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HTC, along with Russian carrier Scartel have just unveiled the world’s first integrated GSM/WiMAX handset—the HTC Max 4G.  The new handset has taken plenty of design cues from the HTC Touch HD and has a solid feature set.  To begin with, the Max 4G has built-in support for WiMax, and it takes advantage of that support.  When calls are made in-network, they are automatically switched over to the WiMax network and handled as a VoIP call.

Other features of the Max 4G include a 3.8-inch touchscreen display with an 800 x 480 resolution, GPS, WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, 8GB of built-in flash memory, an accelerometer, a 5-megapixel camera with a second VGA quality camera on the front, a 3.5mm headphone jack and an FM radio.  Additionally it will be running Windows Mobile 6.1 and powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm ESM7206A processor.

As of now a release date has not been announced, of course, this one is not destined for the US market anytime soon, so no sense in holding your breath.

Keep reading to check out the full press release…

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Is your G1’s 3G connection just a bit too slow for you?  7.2 Mbps moving at seemingly dial-up speeds?  T-Mobile has you covered—in at least 2 years, maybe more.  T-Mobile has announced that it will be skipping HSPA+ to go straight to 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE).  In the meantime, T-Mobile will upgrade the software to go up to 14.4 Mbps.

Okay, 4G LTE sounds impressive.  That’s 1 more G than the iPhone has, but that doesn’t mean anything unless you know what it can do.  According to a Sepember article from Reuters, when T-Mobile tested the network in a moving car on a German highway, it was able to get 170 Mbps for downloads and 50 Mbps for uploads.  To put that into perspective, the fastest I can get out of my FiOS line is 20 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.  Needless to say, that’s quite an upgrade.  Continued after the break.

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We’ve seen this as the end game for the telecoms for sometime: cell phones will stop being the main pipeline for cash.  Technologies like VOIP are changing the means by which we communicate and that could spell trouble for the likes of AT&T and Verizon.  So what is a heavily invested in infrastructure to do?  Answer: go after everything.

Find out what AT&T plans by hitting more below.

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The ASUS M50Vm-A1WM sports a WiMAX-ready connectivity and a bunch of specs worthy of it being called a desktop replacement model.

For starters, the ASUS M50Vm-A1WM seems to have a very long model number, worthy of being used as my alphanumeric password. It is actually a variant of the ASUS M50Vm.  Keep reading for plenty more details on this new laptop.

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To coincide with the official launch of Sprint’s 4G mobile broadband service called XOHM (its WiMAX network), four top PC brands have introduced new notebook products which support XOHM.  For those not in the loop, WiMAX is faster than what you usually get from a mobile phone 3G network. 

If you are seriously considering getting a new notebook that fully supports the XOHM WiMAX network, we have a rundown of the new notebooks from Acer, Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba after the break.

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You know that WiMAX over in Baltimore?  The one you have to buy an external device to connect to?  Now there’s another option, two options actually.  Acer has announced two laptops that can connect to the XOHM WiMAX in Baltimore. 

The notebooks.com article seems to hint that they will only be available to those in Baltimore.  Though since they are being sold on NewEgg and TigerDirect, it would make sense anyone could buy them.  The WiMAX presumably would only be useful in the cities that have WiMAX, or at least those that have WiMAX from XOHM.

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Sprint has finally opened its Xohm WiMAX network in the city of Baltimore.  With this, as long as you have a WiMAX adapter and can pay the charge for the service, Internet is available anywhere within the city.  For home service the WiMAX service costs $25 per month for six months, and $35 per month after that.  Laptop access will cost $30 per month for the first six months, with no talk of price after that.  If you’re just visiting the city, single day access will cost $10, which is a bit steep, but not bad compared to the price of Wi-Fi access in some airports.

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People are using 3G broadband and any other method that gives them the privilege of utilizing the Internet while traveling.  News regarding WiMAX have been popping up sporadically for the past few months.  Now there’s another update on a WiMAX product: The Motorola X24 and it’s meant for your car. 

Motorola X24 WiMAX is a device intended to be installed in your vehicle and it does more than just provide you with Internet access.  What makes this device special is its additional telemetry feature that allows things like measurement and reporting of information remotely and directly to the driver possible. 

See what else the X24 can do after the break.

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With all the latest news that are circulating around concerning WiMAX and what it is capable of doing, I’m sure a lot of you geeks out there would want to try it out. However, getting a WiMAX signal also means that you will need to spend exorbitantly just to buy a brand new laptop or desktop that’s equipped with a WiMAX signal receiver. Well, worry no more! Here comes Motorola WiMAX USB dongle to the rescue.

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Beijing seems to enjoy being in the news a lot.  The city is holding the third annual WiMAX Global Summit on September 18 and 19.  The goal of the summit is to discuss the current state of WiMAX in China, its viability for China, and to keep momentum going.  The Chinese government will issue the new WiMAX policy and an oh-so-exciting white paper at the summit as well.  There will be product demos, a lot of speakers and an Olympic tour just to keep things interesting.

For those of you not familiar with WiMAX (and with so many buzz words going around lately, I can’t blame you), think of it as Wi-Fi that can go for miles.  It uses large cell phone-like towers to transmit a wireless Internet signal.  It can be used for homes where ISPs normally wouldn’t want to run cables, on laptops, or even cell phones.  According to WiMAX.com, the technology has been put into 68 Russian cities.  Sprint recently implemented it into Baltimore, with Boston, Dallas and Philadelphia upcoming.

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