HTC WiMAX and Palm C40 Phones Get Leaked
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It’s only natural for us to expect WiMAX and LTE phones at some point later this year. While LTE is yet to be turned on in various U.S. markets by Verizon, Sprint has already setup its WiMAX network in various locations. But the carrier hasn’t announced any WiMAX-ready handset so far.
Do we have to wait any longer for WiMAX devices? A leaked spreadsheet is showing us Sprint’s line-up for 2010 and beside lots of LG and Samsung phones one can easily spot a certain HTC WiMAX candybar phone dubbed the A9292. As you expect there are no details on said phone so we’ll have to wait until Sprint is good and ready to launch it. Is it an Android device? Is it running Windows Mobile? These are all valid questions but we have no answers for them at this particular time.
One other interesting handset is a certain Palm C40. As you already know Sprint is already offering two webOS phones, the Pre and the Pixi. Moreover, Verizon is getting ready to launch the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus later this year. One would imagine that Sprint wants to freshen up its webOS inventory and that C40 device might just be the new Palm smartphone we’re waiting for.
Also interesting, but not a must have phone, the BlackBerry Tour 2 9650 appears on that same leaked roadmap. It’s going to bring you Wi-Fi and BlackBerry 5.0 OS support but if you’ll want a BlackBerry smartphone later this year you should better be waiting for a brand new one.
Like I said before Sprint will launch a plethora of LG and Samsung handsets which we’ll have time to explore once we get there. A potential Windows Mobile 7 Motorola phone could also be announced by Sprint later this year but we’ll have to wait for Sprint to make everything official in its own due time.
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WiMAX has failed
The rest of the world is going with LTE. So if you go with a WiMAX network, you’ll not be able to roam to many other countries outside the US.
Somewhat true, however wimax and LTE are not all that different. In fact most of the backend (expensive WiMax tower equipment) is designed so that it can be switched to LTE if the need arises. In terms of personal technology it is quite easy to create a dual WiMax/LTE chip and indeed these exist.
Quite the contrary. If you look at Clearwire’s Wimax map, you will notice that there is nearly a three to one ratio of Wimax service in Europe, Asia, and Africa versus the US, Canada, and South America.