8/17/2006

xMax - does it exist beyond paper?

Filed under: Culture, Debate, Economics, TEH INTARWEB, Technology — Tim @ 9:03 pm

A year ago I wrote an article dealing with wireless regulation and innovation. Towards the end, I briefly mentioned a new creation from xG, a Florida-firm, whom had reportedly developed some uber neat technology called: xMax.

Having witnessed the effects of the dotbomb first hand (family members, relatives, friends, etc.) I am usually apprehensive about buying hype. I even said as much a month later.

And while there have been some recent press releases and interviews regarding its ongoing development, I am still concerned that their R&D will be overshadowed by WiMAX, a technology that has been proven to work and is being deployed (Sprint is spending $3 billion over the next several years rolling it out).

If you know anyone that is currently testing the xMax hardware, let me know — I would personally like to review it.