Another tech tease was shared from the Nokia Research Center as they give us a glimpse into another possible mobile computing future. The "Explore and Share" concept starts by placing an N900 onto a "writer" that's tethered to a PC at a retail store. The person in the demo selects an album that downloads to the handset in less than 10 seconds, all wirelessly. Assuming that 100MB and 200MB then we're looking at a 10MBps to a 20MBps transfer rate. Nokia doesn't admit to what technology it's using and instead only refers to it as "a new radio technology." It can't be NFC which tops out at 424kbps, or Bluetooth 3.0 + HS which tops out at 3MBps. It is much faster than Wifi (though we could just be getting tricked somehow). It seems to be closer to Wireless USB's real-world data rates of around 15MBps or TransferJet's 375MBps effective throughput. It could also be Bluetooth 4.0 whch targets upto about 60MBps (theoretically) but that is a long shot. We have no choice but to agree with Nokia when it deadpans "Sounds great. Doesn't It." You can see the demo below but be sure to share your thoughts after.
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