Unstrung spills the beans on another smart antenna startup:
Motia is working on 802.11 chipsets that will incorporate “smart antenna” technology, similar to that being offered by Airgo and Vivato Inc., Unstrung has learned. Systems using a smart antenna approach use multiple antennas to transmit signals in an effort to improve the consistency of the link.
This is a true story. The CEO of Motia called me one Saturday a few months ago trying to squeeze proprietary info out of me about Airgo, but being the stand-up guy that I am, I didn’t talk. My instinct when I get these calls is to give them some subtly misleading info, following my consultant daddy’s dictum that free advice is worth what you pay for it. My amendment is that advice should cost the recipient as much as it did the giver. I’m happy to give good advice if you’re willing to pay me well for it, and that’s the way the world works.