If draft-N wireless still isn’t good enough for ya, then keep your eye out later this year for a Motorola manufactured card for Clearwire’s WiMax service. Clearwire Mobile just got the OK from the FCC to sell their new WiMax laptop card. You’ll get high speeds with Peyton Manning-esque ranges (as in long, long long distances) all on the 801.16e spectrum.
No word yet on pricing, but according to The Giz, it’ll only be Vista and XP compatible, which means OS X users yet again get the wireless shaft.
Clearwire Cleared for First WiMax Laptop Card; Is It Moto’s Baby? [The Giz]
Don’t worry Vince, there will be third party providers to fill in the gaps until Apple does a product refresh… you can be assured of that. I just wish they skipped this whole land based communication and skipped right to sat… then you could use this anywhere in the world instead of just a few markets.
Jon
Clearwire had announced a partnership with AOL previously (May 4,2006) –
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1190820,00.html
AOL is partnered with Skyhook Wireless…
‘All your base are belong to us’