For those of us who prefer their online gaming and internet surfing on the go, then this next gadget should be right up your alley: the G100, as revealed by POSDATA. Touted as the first ever mobile gaming device to take advantage of WiMAX, it's set to take the gaming world by storm - as not only does it offer high-speed internet surfing on the go, but also online gameplay that could turn out to be free of any lag whatsoever. Awesome.

So what does the G100 actually capable of? We're not sure of most of the details yet - that being, graphics and sound - but what we do know is that it will take advantage of WiMAX. WiMAX is essentially a more powerful version of Wi-Fi, with its range able to cover vast areas instead of just a few meters. This pretty much means that you'll be able to play online virtually anywhere - and you don't have to walk all over just to find an access point.

Looking at the G100, it certainly looks the part of a gaming handheld. It sports a four-inch touch sensitive screen, as well as a sliding eight-button control pad. Handy.

And if you're worried if it's just going to be a gaming device, fret not - besides WiMAX, it also supports both Wi-Fi and BlueTooth networks for added enjoyment - a great feature, considering that users can hook up the G100 to their laptops for access to any of those three networks.

Certainly a very cool new gadget from POSDATA. Updates as we get them!

Lucky, lucky Milton Keynes looks like it's going to become the first British town to get high-speed wireless network internet access based on WiMAX technology. This will be quite a bump up for Milton Keynes: from limited availability of high-speed broadband to high-speed net access via WiMAX.

Unlike WiFi, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) offers high-speed net access at multi-megabit speeds over vast areas, instead of just a few meters. WiMAX is seen to be a tough competition for WiFi, as it's already being used in thousands of hotspots around the world and has far more extensive wireless coverage than WiFi.

However, as compared to WiFi, WiMAX still remains widely unused. This is due to the need for expensive hardware and the specifications needed to use it in conjunction with wireless roaming plus other wireless technologies are still yet incomplete. In the US, Sprint Nextel announced its plans to build a national WiMAX network that will cost the company $3 billion.


Net connection firm Pipex will be responsible for administering a trial run of a Wimax network, which will be used to take broadband access to the townsfolk that could not get internet connection. If things go well, Pipex said that the Wimax system should be up and running by the end of this year and hopefully deployed in eight UK towns by 2008. A detailed outline of Pipex's plans is not available yet, not for at least four weeks.

With the success of its Linux-based 770 Internet Tablet, Nokia is looking into the possibility of adding new features to the next generation of Nokia tablet devices.

Veering away from the cellular route gives Nokia more freedon. Ari Virtanen, vice president of convergence products at Nokia, said, The biggest thing is that we don't want to be part of the cellular value chain. We want to be a little bit out of that world. Once you put a SIM card in, it's automatically controlled by the operator.

Nokia is looking to provide extra functionality to its devices, which why a webcam might just make its way to the next minitablet. It gives a mobile dimension to the fixed Internet. It's for that very same reason that Google Talk instant-messaging and Internet telephony support have been included in the latest software upgrade. New interface methods might just be added as well. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet currently makes use of a touch screen and stylus for text input. Some who are just not into that can opt for the expanded virtual keyboard.

Nokia isn't ruling out WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), though they are not committed to it. Virtanen said, If WiMax takes off like wireless LAN has, then why not?

Japanese company D-Clue Technologies Co. have developed a series of small WiFi chips suitable for use in Cellphones. The tiny WiMax chip can be integrated onto pretty much any cellphone circuit board.  The D-Clue DC11 series of WiMax amplifiers measure a miniscule 5x5mm, which is sure not to hurt anybody's pocket.

These chips can boost the original WiFi input signal by a whopping 50 times, which apparently enables users to connect to the internet as far away as 50km from a WiMax base station. This amazing little chip could end the painful situation on the state of cellphone internet at the moment. With a range of different services such as GPRS, WAP, and limited WiFi, so far you have to own a massive cellphone for WiFi capability in order to surf the entire internet with ease. Roll on WiMax chips!