It seems that smartphone maker Sony Ericsson has joined the hundreds of other companies already in the WiMAX forum. Looks like this high speed data technology could finally take off in the next few years. And it certainly beats wandering cities in search of temporary Wi-Fi hotspots 8-) (Via IM)
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WOOHOO i've been waiting and waiting and putting on my xmas wishlist the hope of a wimax enabled phone, if nokia doesnt have one out by the time ericsson has theirs out... i'm making my move
WiMAX on a phone won't help much, if there's no WiMAX network(s) in the neighbourhood. (And if Sony Ericsson only just joined, I wouldn't expect a WiMAX product from them until mid-2008 earliest.)
"WiMAX on a phone won't help much, if there's no WiMAX network(s) in the neighbourhood."
I'm sure they said that about the very first mobile phone! 😊
What they'll probably do is add wimax to an already-desirable GSM/3G phone, just like they did with the first wifi capable handsets. It won't matter if you can't get a wimax connection everywhere, for early adopters (who will make up the bulk of wimax customers to begin with) it'll be enough that you can use it in certain places.