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Sprint Unveils a Pair of Portable 3G/4G Wi-Fi Routers
PUBLISHED: 8/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint is now offering two new mobile hotspots. These allow users to connect to the Internet wherever they go by bridging Wi-Fi devices to Sprint's 3G and 4G mobile broadband networks.
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Samsung Mondi WiMAX-Enabled MID Now Available
PUBLISHED: 7/22/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Samsung has started offering the Mondi, which runs Windows Mobile and sports WiMax, a 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreen, and a sliding keyboard.
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Acer Netbook with AT&T 3G Service Going for $80
PUBLISHED: 4/21/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Netbooks are low-cost laptops, and when they come with a wireless carrier's subsidy, prices are reduced even more. Case in point: the Acer Aspire one is now available with AT&T's 3G service for $80.
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Samsung Mondi WiMAX-Enabled Handheld Unveiled
PUBLISHED: 4/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The newly-announced Samsung Mondi is part of an emerging class: the Mobile Internet Device. This means it will be a portable computer bigger than a phone but smaller than a laptop. This upcoming model will run Windows Mobile and sport WiMax, a 4.3-inch touchscreen, and a sliding keyboard.
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Sprint Promises a WiMAX Phone... Eventually
PUBLISHED: 3/25/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint has committed to releasing a phone with the 4G cellular-wireless technology WiMAX, but its being more than a bit vague about when this will happen.
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Nokia Has Discontinued the N810 WiMax Internet Tablet
PUBLISHED: 1/7/2009  BY: AWright
Nokia has reportedly discontinued the recently released N810 WiMax Edition Internet Tablet.
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Brighthand's Predictions for 2009
PUBLISHED: 1/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Continuing a long Brighthand tradition, Ed Hardy has once again made some predictions for what's going to happen in the mobile market during the next twelve months.
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HTC MAX 4G: World's First WiMAX Smartphone
PUBLISHED: 11/13/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
The HTC MAX 4G, the worlds first integrated GSM/WiMAX handset, has just been announced. This is a Windows Mobile device with a WVGA touchscreen, GPS, and 4G service.
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Sprint, Clearwire Get FCC Approval to Create WiMAX Company
PUBLISHED: 11/8/2008  BY: Adama D. Brown
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire now have government approval to create a new company that will eventually provide WiMAX service to millions of Americans.
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HTC May Be Bringing Out Its First Smartphone with WiMAX
PUBLISHED: 10/12/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
HTC has unveiled the Quartz, its first Windows Mobile device with the 4G wireless service WiMAX.
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Sprint XOHM WiMAX Service Finally Launches
PUBLISHED: 9/29/2008  BY: Adama D. Brown
Almost a year after it was first demonstrated publicly, Sprint's XOHM WiMAX service is finally commercially available... at least in one city.
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AT&T Wants To Block Sprint/Clearwire Merger
PUBLISHED: 7/28/2008  BY: Adama D. Brown
AT&T, the US' largest wireless provider, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the planned merger of Sprint's WiMAX division with Clearwire.
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