[CES 2008] Asus has announced that it will put its weight (alongside Intel and Sprint) behind WiMax and is committed to support WiMax by offering WiMax enabled computers at affordable price. For most Asus computers, “affordable” means “starting from $999), but Asus’ chairman declined to comment on the WiMax Eee pricing, only saying that it would be “very affordable”. Anyhow, I do not think that WiMax alone will increase the price of the Eee by $50 (a WiMax chip is not that big or expensive), but that is just my opinion. On their side, a Sprint representative said that WiMax subscriptions would surely be less expensive than a 3G one. This sounds good to us.
The Asus Eee PC that was used for the demo didn’t have a super fast connection (around 700Kbps), but it was a WiMax one. I don’t know how the connection was setup, but I don’t think that this is representative of what consumers might get WiMax rools out.
Take a look at the Eee WiMax photo gallery to see the Asus’ slides about the WiMax Eee, but alsoabout their broad line of laptops. We were there so that you don’t have to be :)
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