Re: OT:WiMax for Bob


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The larger issue is the desirability of embedding wireless interfaces.

When it's free hardware...I don't think people will care.

It has to cost somebody something. I understand Qualcomm gets something
like $30 per phone. Wouldn't that apply to this?

Qualcomm gets ~5% of the ASP of a phone.
This module has a price target of about $50 so their
take won't be much.

The economics are a little gray but as I understand it....
they go into the laptops
for free (or very nearly so as not to be noticable cost impact to
laptop retail price) and the
manufacturer gets a kickback from the service provider upon
activation. Of course the whole scheme depends upon the
number of activations and the total cost will be eventually
passed to the actual users as part of their data service packages.
There might be a teaser introductory period to try and
get people on. Buy a laptop...get one month data free...then
here comes the 2 year deal to stay activated.



Perhaps it is, for laptops used as corporate appliances, where rough
handling is the norm. For the user, I think external, replaceable
adaptors are a better choice, because the life cycle of wireless
devices is much shorter than that of laptops. I'm using two laptops,
one four years old, the other three, and there is as yet no compelling
reason to upgrade. But the dongles have been replaced several times.

The embedded module won't preclude upgrade via dongle if you want...
and any cellular service center could easily replace the module
if upgrade was warranted.

ScottW
If it's not part of the motherboard.

No...it's a socketed module.

ScottW

You were saying this is a universal chipset? All of EDGE, EVDO, and
HSDPA/UPA ?

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511


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