This one’s been a long time in the making, but the deal is finally done. Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have gleefully announced that the transaction to combine their next-generation wireless internet businesses is complete, and beers are on the two of ‘em this evening. On the real, the agreement dictates that Sprint hand over all of its 2.5GHz spectrum and WiMAX-related assets (including XOHM) to Clearwire; additionally, Clearwire has received a $3.2 billion cash infusion from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks. Details beyond that are scant, though we are told that the terms “originally announced on May 7, 2008″ are the ones being abided by, and the new company will retain the Clearwire name and its Kirkland, Washington headquarters.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Clearwire and Sprint close deal to combine WiMAX businesses originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hey Sprint, you listening? Granted, GSM doesn’t do Sprint a whole lot of good in the States, but swapping a CDMA radio into HTC’s first WiMAX effort here would make for a downright mighty response to the Touch HD. The previously-seen T8920 has turned out to be the MAX 4G, an 800 x 480 monster with 8GB of Flash on board, two cameras, an FM radio, GPS, WiFi, triband EDGE, and — most importantly — WiMAX support, making it the first GSM / WiMAX handset anywhere in the world. It’ll be launching on Scartel’s Yota network in Russia, and if you have friends cool enough to have a MAX 4G of their own, calls between the two of y’all will automatically be routed over the WiMAX airwaves using VoIP. A launch date hasn’t been announced, but unless you’re in Russia, there’s probably not much point in even bothering to lust after this one. If you insist, though, you can check out a couple additional shots of the phone over at Engadget Mobile.
HTC MAX 4G officially announced, world’s first GSM / WiMAX phone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It looks like those in need of a replacement power adapter for their laptop, or those simply looking to streamline their device charging now have a couple of new options to consider from iGo, which has just introduced its everywhereMAX and wallMAX multi-device chargers. Each of those come equipped with iGo’s dualpower accessory which, much like Lenovo’s
similar offering, will let you charge a cellphone, MP3 player, digital camera or other device while your laptop charges, and the everywhereMAX takes things one step further with additional adapters that’ll let you plug into an auto outlet or airline seat. From the looks of it, you’ll get eight different power tips for some of the most ever-present laptops with each charger, with additional tips available on the company’s website. Those will run you ten bucks apiece, while the everywhereMAX and wallMAX adapters themselves will set you back $140 and $100, respectively.
iGo intros everywhereMAX, wallMAX multi-device chargers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’re relieved, here’s why: we don’t have to report on this
on-again /
off-again relationship like we’re a celebrity tabloid rag anymore. Around the same time it gave the
thumbs up to Verizon and Alltel, the FCC also decided that timultuous lovebirds Sprint and Clearwire can finally get hitched. Their eventual offspring will be the
WiMAX network they’ve been promising with
a bunch of other partners — the plan is to offer wireless broadband to 140 million people within 30 months’ time, so today’s a big day for WiMAX and corporate romantics everywhere.
Sprint, Clearwire to finally get hitched thanks to FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Penryn-based Monteniva just hit the streets a few months ago, but hardware geeks are fickle fellows, so Intel said today that Clarksfield, its Nehalem-based mobile CPU, will go into production in the second half of next year; sadly, there was no word on when the chips will actually be available to consumers in the Calpella platform, which (rumor has it) will have built-in WiMAX. Clarksfield will include an onboard memory controller and a bunch of other new techs like its desktop brethren, so the promise of performance gains comparable to what we’ve seen in the desktop benchmarks is there — we’ll just have to wait at least a year to enjoy them, so get comfy.
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Generally speaking, Americans can count on the US price of any particular piece of kit being a fair bit less than the straight pound-to-dollar conversion. Unfortunately, the exchange rate here is nearly on point, with the £299 NC10 10-inch netbook on sale for $480 (give or take a few nickles) in the US of A. Granted, it looks as if it’ll be a fortnight or so at the very least before any Yanks can wrap their grimy paws around the germ-shunning PC, but we’ve already got the e-tailers lining up to hold your place in line. Who knows — maybe our version will come with built-in WiMAX and 12-hours of battery life to really sweeten the deal.
[Via Liliputing, thanks Michael]
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Laptopmag went ahead and tested out Xohm Wimax goodness, now that it’s live in Baltimore. They jammed an ExpressCard Xohm into a Sony Vaio laptop, and compared it to a Kyocera EV-DO card running on Verizon, at a spot where both signals were strong. The conclusion? Xohm beats EV-DO for speed when doing intensive downloading, such as streaming video, or large file transfers—the top download speed they found for Xohm was 3.05Mbps while EV-DO managed just 1.43MBps. So far so groovy, and Laptopmag gave a few more thumbs-up to the system like how it auto-connects when you plug in the adapter, and the daily subscription options. But this isn’t much of a surprise—it’s designed to be faster—and for now Xohm’s coverage is severely limited to say the least. Check out the link for the full picture.
Filed under: Transportation, Wireless
While folks ’round these parts are only just now getting their
first real taste of
WiMAX, Motorola is already looking towards a WiMAX-filled future, where it hopes devices like its X24 concept module will let even your car tap into all that bandwidth floating through the air. Apparently, the device is designed specifically with advanced automotive telemetry in mind, although, as Motorola’s Manash Goswami mentions in the interview available at the read link below, the company also isn’t ignoring the possibilities for in-car entertainment and other applications. It also sees the chipset at the heart of the X24, the WTM1000, being used in an even broader range of consumer devices, and not just ones made by Motorola. Look for more word on that to come out of the WiMAX World conference next week.
[Via jkOnTheRun]
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Hold onto your hats, Motorola fans! As the launch of the nation’s first mobile WiMAX network (hopefully) draws near, the company’s announcing its first ever USB WiMAX device, the USBw 100. This thumb-drive-sized slice of heaven will be available in three flavors, providing high-speed mobile broadband on your 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz or 3.5 GHz network. No pics, pricing or definite release date yet, just the vague promise that we’ll be seeing her in the fourth quarter of this year. We’re all giddy in anticipation.
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