Asus to unveil next-gen Eee PC with WiMAX alongside Intel and Sprint

[wraggster]

There's a WiMAX shindig coming our way at CES next Monday courtesy of Intel, Sprint and Asus. From the sound of things it'll primarily be Sprint and Intel letting everyone know how very, very fast WiMAX is -- and how ahead of the curve we should know they are on deployment and chipsets -- but things will get a little extra interesting when the companies start showing off WiMAX "mobile solutions": actual devices that actually play around with the new wireless standard. Asus in particular will be one to watch, since it's showing the sequel to the Eee PC, bedecked in WiMAX garb. That's as much info as we have at this point, and we're guessing Asus won't be launching the new Eee PC in the coming months while the current model is still selling so well, but we're looking forward to a peek all the same.

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[Anonymous D]

doe anyone know if wimax hardware also works with standard wifi networks?

[the_eternal_dark]

No, wimax is not compatible with current stuff. I guess its trying to be the next bluetooth for networking.

Supposedly the new EEE PC is going to be sporting the newer intel core 2 duo mobile processor, clocked at 1.2 - 1.5 ghz and a 10" screen. XP is also supposed to be a preinstalled option too. Bigger flash storage is a great possibility, up in the 16-32 GB range this time. I'd say that the EEE would be able to have a wifi card installed like normal though.