"known around these parts for its ever shrinking line of NAS devices"

Is the line shrinking or are the devices shrinking? I'm assuming you're referring to the devices based on the rest of the article but this wording confused me for a minute.

obviously I meant 3D, not HD

The only area I actually could see wanting HD would be in gaming (especially first person and racing titles) and perhaps for sporting event broadcasts.

Pre-produced 3D content is almost always hokey and derivative. I did see Avatar in 3D and while it was better than most I don't know how anybody could call that thing revolutionary.

Really, what's up with the CDs? Are you trying to show everybody how cool your taste in music is? I personally think having an image of physical CDs next to a device that is designed to do something unrelated to playing CDs could even be misleading.

As a side note, those are some excellent CDs (although United is a better Phoenix disc imo) but come on, they really have no business being in that picture.

I agree that wired is always the way to go if it is a viable option, however wireless HDMI could still be valuable to apartment dwellers or others that can't modify their living space.

I think the analogy to wireless USB is completely bogus however because a major component of USB is power/charging and obviously that can't be done wirelessly. As far as data transfers, WIFI is already cheap, available and works perfectly well. As far as peripheral communications, bluetooth is already pretty solid so the way I see it, wireless USB was obsolete before it was even close to coming to market. Wireless HDMI on the other hand doesn't have a standardized alternative and it could be very valuable especially when you think about sharing an A/V stack with multiple displays. You could easily have a (currently) high-end HDMI switching receiver with multiple zones wirelessly feeding any compatible display in your house. Sounds pretty awesome to me. I do think that the cost isn't there yet but the concept isn't without merit.

Please please please let me win this one!

I love insane grab bags!

@natejwhalen - I just spoke with a Clear rep and she told me that the mobile modem is not compatible with OS X, but the home modem is.

I had also read around that Clear has been blocking ports for p2p, etc. When I asked the service rep, she flatly told me "We do not block ports".

I'm living in Atlanta and am incredibly happy to see a new broadband service that isn't tied to a particular neigborhood. Hopefully as this and other similar companies spread throughout the country, it will force the monopolistic cable copanies and Telcos to be price competitive. I am worried about the technology as it's basically the same as a high speed cellular data connection which as we all know doesn't exhibit some blanket coverage area as the maps imply. Also I imagine as more and more people hop on the network, speeds will either naturally decline or they will initiate port blocking/traffic shaping algorithms just as the cable companies have.

Wow, there are 4 of these...maybe I have a chance this time!

Yes, finally a reason to play my DS