Christopher Mercer.Net

… is the slogan for this years MacWorld Keynote from Steve Jobs. While everyone is speculating about a ultrathin portable and other gadget goodness I am thinking that it could be something different. Is it possible we will see WiMAX (the new wireless standard being pushed by Intel) integrated into Mac Products? While we may be lacking a WiMAX network at this time the introduction of consumer devices featuring this technology could finally fulfill the wireless anywhere concept.

A WiMAX network could deliver highspeed data at up to 50Km from the tower but the more realistic deployment would be 2Km in urban settings. This is a vast improvement over existing consumer wireless standards that have 250m range and expensive EVDO or 3G mobile offerings.