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Sprint planning to rollout WiMAX service as “XOHM”?

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 3:40 PM

Sprint WiMAX service called XOHMWe’re used to seemingly random naming conventions in the mobile marketplace, but this one takes the “Doesn’t-make-a-lick-of-sense” cake. Sprint’s WiMAX service, slated for a late-2007 rollout, is rumored to be launched as Sprint’s XOHM service. Say what? According to an anonymous source (those are the best kind) at Engadget, Sprint’s WiMAX venture with wireless ISP Clearwire and Google will be henceforth known as XOHM.

We’re not sure what XOHM is supposed to stand for, hopefully Sprint will shed a little light on the unusual naming convention in a future press release or something – maybe by Thursday. If anything, the new service does stand out in the sea of mobile tech acronyms.

Which sounds better, WiMAX N900 or XOHM N900? We like WiMAX, but who are we to second guess the corporate big-heads at Sprint. What do you guys think, WiMAX or XOHM?

[Via: Engagdet Mobile]

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • nombre

    X = No
    Ohm = Resistance

    No Resistance

  • NET9

    You will be assimilated. :grin:

  • Will Park

    lol @ NET9

    nombre definitely has an interesting interpretation.

  • memjin

    ACCESS SYSTEM

  • DiggetyDog

    XOHM stands for X-Extract
    O-Out of
    H-Human
    M- Actually this is A(ss)