Clearwire eyes global WiMAX roaming agreement, Kanye blurts out: 'LTE is better!'

Pinky and the Brain were consulted, and you can rest assured they were both highly supportive of Clearwire's latest initiative. Announced today in cooperation with Russia's Yota and Japan's UQ Communications, Clearwire has banged out a memorandum of understanding with the aforesaid WiMAX carriers that "identifies the objectives and activities each operator will perform towards the realization of establishing WiMAX roaming between the [two]." With translators in tow, the trio are hoping to define and institute the necessary processes that'll ensure devices from each carrier works on the other's network, and while American's probably couldn't care less about these two operators in particular, it's the thought that counts. Just imagine -- 4G global roaming at a decent price point. That, friends, is the future.

[LeiTxo Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:28PM]

Great news but my God... Kanye.. you were an ass.

[wamerocity Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:31PM]

Whatever! He's a MFing genius wordsmith, and the voice of our generation! How DARE you speak about him like that!

[nickyP Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:32PM]

yep, pretty much my thoughts exactly.

[nickyP Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:33PM]

to be clear, I hate Kanye West, mostly because he's racist, but also because he's a jerk.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:34PM]

Kanye you might have "I got a lotta cheese award" but this year you def take "douche of the year award" I felt so bad for Taylor. Him and Lil mama, she takes "buzzkill of the year award"

[JordanClay Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:34PM]

I thought it was funny. It was disrespectful what he did don't get me wrong. But on top of that if he did that to me I would have said "Well I got the award so shut that shit up!".

[OriginalJosh Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:43PM]

president bush does not like black people

[DRHouse Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:43PM]

What is kanye? oh you mean the gay fish?
What a tool trying to act tough against young girl.
Here is some new quotes

Kelly clarkson : I hate kanye west more than my Ex boy friend who cheated on me
Ping : Kanye west is "biggest piece of shit on earth and you can quote that"

[tobidashi Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:44PM]

@wamerocity, I get you.

[DRHouse Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:48PM]

i meant pink*

Kanye west how can you be so heartless? i hope people wont buy his music

[OriginalJosh Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:48PM]

ehh, i kinda messed that up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTjNInBA7JQ

[DRHouse Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:54PM]

Kanye West takes himself way too seriously,You think Michael, Prince or Jay-Z would ever pull that sh*t?? Get over yourself, junior.”

[Eggo Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:19PM]

I love how everyone's getting really upset over an obviously staged incident.

[napdaddy Posted Sep 14th 2009 3:01PM]

Staged stunt.

[CJ Posted Sep 15th 2009 6:37AM]

Yeah, shut up.

If the bible was written today, he'd be important enough to be included.

Also, he's a great gaming device.

[DRWNHL Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:33PM]

kanye likes fishsticks = kanye is a gay fish

[seanGadget Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:32PM]

(i say this in the nicest way possible) FUCK KANYE

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 15th 2009 12:02AM]

I'm pretty sure Kanye West doesn't give a fuck what you have to say.

And I hate Kelly Clarkson's one hit wonder BULLSHIT.

[seanGadget Posted Sep 15th 2009 2:30AM]

@Quatumphysics
I'm pretty sure that I don't give a fuck what YOU have to say.
That comment U made was hardly necessary but i have to say, nice try.

[reebokshoes Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:42PM]

epic tagline

[DrDr Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:43PM]

They do htis every time. They want a little bit of publicity because nobody watches these shitty video music whatever awards. It was the same with that Borat stunt. Rehearsed and stupid.

[NHAnimator Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:10PM]

Yup. The fact that Kanye will be on Leno's new show within 24 hours of the stunt has nothing to do with anything.

[x181 Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:44PM]

does the "i" that's missing stand for "internet?"

[NHAnimator Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:12PM]

No. The lower part of the i looks like a wire and it is clear - so you don't see it.

Sheesh, I hope there's a better explanation than that.

[EM1 Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:45PM]

You all into celeb news? Not sure what's going on.

4G huh! 3G is quick enough for me but if a lot of people move to 4G, it should open bandwidth for 3G users. Once the 7.2Mbps connection rolls out, it should be plenty fast.

[x181 Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:31PM]

7.2mbps will be just like Windows Ready Boost or NetZero high speed; some stupid marketing thing they came up with to move more people to 3G.

[Common Sense Posted Sep 14th 2009 5:19PM]

And plenty expensive for you too! Try twice the price for AT&T's 3G technology compared to WiMax and don't forget you get to use your AT&T 3G card for $12 per GB for the first 5GB then it goes to $250 per GB after that. WiMax has NO limitations on how much data you download...it's unlimited!

