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Is WiMAX ready for primetime?

IBOCRocks said:
audiophile. said:
It's still not practical is a portable audio device however...how many people are going to go through the effort of getting a laptop, buying the card, and then finding an adapter to hook it up to their car stereo?
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Huh? The whole thing fits in my shirt pocket!

http://mobilitytoday.com/vbmcms/images/t_audiobox.jpg
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Ah. OK. How much was the phone? IIRC they were $299 with a contract. You still need to hook it up to your radio and pay for a data plan. The TOS still applies as well.
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I have to wonder about TOS, why would they promote streaming here for only $15 a month?
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/01/07/verizon-wireless-vcast

PS I'm listening to Window Player stream on my PDA right now at 128k stereo.

The phone was about $250 (less than the price of Recepter). Oh by the way I can post on this messageboard with it too.
 
"Oh by the way I can post on this messageboard with it too"

Cool - you are convincing me !
 
700WLW said:
"Oh by the way I can post on this messageboard with it too"

Cool - you are convincing me !
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If you have a WiFi PDA, you can post here too. I can listen to my station's streaming audio as well! The difference is I like that I have different tools to do the job. My station's HD audio sounds much better than the stream, and I don't have to pay extra to get it.

On the other hand, I have more variety with the streams. So I get the best of both worlds.
 
IBOCRocks: "If you have a WiFi PDA, you can post here too."

I have a question - can you post here too, with an HD radio ? :D
 
My station's HD audio sounds much better than the stream, and I don't have to pay extra to get it.
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But the streaming on the PDA is capable of twice the bitrate of typical HD radio's. It's not going to sound better in that scenario.
 
audiophile. said:
My station's HD audio sounds much better than the stream, and I don't have to pay extra to get it.
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But the streaming on the PDA is capable of twice the bitrate of typical HD radio's. It's not going to sound better in that scenario.
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Of course, most people use crummy bit-rate MP3's, so quality may not be an issue. Bandwidth will be, and I can bet there will me major congestion issues when the service starts getting lots of heavy users.
 
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