Belkin to use Airgo's MIMO for WiFi

Seems that Belkin is going to start using Airgo's MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) technology in their wireless gear that lets you quadruple the speed of 802.11g from its current maximum of 54Mbps to over 200Mbps. The catch is the same one you'll find with all that Netgear and Linksys gear which doubles the speed of 802.11g to 108Mbps: none of the equipment is interoperable, so to get the full benefits of the boost you have to use the right kind of Belkin wireless access points with the right kind of Belkin wireless cards. The good news is that Airgo's MIMO format could very well end up as the basis for the new 802.11n protocol that is being hammered out by the IEEE, which means we might possibly see it in other devices in the not-too-distant future. The wireless access points should go for around $189 and the cards for $130 when they arrive sometime in mid-October.