Sprint's Baltimore Launch Showcases the Performance Advantage of WiMAX (1)
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In conjunction with the official launch of the Baltimore market on Wednesday, Sprint's XOHM team along with its partners at Intel assembled a wide range of opportunities to see the new WiMAX network in action. For the event, the team had outfitted a number of "XOHM carts" with the latest OEM products from the WiMAX ecosystem partners. Products featured included newly announced embedded WiMAX laptops from Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba as well as laptop express ...
Acer Aspire One Tested with WiMax [WiMax] (1)
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The WiMax Acer Aspire One hasn't even been announced yet (UPDATE: actually, it just was), but Laptop Magazine got their hands on a model and got to poke and prod it to their hearts' content. So how did browsing the web on a tiny WiMax notebook work? Pretty decently. In speed tests around Baltimore, the netbook was able to hit 6.7Mbps down and 2.8Mbps up. The New York Times started loading in 7 seconds, taking ...
WiMax: 信号已发出 (1)
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在经历了让人疲惫的等待，推测和质疑后，真的，这下真的是真的了。 XOHM 在 Baltimore 正式启动，WiMax 这下是实打实的东西了。XOHM 的 Barry West 用通俗易懂的语言描述 WiMax 就是 A hotspot as big as a city，呵呵，也算是另一个层次的比较恰当的比喻。其实 Baltimore 是覆盖了 70%，靠 180 个基站，完全的话，将来会有 300 个。另外，按 Intel 的说法，Baltimore 这样有水有河的城市可并不是做试验的理想场所—-可是，他们就是要挑战一下自己的能力。 目前有四家笔记本厂商提供已经集成了 WiMax 的产品：联想 Lenovo, 宏碁 Acer, 华硕 Asus 和 东芝 Toshiba，明年应该还会有 松下 Panasonic, 戴尔 Dell, 三星 Samsung 和 索尼 Sony。。。擦擦眼，惠普 HP 呢？。如果算上 诺基亚 NOKIA N810 的话。。。其实不带集成 WiMax 的笔记本也没关系，有 ExpressCard 等可用。 按照多家媒体/blog 的测试，今儿的表现还是比较令人满意的—-看来所有人都攒足了劲要让这次处女秀成功，要首发打响：下载速度可到 5Mbps，上传 2Mbps 左右。当然，移动速度，基站 hand off 都会造成点影响，不过很正常，也没有显著负面效果。 在 ATT 和 Verizon 都宣布选择 LTE 作为下一代移动通信标准后，最常被比较的对象， WiMax ...
Lenovo will embed WiMax into Notebooks (1)
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With WiMax popping its head into the airwaves, Lenovo has decided to start adding WiMax to its notebooks for high-speed ‘net access. This is pretty snazzy news for those of us using air-cards from carriers wishing for just a little boost in data-transfer speeds. Available immediately are the ultraportable ThinkPad X301 notebook, the ThinkPad T400 notebook, the ThinkPad SL300 and SL500 notebooks - all WiMax capable. Later this year, we can expect to see the ...
Laptop manufacturers embracing WiMAX - Sprint’s WiMAX-based XOHM network gets some notebook love (1)
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With Sprint’s WiMAX-based next-generation 4G (well, officially it’s a 3G network) XOHM mobile broadband network officially up and running in Baltimore, the US is poised to see 2-4Mbps download speeds and 1-2Mbps upload speeds blanketing the nation. Sprint has finally started redefining themselves as the premier data-centric carrier in the US, and manufacturers are rallying to give mobile Sprint mobile broadband users a variety of options for WiMAX-enabled laptops. Both Acer and Lenovo have both ...
Sprint WiMax Requires "Narrow" Pipeline for Testing, Approval [WiMax] (1)
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Sprint's enticing Xohm WiMax network is slowly making its way across the country, but Lenovo has complained of a major problem with it gaining popularity. According to GigaOM, Lenovo expected to dominate the market with a variety of WiMax products since they had put a lot of time and effort into testing equipment. But Lenovo explained that Sprint is requiring a "narrow" pipeline of internal product testing—something you don't see for Wi-Fi equipment—which has nixed ...
ZTE's TU25 becomes first USB modem for Sprint's XOHM WiMAX network (1)
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Filed under: Wireless Not too keen on snatching your WiMAX via ExpressCard? Fret not, as ZTE's TU25 (which was leaked early last month) is fast approaching. Hailed as the only USB modem available (and certified, no less) for the launch of the XOHM network, the TU25 presumably allows users to plug it into a spare USB port, wave a magic wand and begin surfing the mobile broadband superhighway in Baltimore (and a few other places, ...
Sprint’s Xohm Network is Only Half Open (1)
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Today marks the formal launch of Sprint’s Xohm network, and celebrants are gathered in Baltimore to show off their new WiMAX-enabled gadgets. But after chatting with an executive from Lenovo, I wonder just how open Sprint’s network will be, and how that lack of true openness might slow the adoption of WiMAX. Lenovo is on hand showing of its five laptops designed for Sprint’s WiMAX network, including the super-sleek x300 that competes with the MacBook ...
