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XOHM WiMax little buggies spotted in Fells Point Baltimore

Spotted these XOHM WiMax little carts in Fells Point-an area in downtown Baltimore. These carts are in front of the Admiral Fells Inn, which is pretty much the same area where the National WiMax Launch event is happening this Wednesday at 10am EDT. The carts seat 1 person and are mobile so they can goto wherever there is any action of people congregating. For example the carts went to the Olympian swimmer M. Phelps parade and also was spotted at the Ravens parking lot for the Sunday game. I saw someting like these at the CTIA Wireless convention - betcha that;s wehre they got the idea! Mobile demonstration carts = good idea, unless it rains! Although XOHM execs tell me they have a tent ready in case it doeas rain - let's hope the skys stay clear.

On the carts were WiMax enabled laptops, laptops with express card and USB modems and Nokia N810 phones. Funny the home page of all the devices was pretty much set to speakeasy.net - a website for conducting speed tests. I'll show you pics and video of my results later. It was fun seeing people chomping on funnel cake trying to figure out who XOHM is. 

BY THE WAY FOR THOSE COMING TO BALTIMORE FOR THE WEDNESDAY ANNOUCEMENT - I'm having a WiMax MeetUp - interested? then buzz buzz me til I get details posted. 

Call my Google Grand Central #


Posted on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 11:27AM by Registered CommenterMario Armstrong in | Comments6 Comments

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Reader Comments (6)

How was the event? I'm excited to hear how it went.
October 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEric Walker
The event was awesome - i saw top speeds as high as 6meg downloads, they only advertise 2-4 meg. I hve some issues with it, ill explain in later posts and slo video is coming soon
October 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMario
The techno-twits at NPR headlined it as Wi-Fi.
October 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJerry
At least the folks at NPR are covering the event. It's great that our fair local city is getting the coverage. A lot of the news out there is focusing on a perceived need for this technology to reach all major cities, but I think it is wise to run a trail in a few markets at first to correct any glitches in the technology. Obviously, the demand will increase at an accelerated rate as the number of markets grow, but there are certain flaws that will not be realized until WiMax is implemented in real world situations.
October 12, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEric Walker
Also, the Sprint XOHM vehicle was at the Baltimore Marathon runners village today. It looked to be a fairly popular spot.
October 12, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEric Walker
they seem to really be getting these little mobile demo carts all around the cit. I called the provider of these carts www.BobCarMedia.com and find out that XOHM has them for about 2-3 months so expect to see these things at more places throughout Baltimore City
October 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMario A

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