http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/ Engadget Comments for Intel, Motorola, Samsung and more join forces to support WiMAX 2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
Like what was Intel going to do? Roll over and let WiMAX die? It's Intel's baby. Intel will always be the first to push WiMAX (or WiMAX 2 or whatever iteration it is). The same is true for WiFi...it went from 802.11b, to 802.11a, to 802.11g, to now 802.11n. Intel has been in the thick of it since day one.

So, while LTE and WiMAX aren't freely available to any appreciable length in the US, I think this new WiMAX initiative may end up getting other companies to actually join in the adoption and use of WiMAX. But we'll have to wait and see if that ends up being true. After all, people said that about Betamax (it had numerous advantages over VHS), but we know how that ended up.]]>Apr 13th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
GSM plus 3G plus HSPA plus Wifi plus bluetooth for phone FTW
]]>Apr 12th 2010 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
Same for laptop ]]>Apr 12th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Plus LTE Plus you sound like a Fiber 1 commercial]]>Apr 12th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Oddly enough, same here.]]>Apr 12th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
American telcos will all adapt WiMax 2, LTE and whatever they can think of, all slightly different so if a consumers wants to switch telco he will have to buy new phone etc. And pay arma and a leg for the service.]]>Apr 12th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
It's the American Way!]]>Apr 12th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), is a telecommunications technology that provides fixed and fully mobile internet access. The technology provides up to 30 Mbps[1] in real world end-user throughput. WiMAX is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard (also called Broadband Wireless Access).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX]]>Apr 12th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/he said "where"]]>Apr 12th 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/And that is because?
But if that's true, then this is down-straight lame. I thought it would be like the difference between HSPA 7Mbps and HSPA 21Mbps, but it seems to be more than that :/.]]>Apr 12th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Point in case, you're talking about upgrading a 2G phone to 3G. Here we're in the case where we are to upgrade a 4G phone to an even better 4G phone. It's not a full version upgrade from what I can read.]]>Apr 12th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
@Megajapan Let's just say it's very very extremely unlikely that the EVO could be upgraded. Wireless chips simply cannot be upgraded to a faster protocol that easily. It's the same reason you can't upgrade an 802.11G router to an 802.11N router. The wireless chip has to be designed to accommodate the standard, and if it's not designed to comply with a certain standard, then it can't support that standard. ]]>Apr 12th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/
That's actually NOT true. Much like WiFi, WiMAX interations be it 802.16e and 802.16m will be interchangeable. It will only be a matter of max speed. Any laptop with WiFi uses 802.11, but it doesn't matter if your computer network is type "N" versus "G" versus "B".

So, the Evo 4G will work with 802.16m, but it simply won't be able to take the full advantages of what the improvements to the network that will be offered by it. That's all.]]>Apr 13th 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/intel-motorola-samsung-and-more-join-forces-to-support-wimax-2/Apr 12th 2010 12:11PM