3GSM World Congress 2007: The Samsung WiMAX solutions
Posted February 12th, 2007 by Mihnea Boiangiu
Samsung unveiled two WiMAX devices at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. The new models are: the SPH-P9000 and SPH-M8100. The WiMax technology offers high-speed data service and wireless internet. For this reason, WiMAX is considered the first step to the 4G wireless broadband.
Samsung SPH-P9000 is more a like a UMPC than a mobile phone. You can see it in the picture above. The P9000 has a 1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM memory, 30GB hard disk, WiMAX
and CDMA EV-DO. The 1.3 megapixel camera can be used taking images or chatting. The full QWERTY keyboard is a plus for this mobile device. It runs Windows XP, so you will have a little PC in your pocket.
The next model, Samsung SPH-M8100 is the world’s first Mobile WiMAX PDA phone. The phone supports video conferences and television streaming via terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (T-DMB). This pocket pc phone runs Windows Mobile and has many multimedia capabilities: a 2.8″ touchscreen, two cameras and TV-out. Other features are Bluetooth with A2DP, built-in RSS reader, VoIP and push-to-all applications.
The SPH-P9000 and SPH-M8100 will be launched in South Korea in the first half of 2007. We don’t know nothing about the retail price, but you could expect some expensive services at least this year.
