Lenovo, Acer, Asus Give Sprint's WiMax Network A Boost

Computer makers are offering products equipped to connect to Sprint's XOHM high-speed wireless network, launched recently in Baltimore. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek Intel, Sprint Nextel, and partners gathered in Baltimore Wednesday to highlight PC makers with products supporting Sprint's recently launched WiMax high-speed wireless network. The event marked the importance of Sprint's XOHM network to the future of WiMax in the United States, a technology that Intel and its allies have been developing for six years. Baltimore last month became the first U.S. city to get a version of WiMax that provides wireless Internet access to home users and to people traveling about town with notebooks equipped with special modems. The network offers speeds comparable to wired broadband services. Google co-founders Larry Page and... [read full story]