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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (22864)	8/28/2007 11:53:49 PM
From: axial	Respond to of 46821

"One can't help musing over whether this will result in yet another "mode" in the now-popular use of multi-modal devices. Thoughts?" Agreed, but I think WiMax devices still have power usage/battery life issues to overcome. I read reports of the initial WiBro trials in Korea; if true, they confirmed the suspicion. Improvements in silicon may be applicable to other RF modes, so the relative disadvantage may persist. In time, WiMax devices will become "acceptable" in this respect, but nowhere near, say, the cell phone. So I'm guessing WiMax will be included in multimodal devices for ubiquity, but may be less-used by some. All speculative, of course. Who knows where the technology will be in another 5 years? Improvements will take time to work their way to the end-user. "WiMAX could fundamentally change the way we think about portable consumer electronics, but it's not without its challenges. Next week's column will explore some of them." engadget.com Jim