As I’m still wrapping up coverage of the products and demos from CES, here’s a quick look at Motorola’s VDSL2+ gateway. Per my earlier conversation with Alan Lefkof, it looks like this will be a big year for upgrades from ADSL to VDSL. The gateway shown here (Motorola Netopia 7000 series) can reach throughput levels [...]
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There was a fair bit of noise at CES about wireless tech for networking HDTV around the home. On the retail side it looks like devices will come out this year, but expense and set-up complexity seem likely to keep the technology out of most households in the short term. So what about service providers? [...]
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It’s been difficult to sort through the debate over mobile WiMAX in my own mind. On the one hand, people who experience it walk away impressed. On the other hand, there has been significant skepticism since the break-up of Sprint and Clearwire and Verizon’s decision to move forward with LTE as a 4G technology. Fortunately [...]
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I have to admit that my mature adult side is warring with my inner adolescent. If you haven’t heard about Gizmodo’s prank at CES, the folks there used a TV-B-Gone clicker to turn off television displays throughout the show. Then Gizmodo edited a video montage of the group’s mischief and posted it for all to [...]
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I made it back from CES and am recovering well. However, I have a backlog of content, so expect to see more CES-related posts for a while. Here are some photos of the Mobile TV DH01 announced last week. From top to bottom they are the main menu, a side view (the scroll wheel is [...]
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