Is that still fast enough for you Sparky?

[EM1 Posted Sep 14th 2009 5:29PM]

Not sure how speed is the same as price. But I'd be using it on my phone where it's unlimited for $30 a month vs. the added cost of the new technology. Doubt new technologies will be cheaper or the same price.

[Chaosdivine Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:45PM]

I hate it when Graphic Artists do that cutesy artsy shit on the text of the Clearw're logo...Queerwire comes to mind.

[Kyle P Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:46PM]

Do you like fishsticks?

Maybe 'breaded' has something to do with 'genius.'

[LRawlins Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:45PM]

I vote we make the word 'Kanye' a word used for being downright moronic. Eg: 'That guy is such a collosal Kanye' or, 'quit being so Kanye and listen to me!'

Make it so, netizens. Make it so.

[MarcusMaximus Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:52PM]

You're talking to the wrong crowd here. Until googling "Kanye West" after reading this article and the comments that followed I had no idea what everyone was talking about.

[iroq d mullet Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:08PM]

@ mark

you cant thank Darren Murph for this.

[JXCGunrunna Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:47PM]

The real winner here is that Lenovo ThinkPad in the background. I love those things.

[Indyaner Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:54PM]

Guess the Model...

[DrDr Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:05PM]

T60 I would say. The new T400s don't have dual expansion slots, and the stickers make it look like a laptop from ~ 2006.

[JXCGunrunna Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:21PM]

Its not a T60. im using one now and it only has one USB on that side plus the audio out and mic are in the wrong place. I think its a T42 or T43

[DrDr Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:41PM]

It is a T61

http://www.notebookreview.com/picture.asp?f=22779

[DrDr Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:44PM]

Or not, I think it is a T400. The T61 has a copper heatsink the T400 has an aluminum one. I think you can order it with two expansion slots like that, although I think the default is one ExpreeCard and one PCMCIA, either that or ExpressCard and SDHC.

[AndrewAero Posted Sep 14th 2009 3:20PM]

No. The T400 has a copper heatsink. I am writing on one.

[ArhcAngel Posted Sep 14th 2009 3:35PM]

I vote R61 or R400 since they are identical. (I have an R51, R60, R61, X61 tablet, and an R400 sitting at my desk at the moment)

[JXCGunrunna Posted Sep 14th 2009 4:19PM]

I agree with the R series. I work with T series and X series at work since thats what my company uses and im a helpdesk tech(thus the reason i have a T60p, T61p, T41 ,T42, X61, and X301) Altho the T400s is my favorite and I would love to get my hands on one.

[FRiC Posted Sep 14th 2009 6:37PM]

Both the T61 and T400 can have either aluminum or copper heatsinks, depending on the CPU. But I also think this is R61/R400, since it's quite thick.

[ntw1103 Posted Sep 14th 2009 7:15PM]

I believe it is a T400. the T/R61 are wider(look near the speaker)
I have both an R400 and a R61. I had a T400 issued to me over the summer by intel. it was the same width, but much thinner. I have the R400 right next to me and it is thicker than the Thinkpad imaged. It isn't a t4x as those had blue eject buttons for the pc-card slots. The t4x also didn't have centrino 2 cpus.. the T400 on the other hand does have a Centrino 2 cpu. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2009 1:53PM]

I want a 4G to WiFi hotspot device like the Sprint MyFi.

Actually, a 4G MyFi like device would be perfect if it had an ethernet port, too.

And, even though Kanye is a brilliant poet, that is no excuse for bad manners. What he did was rude and disrespectful to Taylor Swift. There is just no excuse for bad manners.

[DrDr Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:04PM]

You can probably do that with a Nokia N810 WiMAx edition.

[taiki Posted Sep 14th 2009 9:14PM]

the Cradlepoint devices have WiMAX compatibility on them.

[iroq d mullet Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:06PM]

although i admire kanye for speaking his mind, i agree there is a time and a place for what he did. honestly, i could't believe taylor won that award, so in a sense kanye is just saying what a lot of people are thinking. go write it in a blog or something, keep it real but also keep it at least somewhat respectful.

on the other hand, it is also quite possible that it was just another MTV stunt to get ratings. who knows. after all, where did the "M" go in "MTV"? they're all about drama now.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:12PM]

.... that reference is kinda pushin it... nice try though

[TheComputerCaretaker Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:13PM]

LOL@Kanye! I had a wireless rep tell me recently that motorola is the wireless devil. Why do they have a bad rep?