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Originally Posted by qole View Post
That is magnificent.

If you want Wimax in Canada, you're going to be forced to buy that monolith anyway (I dare you to get Personal Internet but not buy the modem). Why are they selling such gargantuan monstrosities, especially if Nokia is able to jam the same hardware into a corner of the N810?
The modem can't stay plugged in while you are on the go. The modem cannot handle switching towers (or whatever Wimax uses) when plugged in, as mentioned on the Rogers/Bell sites.
 
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The modem can't stay plugged in while you are on the go. The modem cannot handle switching towers (or whatever Wimax uses) when plugged in, as mentioned on the Rogers/Bell sites.
If Rogers is offering fixed WiMAX, then their service may be less interesting to N810 WiMAX Edition owners. It certainly won't help Maemo Mapper when speeding down the highway.
 
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Originally Posted by jolouis View Post
Just to throw in my two cents on the whole "pads" discussion here.. the 4 off on their own (at least on the N800, don't know about the N810... assume they correlate to the ones that are circled in green) I would put heavy money on being header pins for USB. If you check them you'll find that when you put the tablet into USB Host mode, one of the pins goes 5V high just like it does on the USB connector. I got myself some pogo pins a while ago to test the theory but never got around to actually doing it...
If they really were (which is questionable, but not excluded, considering TR's statement) USB, that would make the N800 case-back replacement (with jumbo battery, USB hub, USB-serial (or maybe serial-console serial, if that's less power drain), and USB-ethernet (and maybe video-out via noBoundaries, someday, for a NED)) a lot cleaner; maybe even commercially viable. Oh for more time...
 
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Also a router? Cheaper that way?


Kinda contradicts the whole "portable" part of Portable Internet when your modem is almost the same size as your laptop... and has to be plugged into the wall...

Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
If Rogers is offering fixed WiMAX, then their service may be less interesting to N810 WiMAX Edition owners. It certainly won't help Maemo Mapper when speeding down the highway.
Nor will it be very useful for making Skype calls while sitting on the bus. But then again, I hate it when other people do that.

Can Wimax as a standard handle switching towers? I know Wi-Fi really isn't designed for that.
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Kinda contradicts the whole "portable" part of Portable Internet when your modem is almost the same size as your laptop... and has to be plugged into the wall...
You would prefer "luggable Internet", perhaps?
 
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Kinda contradicts the whole "portable" part of Portable Internet when your modem is almost the same size as your laptop... and has to be plugged into the wall...
There's two primary uses for WiMAX. As cellular data access, in the case of the N810W, and as last-mile internet access, in the case of this modem.

Portable isn't really relevant for last-mile access.

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Can Wimax as a standard handle switching towers?
Of course.
 
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Can Wimax as a standard handle switching towers?
As the General implied, mobile WiMAX can, while fixed WiMAX cannot. Wikipedia has more information.
 
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
There's two primary uses for WiMAX. As cellular data access, in the case of the N810W, and as last-mile internet access, in the case of this modem.

Portable isn't really relevant for last-mile access.
Yeah, that's what I just said. But you made it sound it like you were disagreeing with me.
 
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Yeah, that's what I just said. But you made it sound it like you were disagreeing with me.
It's all part of the larger "confuse the hell out of qole" conspiracy. I am sorry to have to be the one to tell you.
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
Can Wimax as a standard handle switching towers? I know Wi-Fi really isn't designed for that.
WiFi is designed for that; I'm on a university network, and (aside from a couple spots where they don't have enough APs) I can walk all over campus; multiple APs can be configured as one SSID, and handoff works. It is a little slow, though, so some projects aimed at WiFi along roads have not worked; the frequency and lag of switchoffs means connection gets lost entirely.

WiMAX handles that smoothly, though.
 

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