ASUS prepping WiMAX USB dongle, base stations

The big ASUS WiMAX news at Computex is obviously the Eee 901, but the company is coming out with a load of new wireless gear that supports the standard. Laptop users will probably be most interested in the WUSB25E2V2 USB 2.0 WiMAX dongle (pictured above), which is a little big for our tastes but should get you connected on the go. Home and business users will probably want to look into the WMNV25E2+ and WMV25E1+ base stations, which can connect to a WiMAX network and provide all the machines on your network access. No word on how much any of this stuff is going to cost, but here's hoping it's cheap enough to justify being an early adopter. Oh -- and if you're not convinced that ASUS is committed to WiMAX, peep the graphic after the break of the company's wireless vision of the future.

[ThreeDee912 @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:08PM]

First.

And in before the "iEye" troll.

[iEye @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:34PM]

I was humbly trying to spread the wonderful knowledge about the simplicity of Apple products where ever the subject came up. But if you would rather I not comment on the fabulous UI experience with said products, I digress.

You will not have 1 comment from me relating to any Apple product until the 3G release, then you will all see the iLight...

June 9th, 2008...

[Khris @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:45PM]

Who is this iEye and why have I not had a chance to make fun of him yet?!?!

[KEROLiUKAS @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:33PM]

iEye you are a fucking retard.

"where ever the subject came up"

Bullshit.

You bring it up everywhere where it does NOT belong. gtfo my interwebs.


Regards,
KEROLiUKAS

[fourthletter @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:59PM]

iEye licks Steve Jobs sperm off his smudgy iphone screen then cleans it for the fiftieth that day.
Not thats user friendly.

[Steffen Jobbs @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:33PM]

@iEye
Those savages will never see the iLight. Their hearts and eyes have been blinded by WinMo iPhone wannabees and now they're doomed to walk in the darkness for the rest of their days.
Yup. 3G iPhone goodness at the WWDC, June 9th. Salvation for the enlightened.

On topic:
Oh yeh, that's a really nice WIMAX dongle. Too bad there aren't any WIMAX networks to connect to.


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[maff @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:16AM]

WiMAX? not in the US maybe, but there are networks in S Korea and Pakistan that serve over 300k people!

[KEROLiUKAS @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:11PM]

LOL @ the above comment...

I mean saying first is lame, but makin' fun of iEye is ftw.

Anyways, this is the future, but that thing is too damn big for an Eee if you ask me...

[nonamo @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:15PM]

...i think ill go for the MSI Wind, thank you ASUS

[Ryan Trevisol @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:22PM]

Is that a WiMAX dongle or are you just happy to see me?

[nonamo @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:24PM]

the new design is just so f**king ugly!!! :(

[Jack @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:26PM]

Man... I couldn't agree with you more. I thought it might work well in black, but it turns out the shell is glossy... not matte. Fingerprints ahoy!

I'm hoping the release of the 901/1001 brings a price drop to the 900 (whose styling I love).

That, or I'm going to be floating in the Wind.

[Cory @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:32PM]

Don't worry in a few months we'll be laughing at the size of this thing. But seriously, I am a fan of anything that encourages wireless broadband.

[darkstar @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:55PM]

omg, y is that dongle so big???
an evdo usb is much smaller than that!

[Keeepc @ Jun 5th 2008 4:52PM]

eeepc 1000 firts pics : http://www.blogeee.net/2008/06/03/exclusif-des-photos-du-eeepc-1000/#comments

[microlith @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:03PM]

Docking station please, ASUS.

[avirji @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:36PM]

Wow there's like 3 articles about ASUS every 5 hours! It's starting to get really annoying... I mean why can't we have a feed without ASUS news like we did for Apple?

[Gi @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:49AM]

Why can't we have a feed that ignores people who bitch about an article that they can choose to not read?