xG - all go! But where?

Some more happenings in the xG/xMax world of super-duper low power high speed low cost wireless data, and - for once - I can write about them, as they're not anonymous scandal blog postings saying things I can't check in languages I don't speak about people I don't know.

No, this latest intelligence comes from xG itself, which has redesigned its website, produced end of year results and announced that it has FCC approval for its BTS250 base station.

The new web site you can see for yourself. as you can the FCC approval. Interestingly, this contains a smidgeon of information about the actual operational parameters of the base station - which don't seem to match my understanding of xG's patented secret sauce techniques. And the annual report announcement claims that the company's sold 327 base stations, that it's finished testing them with its handset, and that the South Florida deployment continues.

Ah yes, the handset. The TX60 - apparently finished, although not apparently approved by the FCC - appears on the website in computer generated form only. One tiny snippet in the spec sheet is that talk time on xMax is exactly the same as talk time on Wi-Fi, which doesn't really correspond to the promise made about the patented secret sauce techniques that they would give much longer battery life than any other system.

But then, there is nothing tangible or testable in any of xG's updated claims. We wait, as always, for a germ of independent reality before counting the blossoms of the promised land. There is a new PR man mentioned, so perhaps I'll have another go with this one...