DERRICK LOW | MUSINGS OF: What is inside?

So, right now, #whatisinside is already announced by P1 W1MAX, Intel Malaysia and 6 OEM suppliers. I've been given the opportunity to attend the pre-launch event for Bloggers, twitterers and etc. last week at Intel's office. I am truly delighted to be also invited for today's event, however I am unable to make it as the event time is well, clashing with my school time. So, here's the sneak peek photos from the pre-launch event. Here's a short photo-timeline of the event:

Oh, I am the earliest there among the invitees.

The meeting-cum-dinner chaired by @mikecampton

They're preparing their presentations and stuff.

Remember #whatisinside?

A short keynote from a representative from Intel Malaysia. Here's some short facts presented by her:
- Malaysia is the sixth country in the world to have WiMAX-enabled laptops. (after USA, Taiwan, Japan, Russia and Ukraine)
- It will be powered by a new platform under Intel Centrino, which will include this new chip, Intel® Centrino® Advanced–N + WiMAX 6250
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A keynote from the man of the event, Kenny Wong, the CMO of P1 W1MAX.
Some short facts:
- 1 in 10 Malaysians have access to broadband.
- Average usage of a P1 W1MAX subscriber, 10GB.
- Peak hour usage of about 60-70% in urban areas.
- 60% of P1 W1MAX coverage will be achieved by the end of the year.

Some presentation using characters from a card game, if I'm not mistaken, it's Avatar.

Real deal of the event. laptops connected directly to the network.

Connected.

The technical analysis of the reception from inside the event in the building. Not that bad, actually!

Some of the laptops shown by them.

Speedtest. Not that great. =P

Q&A session. Sorry @kennywong for asking difficult questions!

Official pic.

Need I say more?

So how does it work?

Enlarge to view details.
Note: not up to scale, model drafted based on explanation only.

Today, they've officially announced the plans and the deals with the laptops. Here's the mystery solved:,
- The 6 OEMs announced are Dell, Acer, Lenovo, MSI, Asus and Toshiba.

- The plan will be priced at RM89 per month (with service from P1 W1MAX, d'oh). Here are
the details:
* Theoretical download speeds of up to 10Mbps
* Fair Usage Policy of 15GB a month.

- Free 6 months P1 1NSiDE plan for notebooks and 3 months for netbooks.

- I am actually quite confused of another fact, it seems that if you purchase your laptop before 30th September, 2010, you will be paying RM49 for the same details as above. Please contact P1 W1MAX for this (am not so sure).

- However, you do still have to bear the full price of the laptop. It's not a bundle or anything whatsoever. So, don't get confused by this.

About the laptops:
Currently, the only notebook available is from Lenovo.
Lenovo IdeaPad V360 Notebook

Pic from link.

Specifications:

Comments: Specs are not that bad. Reasonably priced too. Does not make much price difference between mainstream normal laptops and a WiMAX-enabled laptop . So it's worth the price.

Netbook

Acer Aspire One 533 Netbook