As if the CES frenzy wasn’t enough, Clearwire officially launched its WiMAX service in Portland today, kicking off the new Clear network. Motorola is heavily involved, providing both infrastructure equipment, the WAP450 access point, and consumer devices, the CPEi 150 and the award-winning USBw 100 laptop adaptor. I tried a prototype of the USB adaptor [...]
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I don’t get to write very often about a Motorola product that falls squarely into the gadget category, so today’s news is both cool and rare. Motorola has announced a new remote control and charging station for the VIP series of IPTV set-tops. The MotoCharger 1000 includes a “find” feature where a switch on the [...]
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In another pre-CES release out early this morning, Motorola announced the new CPEi 775, a combination WiMAX modem and Wi-Fi router. It’s not designed for jumping back and forth between WiMAX and Wi-Fi (my first, and erroneous, assumption). It’s for using WiMAX as the backhaul for a Wi-Fi connection. Bottom line: this device acts as [...]
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One of the big benefits of IPTV is its flexibility as a content delivery platform. Bits are bits are bits, which means that in the great hypothetical world of IPTV heaven, consumers should be able to receive virtually anything through a TV or other networked display. Want to access a concert? Buy swag? Download a [...]
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