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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…

As promised, here is our extended interview from last week’s phone conversation with Xohm president Barry West, Sprint’s point man on all things WiMax. In this edited transcript West talks about three new markets where Sprint is already building tower sites, as well as the problems Apple’s iPhone 3G users seem to be experiencing (which didn’t surprise him). West also talks about the progress in the Clearwire-Sprint WiMax merger, the devices in the Xohm pipeline and the new network’s open…

I just came back from an exhausting three days at the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM) in Barcelona, talking to mobile device manufacturers (specifically Nokia), MVNOs and applications developers. Several things struck me.

First, at the Nokia press conference on Monday morning, February 11, after the CEO and one of the executives announced the new Nokia devices (6210 Navigator, N96, 6220 with 5-megapixel camera), analysts and journalists could ask only one question: when is Nokia going to embed touch screen technology…

Opinion: Ubuntu, a fast-growing version of Linux, could emerge as a prime platform for mobile devices and digital inclusion over the next year. Here’s why. Opinion: Ubuntu, a fast-growing version of Linux, could emerge as a key platform for mobile devices and digital inclusion over the next year. Here’s why.

Ubuntu Linux now has roughly 6 million to 12 million users, according to Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical — the company behind Ubuntu Linux. Shuttleworth delivered the estimate during Ubuntu LIVE,…

“Longtime WiMAX basher” Qualcomm is lightening up. This week the company confirmed its purchase of a WiMAX development start-up company.Unstrung.com reports that “longtime WiMAX basher” is evidently moving into an if-you-can’t-beat’em-join-em mode. According to the report, the company has purchased the 802.16e development work of TeleCis Wireless, Inc. for “an undisclosed sum.”

Unstrung quotes an unidentified QualComm spokesperson, saying “TeleCIS’s engineering resources were acquired for their mobile broadband system knowledge and System On a Chip design experience. Their knowledge and experience…

I wanted to wait until I got a chance to play with the N95 and post my review on Muniwireless, but this weekend, Om Malik posted a thorough review on his blog and I thought I would share it with you. Om Malik spent several days playing with the N95. He raves about the 5-megapixel camera, video and music-playing functions, integrated VOIP and Wi-Fi features. Yet he decided not to get the phone because of the battery life and lack…