The wimax is coming. And with it broadband communications. An actual firm date, by the end of this year. It's no longer just vaporware.
> *Sprint Nextel > Corp.*<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/gen/Sprint_Nextel_Corp_38D9B727DAD54EBE929378498D672ECA.html>said > Monday that will launch its WiMax wireless broadband service in Chicago > and Washington by year's end. > > The wireless giant (NYSE: S), which began showing off products that use > WiMax technology on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, > has committed to spending $800 million this year and $1.5 billion to $2 > billion next year on the new WiMax network. > > The company said in a release Monday that early products that will use > WiMax include mobile PCs and personal media players by *Samsung > Electronics > Co.*<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/gen/Samsung_Electronics_Co_0410697D58D74FAAA93930587D6236B6.html>and > an infotainment device by > *LG Electronics > Inc.*<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/gen/LG_Electronics_Inc_605CE10EFDA940E4B937F76CC1234CE2.html> > > WiMax will allow devices to connect to the Internet at cable modem-like > speeds wirelessly, in coverage areas similar to wireless phone service. An > MP3 player with WiMax capability, for example, would allow music downloads > on the go. > > The WiMax network is expected to reach 100 million people by the end of > 2008. > Wimax'ed networked mp3 players very interesting. After today's iPhone announcement with it's cellular and wifi capabilites I'm going to repeat my hair brained theories about direct to device audio and video podcast aggregation. Also of note. Nokia joins Sprint Nextel WiMax team http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/01/01/daily29.html > Nokia, the world's biggest wireless-phone maker, will provide equipment, > including handsets and tablet computers, and do co-marketing for the planned > WiMax network. > > Sprint says it may spend as much as $800 million developing its fourth > generation, or 4G wireless network, this year and as much as $2 billion next > year. > > The company (NYSE: S) is developing the high-speed wireless network using > the spectrum frequencies it owns. It says the WiMax network could cover at > least 100 million potential users by the end of 2008. > Another good article on the Sprint Wimax network from Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070109-8582.html And a related article on Nokia's newly updated N93i http://www.mobilised.com.au/content/view/737/1/ Some choice quotes... Nokia has done a deal with Vox, the personal video and photo blogging > service from Six Apart <http://www.sixapart.com/>. Depending on your > country the phone may come pre-configured to use the service. > With Vox users can share full size photo and video content with enforceable > privacy controls. > [...] "With devices such as the Nokia N93i, we believe that video can become a > similar kind of mass market phenomenon as mobile photography has become," > said Satu Ehrnrooth, head of Nokia Nseries Cameras Category, Multimedia, > Nokia. > > "The slim and beautiful Nokia N93i is the ideal device for user-created > video content, as i is a connected digital camcorder that is always with > you. You can even instantly upload video clips in their original size > directly from the device to online blogs or video communities. With the > Nokia N93i, sharing your stories is now as easy as recording and viewing > them." > It may be pretty early but videoblogging and video sharing are definitely going to move beyond the desktop sooner or later... it's starting. Call it the mobile web or whatever you like. It's coming via wifi, wimax, and/or wirless. One way or the other. I'm still waiting for blip to make an mobile compatible service that automatically adds on an intro segment of your choice creating titling from your mobile email's subject line, slapping on a nice outro and cross posting it to your blog with the body copy. Peace, -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
