WiMAX Inside a Netbook at CES 2009
I got my hands on an Acer AirOne netbook to our engineers added the Intel Link 5150 Wi-Fi-/WiMAX chip. I'd seen Centrino 2 laptops with WiMAX and I followed the launch of WiMAX service now available in Baltimore and Portland, but I had never seen a netbook connect to WiMAX.
I turned on my camera as I walked connected the Acer Netbook to Clearwire’s WiMAX service available inside the Central Hall at CEs 2009. The video’s not very clear, but you can see what the WiMAX software interface looks like. At best, I was getting nearly 9 megabits per second down and over 1.5 megabits per second upload speeds as I tested the connection from the Netbook to servers in San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago.
After I shot this video, my pal Chris Heuer stopped by the Intel Media Lounge and gave WiMAX a try. I saw him upload a set of photos pretty quickly while he shared stories about the great gatherings he hosted for Lenovo.
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Comments
Jan 18 | Jawad said:
9 megabits per second!!! that's impressive
Jan 18 | Ralph said:
Hmmm... maybe a typo here:
"I’d seen Centrino 2 laptops with WiMAX and I followed the launch of WiMAX service not available in Baltimore and Portland, but I had never seen a netbook connect to WiMAX." should probably be "I’d seen Centrino 2 laptops with WiMAX and I followed the launch of WiMAX service now available in Baltimore and Portland, but I had never seen a netbook connect to WiMAX."
Jan 20 | kenekaplan said:
Thanks, Ralph. What a difference an incorrect letter makes, and I thank you for catching the typo. It's now corrected.