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Motorola comes out with USB WiMAX adapter

September 24, 2008 at 9:04 PM by Esme Vos

Motorola will be coming out with a WiMAX USB adapter called the USBw100 in Q4 2008. The adapter will work worldwide for three frequency bands: 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz. This is very good news for people who travel (and have Macs). Now all we have to do is figure out where there is WiMAX service and how much it costs, and whether our hometown WiMAX operator has a roaming agreement with the other WiMAX operator.

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T-Mobile G1 Android phone is out, but has serious flaws

September 24, 2008 at 5:22 PM by Esme Vos

T-Mobile rolled out its latest device, the G1 phone which uses Android (Google’s open-source OS for mobile devices). Now that the hype has finally died down, here’s my take on the phone:

it’s rather ugly: cheap plastic keyboard, looks too much like all the other old devices with their cheap plastic keyboards (thinking of the Sidekick) no desktop syncing application no video playback except for YouTube; you need an SD card for music or video playback you can use only one…
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