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Nokia has begun selling the N810 WiMAX Tablet in the US. With the rollout of WiMAX service around the world (Sprint’s Xohm service in Baltimore, WorldMax’s Aerea in Amsterdam), a number of hardware manufacturers have begun selling devices that take advantage of WiMAX networks. The problem is that if they have a built-in WiMAX chip, it does not mean the laptop or tablet will work in another country that uses a different frequency for WiMAX. Example: the N810 WiMAX Tablet…

After all the doubts, deals and delays, the biggest launch of WiMax services in the U.S. will become official on Oct. 8, when Intel, Sprint, Clearwire and others host a WiMax celebration/demonstration in Baltimore, whose residents will be the first to test Sprint’s Xohm WiMax services.

The official press invite just crossed our email inbox, and it still says “COME CELEBRATE THE DAWN OF 4G WITH THE SEPTEMBER LAUNCH OF XOHM AND ITS MOBILE WIMAX NETWORK IN BALTIMORE,” which leads us…

BaltimoreCounty, Maryland, began providing free public Internet service at hot spots this week as jurisdictions, including the city of Baltimore, eye city-wide deployments.BaltimoreCounty, Maryland, began providing free public Internet service at hot spots this week as jurisdictions, including the city of Baltimore, eye city-wide deployments.

According to a story in the Baltimore Examiner, five “hot spots” were launched in collaboration with TowsonUniversity. County officials demonstrated it by logging onto the countyWeb site “from the shade of an umbrella at a picnic…