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Nokia pulls plug on N810 WiMAX Edition
Boy Genius Report —
In a startlingly abrupt move just one day after the launch of WiMAX service in Portland, OR, Nokia is reportedly discontinuing production of its N810 WiMAX Edition internet tablet and will stop all sales effective immediately. Nokia has yet to announce the move publicly, but a reliable source within Nokia claims the WiMAX-enabled N810 has been pulled from inventory systems and distributor locations with current stock have been instructed to return all units to Nokia. While the source could not attest to Nokia’s motive behind this recall, he ...
Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition taken out behind the woodshed, shot
CrunchGear —
... ? Linguo… IS… dead. Replace "Linguo" with the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition, though. Nokia’s just pulled the plug on the device, according to MobileBurn, citing "slow WiMAX roll out in the USA as well as an issue with current WiMAX switches in use not offering optimal performance" as the precipitators for the internet tablet’s demise. ...
Nokia’s WiMAX Internet Tablet Going Away?
jkOnTheRun —
... This doesn’t bode well for WiMAX, which doesn’t have a ton of device support yet and really can’t afford to lose current support. MobileBurn indicates that Nokia is ending the life of the N810 WiMAX Edition Internet Tablet. In my opinion, the product was way ahead of it’s time, simply because ...
Nokia’s WiMAX Internet Tablet Going Away? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... This doesn’t bode well for WiMAX, which doesn’t have a ton of device support yet and really can’t afford to lose current support. MobileBurn indicates that Nokia is ending the life of the N810 WiMAX Edition Internet Tablet. In my opinion, the product was way ahead of it’s time, simply because ...
Nokia N810 WiMAX reaches 'end of life'
Engadget —
... quietly slapped an "end of life" label on the N810 WiMAX Edition, officially ending Nokia's consumer-level support for the wireless standard -- for the time being, anyhow. Though we've been able to confirm that the discontinuation is official, no word was given as to why it fell off the market so quickly -- Nokia inststs that it was a "natural" end of life -- but if we had to take a stab at it, we'd guess the Baltimore-only availability had something to do with it. [Via MobileBurn] Filed under: Cellphones Nokia N810 WiMAX reaches 'end of ...
Nokia N810 WiMAX reaches 'end of life'
Engadget Mobile —
... quietly slapped an "end of life" label on the N810 WiMAX Edition, officially ending Nokia's consumer-level support for the wireless standard -- for the time being, anyhow. Though we've been able to confirm that the discontinuation is official, no word was given as to why it fell off the market so quickly -- Nokia inststs that it was a "natural" end of life -- but if we had to take a stab at it, we'd guess the Baltimore-only availability had something to do with it. [Via MobileBurn] Nokia N810 WiMAX reaches 'end of life' originally appeared on Engadget ...
Nokia discontinues N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition
D' Technology Weblog —
... remaining stock back to Nokia. The abrupt cancellation is reportedly due to the slow WiMAX roll out in the USA as well as an issue with the current WiMAX switches in use not offering optimal performance.
While Nokia has confirmed that the N810 WiMAX Edition has reached its “end of life” state, the company rep that we spoke with did not wish to comment on any impact that the condition of the nation’s young WiMAX network might have had on that decision.
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Nokia discontinues N810 WiMAX Edition
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Tablet device. From what we’ve heard, the Finnish giant asked distributors to send any remaining stock back. The reasons behind this move are slow WiMAX roll-out in the States, as well as an issue with current WiMAX switches, which don’t offer optimal performance.
The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition was announced a year ago, at the CES 2008. Since then, only users in Baltimore and Portland got a chance to experience all the promises of the WiMAX network…
[Via: MobileBurn]
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El Nokia N810 con WiMAX se estaría discontinuado
Celularis —
... y le ha pedido a todos sus distribuidores que reenvíen los equipos que tengan en stock hacia las oficinas de Nokia. Mobile Burn dice que Nokia ha informado sobre que el ...
Discontinued: Nokia N810 WiMAX Internet Tablet
Phones Review —
... retailers have been asked to send back the stock they have left immediately.
Nokia have agreed with the reports that the N810 WiMax Internet Tablet has reached its shelf life, but they have made no comment on the WiMAX network impact on the decision.
The Nokia N810 WiMAX Internet Tablet was launched a year ago at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, since the launch Portland and Baltimore are the only two markets that have seen the WiMAX network go live.
Source: mobileburn
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Nokia WiMAX N810 Internet Tablet: R.I.P.
dailywireless.org —
... , effective immediately, reports Mobile Burn. Distributors have apparently been asked to send any remaining stock back to Nokia. The abrupt cancellation is reportedly due to the slow WiMAX roll out in the USA as well as an issue with the current WiMAX switches in use not offering optimal performance, says Mobile Burn. ...
Samsung Mondi, first WiMAX MID in US...maybe?
Betanews —
... MID, which was scheduled to come to Sprint's XOHM WiMAX network in the US, but was reportedly discontinued at the beginning of 2009. Nokia was originally one of ...
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