Best Buy Presentation Leaks Cellphone Ship Dates [Product Leak] (2)
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Oops, someone at Best Buy leaked a presentation that's revealed the ship dates for several upcoming handsets. For instance, the titanium version of the Verizon Blitz, now has a ship date of October 26th (it's only marked as Coming Soon on the Best Buy site. Other cellphones dropping on the 26th include Sprint's HTC Touch Pro and black Samsung M540 Rant, AT&T's BlackBerry Bold 9000 and T-Mobile' BlackBerry Pearl Flip. Oh yes, the BlackBerry Storm's ...
iPhone Defections Good for AT&T, Better for Wireless Broadband (1)
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Of those people that purchased the new Apple 3G iPhone this summer, some 30 percent of them defected to AT&T from other networks, according to a report out today from analysis firm The NPD Group. With about 23 percent of people switching carriers between June and August, that’s a lot of churn, but since two-thirds of the AT&T iPhone newcomers came from Verizon (47 percent) or Sprint (19 percent), both of whom have good 3G ...
One in Three iPhone 3G Buyers Bailed on Their Carrier (Half Were From Verizon) [IPhone 3G] (2)
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Whether people were holding out for 3G, the $199 pricepoint or just for their damn contracts to run out, in a market where carriers are pretty much forced to steal customers from each other, the iPhone 3G has been a Batman-worthy thief. One out of three iPhone 3G buyers jumped from other carriers to AT&T, though it might surprise where they came from. Even though Sprint is the only major carrier actually bleeding out subscribers ...
Sprint XOHM WiMAX networks reportedly active in other cities (3)
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Filed under: Wireless Flying out of BWI to Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. or Northern Virginia? Make sure you pack in that SWC-E100, because we're hearing that Sprint's XOHM WiMAX networks are already live in each of those locales. According to a XOHM representative at a booth in Baltimore, the networks in each of those cities are already up, though they aren't officially supported as they're still "being tested." If any of you XOHM ...
Official BlackBerry Storm Documents Leaked [Blackberry Storm] (2)
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The sneaksters over at Boy Genius Report have somehow gotten their hands on an official Powerpoint presentation of the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry Storm. This is evidently a Verizon property, since the wallpaper on all the Storms is their signature red V, but no mention of price or release date. Still, some good shots and a lot of info, including new stuff on media syncing, touch typing, and more, for those waiting for the touchscreen wonder. [BGR]
Credit crunch slams carriers (1)
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A number of stories hit the wire yesterday about how the credit crunch is impacting carriers.?? AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Tuesday that his company is unable to sell commercial paper for terms any longer than overnight. It’s not that short-term borrowing is unreasonably expensive, Stephenson said. A shortage of buyers for the debt means such borrowing is not as readily available as it had been even three weeks ago, he said. Meanwhile, Sprint continues ...
XOHM WiMAX tested in Baltimore, does work in cars (6)
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Filed under: Wireless XOHM is live in Baltimore, and Laptop Magazine has sent a few (slightly dazed-looking) staffers on an impromptu tour of the "Charm City" to get a feel for Sprint's new WiMAX service. Overall, they found performance to be quite good, clocking in at 3.05 Mbps down and 2.4 Mbps up. That compares very favorably to Verizon's EV-DO network, which delivered 1.43 Mbps down and 0.54 Mbps up in the same locations. Sprint's ...
Screen Grabs: Nathan Petrelli gets heroic with Samsung Instinct (2)
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Filed under: CellphonesScreen grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com. For those who haven't already overloaded their DVR with the plethora of fall dramas, Heroes is looking to be a pretty solid bet. For one Nathan Petrelli, this season's about more than just discovering who he really is. It's about more than just being there ...
WiMAX tested in Reno, doesn't work in cars (2)
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Filed under: Wireless Sprint may have just launched the XOHM WiMAX network in Baltimore, but would-be merger partner Clearwire has been running its version of the mobile broadband service in Reno for a while, and InfoWorld went down to test it out and give us a taste of what to expect. Performance was good while not in motion, with downloads speeds around 1.5 to 2.0 Mbps and uploads hitting 275 to 325Kbps, but actually getting ...
Network Management Doesn’t Have to Be Evil - GigaOm (2)
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Network Management Doesn’t Have to Be EvilGigaOm, CA - 21 hours agoSprint told me the Xohm network wouldn’t have bandwidth caps because it’sa capacity play, not a speed play. With all of this capacity it should be able to ...
Sprint launches XOHM WiMax service in Baltimore (1)
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USA Today has a story, Sprint takes wireless service to the max in Baltimore, on Sprint’s new WiMax system for the Baltimore area. “Monday, Sprint will launch wireless WiMax services in Baltimore, marking the beginning of what could become a new era in mobile broadband. The mobile data network — which will be marketed under the Xohm brand name — is designed to cater to the needs of laptop and home broadband users, not cellphone ...
Sprint goes live with XOHM WiMAX service in downtown Baltimore (4)
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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless In an apparent effort to make good on its claim of having WiMAX rolling in Baltimore this month, Sprint is reportedly going live with the service in the downtown area today. There's no indication of when it'll spread XOHM throughout Charm City, but we're hearing that prices will start at $10 for a 24-hour unlimited pass and $35 for monthly service. Best of all, there won't be any contracts necessarily attached, ...
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Hriday said:
We are yet to get 3g and these guys have Xohm already!
