Prepare that national ego for a beating son, 'cause SK Telecom and Samsung have developed a Korea-only mobile data card sure to make you feel like a chump. Having just launched their
HSDPA service days ago, it's no suprise to see Korea's largest mobile operator demonstrating a PCMCIA data card which supports both HSDPA and EV-DO. However, this card also packs in
WiBro setting the stage for some good ol' fashioned head-to-head action against Korean Telecom. KT's WiBro service is set to go live in just days while SK's offering is only just now in pilot, with a limited commercial offering said to be starting next month when this card should drop for retail. But who knows, afterall SK's fledgling HSDPA service is said to offer equivalent speeds to KT's WiBro and at least initially the two complementary services are targeting the same market segments. So SK's not in a rush, if ya dig?
[Via
Akihabara News]
posted May 29th 2006 8:40AM
1st post, wow im board
Korea-only tho...
Meanwhile, we fight over EDGE or GPRS here in the US... Hmmm...
Damn it! The Koreans keep moving forward, leaving us in the technological dust.
Haha - Samsung must be super-happy that their card is being shown in an LG laptop for these publicity shots. Nice.
What are american tech.companies waiting for. just do the damn thing and bring us this type of hotness and stop bull sh!ting on us. YOU KNOW were gonna pay for it out the ass. for example a 360 with all it's extra's or our ps3 fixation, what about out $600 cell phone obsesion(cough treo 700p cough) come on. to hell with edge,gprs,1xrtt.. wibro,evdo and hsdpa is the wave.i hate that we always play catch up.
i know this is meant for "PALM" but i gotta do it!
American tech companies + carriers
LAST YEARS TECHNOLOGIES AT NEXT YEAR PRICES
Canada is even worse than the US. Perhaps 4 years behind Korea and Japan. We just don't have enough money.
It IS already here. Why pay for 2 protocols when they offer similar speeds over similar areas? Or better yet, why pay for a device that communicates over 2 protocols when your ISP only provides 1 of the 2?