"Considering where we are in the lab testing process... we think that it's more prudent to continue with the other non-Microsoft devices that are currently going through testing," Terzano said.
At least Microsoft knows that they should stop mucking up the system, esp. since according to them there are three other non-M$ on the testing blocks (I'm going to assume at least one of those devices is from Google Labs, same for Philips). I'm kind of glad the National Association of Broadcasters is being so pushy about the topic though. Without their opposition, this testing would not be happening, so if and when we finally do see retail products in this field, they should be a bit better off than other emerging technologies.
I'm also kind of surprised there isn't an IEEE group behind this. Maybe there is and I just don't know about it, but I thought they were the ones to create the new communication standards.
Ah nm, there is an IEEE group working with white space (IEEE 802.22), but they seem to be operating independently from the White Space Coalition and other groups (which will just slow this process down). Seems like wireless microphones will be one of the first working applications to use this protocol. I don't know if that means radio transmissions or what but as we've seen in the past, with different companies/orgs all take their own route, it just bogs down progress (still waiting for Wireless-N to pass the 2.0 Draft phase).
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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"Considering where we are in the lab testing process... we think that it's more prudent to continue with the other non-Microsoft devices that are currently going through testing," Terzano said.
At least Microsoft knows that they should stop mucking up the system, esp. since according to them there are three other non-M$ on the testing blocks (I'm going to assume at least one of those devices is from Google Labs, same for Philips). I'm kind of glad the National Association of Broadcasters is being so pushy about the topic though. Without their opposition, this testing would not be happening, so if and when we finally do see retail products in this field, they should be a bit better off than other emerging technologies.
I'm also kind of surprised there isn't an IEEE group behind this. Maybe there is and I just don't know about it, but I thought they were the ones to create the new communication standards.
Ah nm, there is an IEEE group working with white space (IEEE 802.22), but they seem to be operating independently from the White Space Coalition and other groups (which will just slow this process down). Seems like wireless microphones will be one of the first working applications to use this protocol. I don't know if that means radio transmissions or what but as we've seen in the past, with different companies/orgs all take their own route, it just bogs down progress (still waiting for Wireless-N to pass the 2.0 Draft phase).