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HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) will not be making it into the next revision of Intel’s Centrino platform (Santa Rosa), as Nokia and Intel have decided to scrap development. The two companies had announced plans last September for an HSDPA module that would enable laptops with the chipset to go online via a wireless 3G network and allow users to transition between 802.11b/g/n and 3G networks seamlessly.In a statement, the companies said that the potential returns from supporting HSDPA wasn’t strong enough to justify the investment needed to include it in Santa Rosa, but the companies would continue to collaborate on other technologies. "We both saw that there was not an adequate business case," Nokia spokesperson Eija-Riitta Huovinen told Reuters.
Source: Ars Technica
I would say I care but then again I have no problem using bluetooth pairing to get a connection.
Would’ve been nice to have HSDPA in a notebook however. For the professional business users out there.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
