The Nokia Research Center has another tech tease that gives us a glimpse into one of our many possible mobile computing futures. The so called, “Explore and Share” concept starts by placing an N900 onto a “writer” that’s tethered to a PC at a retail store. At that point, the PC recognizes the device and serves up a number of options to the purchaser including content. For the purposes of the demo, an unnamed Fin selects an album that downloads to the handset in less than 10 seconds. Less than 10 seconds wirelessly! Pretty good if we assume that the 18 track Bruce Springsteen album is somewhere between 100MB and 200MB for a 10MBps to 20MBps transfer rate. Nokia doesn’t admit to what tech it’s using, referring to it only as “a new radio technology.” It’s certainly not NFC which tops out at 424kbps, or Bluetooth 3.0 + HS which tops out at 3MBps. It also negotiates much faster than WiFi (though that could just be editing trickery). It’s much closer to Wireless USB’s real-world data rates of around 15MBps or even Bluetooth 4.0 which targets 60Mbps (theoretical) transfer rates. Regardless, it’s fast so we have to agree with Nokia when it deadpans: “Sounds great. Doesn’t. It.” Check out the action after the break.

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