Comments on: Waiting For WiBro http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: alan patrick http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127334 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:37:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127334 Never mind the phone chips, I wonder how long the battery lasts…that can be a killer for complex small devices.

]]> By: prashant z http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127333 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:01:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127333 Hi..i guess the valid question would be do the consumers need broadband on the go…this technical glitches can be solved if there is a market…but these should not be only technology demonstration without consumer need…anyway waiting for this technology to come to subcontinent…

]]> By: Laurence http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127332 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:09:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127332 Short memory ? Does anyone remember the early age of Cellphone or Internet Access ?
The issue is not to make it right the first time but to roll out a product that provide obvious value, technical glitches are part of the game and will be solved along the way. What is important is that WiBro/WiMAX answer a basic need of Internet connection on the move at broadband speed. The rest is conversation.

]]> By: Amit http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127331 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:02:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127331 Interesting that they rolled WiBro out even with the problems. Must be government pressure.

-Amit
http://www.ipatrons.com

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127330 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:52:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/waiting-for-wibro/#comment-127330 POSDATA, a South Korean company, makes a WiMax/WiBro terminal that looks like a cell phone. How well these things actually perform, I can’t say. Battery life issues are a valid point as I’d be very surprised if VoIP or WiMax/WiBro could compete talk time-wise with super optimized technologies like GSM or CDMA. Really though, this is more a software issue than a hardware issue. To claim you can’t fit a WiMax/WiBro chipset into a mobile phone is absurd.

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