Dell has added WiMAX as an option to two notebooks, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.
Specifically, Dell has added an optional WiMAX/802.11n card to the Dell Studio 17 and the Dell Studio XPS 16. The upgrade will only cost $60, according to the blog post by Dell blogger Lionel Menchaca.
By default, both notebooks ship with an 802.11g Wi-Fi card. The Dell Studio 17 starts at $649, while the Dell Studio 16 XPS starts at $1,099As Menchaca noted, however, WiMAX's greatest weakness is its coverage areas: Portland, Ore.; Atlanta, and parts of Baltimore, areas where more conventional 3G technologies already blanket. For his part, Clearwire chairman called those technologies "legacy nonsense".
"Once [WiMAX] is available in more cities, you won't have to spend time looking for hotspots," Menchaca wrote. "Compared to mobile broadband, WiMAX offers flexible service offerings. You can get a day pass or go month-to-month with no long-term contracts required. WiMAX is fast too—it offers peak download rates of about 13Mbps and up to 3Mbps upload speeds."
That's not to say that Dell is betting the farm on WiMAX, however; Dell is also "looking at" LTE, a competing next-gen cellular technology expected to tie together the networks used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and others.
Kamis, 07 Mei 2009
Dell Adds WiMAX Options to Two Notebooks
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