC decided to release the Nokia N810 WME manual (link is a pdf, though it will appear as .cgi) there is still no knowledge of when it will be available and to whom.

Here's a curiousity: Take a look at the Google trends graph here. While it is more searched-for than LTE or HSDPA, the interest has been going down for a several months.

4 comments:

Chae said...

There have been signs of interest in broader deployment of WIMAX around the world. (There's been talk that India may actually deploy a fairly large WIMAX network.) I suspect growing pressure to provide better broadband penetration in rural areas in the US may be bumped up i priority under the next administration in the US, no matter who wins the presidential election. Clearly, at least one of the baby bells is publicly mentioning WIMAX as a possible alternative. (Fear of that "whitespace for free Internet" must be driving some of that public chatter.)

norcalbarney said...

I've noticed a WiMax Icon in Diablo! If you use Personal Menu, and change the icon for a program, there's a WiMax icon in the firmware. Telling...

Mark Franklin said...

Upon a visit to the Nokia Flagship Store in Chicago, IL USA - the manager commented that the N810 WiMAX would be available soon in the store paired with Verizon WiMAX service.

norcalbarney said...

I noticed that buy.com has the N810 WiMax version available for preorder for $409.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=207929561&loc=0

How available is WiMax anyway? Any Clearwire subscribers care to share your experience?