It's a sad day for 3G junkies out there hoping to get
the hookup from Intel and Nokia in their next laptop: the two companies have decided to nix plans to put a Nokia HSDPA chip inside forthcoming Intel laptops. Apparently Nokia and Intel are still buddy buddy, they just couldn't see HSDPA working out for them. Nokia spokesperson Eija-Riitta Huovinen says "The decision was made together ... for very pragmatic reasons. We did not see there was enough for the business case." Sounds like they just didn't seem to think the dollars were there, and we really can't blame 'em -- though we'll never forgive them for breaking our hearts.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
resource @ Feb 14th 2007 5:44PM
What a coward move.
If Intel got these on more laptops, more cellular companies would drop the price for 3G and this could finally reach a saturation point.
Now it'll be 2008 or 2009 before 3G becomes common.
And where is WiMax?
Yem @ Feb 14th 2007 7:21PM
Yeah, really lame. Someone update wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access#HSDPA_in_notebooks
Nick Gold @ Feb 14th 2007 8:14PM
Maybe they decided to go with EVDO on the MOBO?
Raja @ Feb 14th 2007 10:15PM
Maybe it had something to do with Ericsson's announcement on 12 February at the 3GSM Congress in Barcelona? ;)
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9441/127/
Mark @ Feb 14th 2007 10:14PM
@Yem
> Yeah, really lame. Someone update wikipedia
Hmm, you do understand the concept of a wiki?
ShortFuse @ Feb 15th 2007 9:05AM
@Nick Gold
Definitely not moving to EV-DO. The reason why they scrapped the HSDPA because there's not enough market. HSDPA is available in 25 out of the 27 countries that make up the European Union. Around the world, a total of 53 countries use HSDPA. Not to mention the upgrade path for companies who are using EDGE. There are more than 2 Billion GSM users around the world and CDMA falls at around 330 million (as of Sep. 2006).