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Clearwire WiMAX to be called “Clear” rather than Xohm

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Dec 1st 2008 1 Comment

logo notag Clearwire announced today that they will be calling their WiMAX network “Clear.” This comes after the recently finished deal with Sprint for WiMAX. In fact, the Clear moniker will be used in place of Sprint’s Xohm branding.

The deal was worth about $14.5 billion and made it so Clear will replace Xohm on Clearwire’s segment of the WiMAX network. This is instead of a joint name. However, Clearwire doesn’t seem to be connected to WiMAX for 4G. In fact, future tech may very well be switched over to the LTE standard, if need be.

In 2010, many other carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon will be using LTE, so it would make sense for Clearwire to make the switch as well if that is where the market goes. However, both Intel and Sprint might run into trouble in the future as they are betting their game on WiMAX.

Digifriends M3 MID release in 2H 2009 with NextWave WiMAX

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 18th 2008 No Comments

After hopes were raised and then dashed back in June over the potential US release of the Digifriends WiMAX MID, now comes word that the company has partnered with NextWave to globally launch the compact modular device as the Digifriends M3. The MID will be based around NextWave’s NW2000 chipset (as seen in the dmedia G400, meaning 3D graphics acceleration and video decoding) together with an Intel Atom CPU. Primary control is via the 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 WSVGA touchscreen, but there are a number of ’stands’ with various QWERTY keyboards, speaker arrays and other controls.

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dmedia G400 WiMAX MID with digital TV

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 17th 2008 No Comments

From one MID to another; the dmedia G400 may not boast quite the range of wireless technologies as the UMID MID (WiBro being the obvious omission) but with WiMAX present that’s still more 4G capability than many people have the coverage for. With a choice of 3.8 or 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreens, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA and Bluetooth, the G400 errs on the side of media functionality rather than trying to put a tiny version of your office in your pocket.

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UMID MID poses again; expected ‘early 2009′

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 17th 2008 No Comments

UMID’s wireless-packed Mobile Internet Device pulled in the pageviews last week, and the company has responded with new photos and more hardware details for the 4.8-inch touchscreen device. Particularly interesting is the battery, rated at 17Wh, which estimates suggest will offer in excess of four hours use.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 46 2008

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Nov 16th 2008 No Comments

It’s been a mobile device bonanza this week, with the AT&T Fuze landing at SlashGear and promptly getting hauled over to the Sprint HTC Touch Pro for a damned good comparing. Meanwhile HTC have set tongues wagging by fettling a version of the Touch HD for a Russian WiMAX carrier: they assure us that the HTC MAX 4G won’t be showing up anywhere else, but forgive us if we’re natural sceptics. Meanwhile Verizon finally confirmed that the BlackBerry Storm 9530 would hit stores on November 24th, priced from $199.99, AT&T released the QuickFire, and Nokia confirmed the open-secret that is the E63 smartphone.

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HTC MAX 4G for Russian WiMAX network announced

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 12th 2008 2 Comments

HTC have announced a partnership with Russian carrier Scartel to produce the world’s first integrated GSM/WiMAX handset, the HTC MAX 4G. Seemingly using much of the hardware of the HTC Touch HD, it will use Scartel’s Yota WiMAX network as well as offer access to any Russian GSM carrier courtesy of an unlocked SIM slot; however, calls between two Yota customers will automatically be routed as VoIP calls over the WiMAX network. Like the Touch HD, the MAX 4G has a 3.8-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera and runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro with the TouchFLO 3D GUI.

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UMID MID: WiBro, WiMAX, HSDPA, WiFi & a 4.8-inch touchscreen

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 12th 2008 No Comments

UMID have been showing off their new MID (Mobile Internet Device) at the Global Mobile Vision expo, a compact clamshell with a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard. Expected to launch in Korea in 2009, the MID is packed to the rafters with wireless connectivity options: WiBro, WiMAX, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth. Grunt is courtesy of an Intel Atom 1.1GHz or 1.3GHz processor paired up with 512MB or 1GB of RAM.

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USI MID-160 ‘World’s Thinnest’: WiMAX, GPS, 3G & just 1.5cm thick

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 23rd 2008 No Comments

If you’re going to make a Mobile Internet Device (MID) and you want to take on PMPs or, heaven forbid, the iPhone 3G, then you better make sure it’s compact and attractive. That’s at least one lesson USI have learnt with their MID-160, apparently the “world’s thinnest” MID and bearing a 5-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, WiFi, WiMAX and 3G WWAN in something just 1.5cm thick and weighing 250g.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 41 2008

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Oct 12th 2008 No Comments

apple brick macbook entry level 480x311 Laptops big and small have monopolized the headlines this week, with the most anticipation being Apple’s upcoming MacBook event on Tuesday October 14th. SlashGear will be live-blogging the whole thing, so join us at http://Live.SlashGear.com at 10am PST. Meanwhile the ‘Brick’ rumors of what Steve Jobs might be announcing keep on coming: we’ve seen water-jet cutting systems, $800 price-points and several purported photo leaks. Of course, Apple are saying nothing until Tuesday; they’re too busy blaming NVIDIA for a spate of MacBook graphics failures.

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Acer Aspire One WiMAX netbook coming in 2009

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 9th 2008 No Comments

While Acer had two new laptops on show for the Sprint XOHM launch yesterday, what could be argued is their most interesting device to support WiMAX was hidden from sight. Laptop Mag grabbed some hands-on time with an Acer Aspire One WiMAX netbook prototype that had been lurking in a nearby Intel van; they weren’t sure if it was a proof-of-concept or an upcoming product, but SlashGear can confirm that Acer will be offering a WiMAX option on the Aspire One starting in early 2009.

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