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November 7, 2006

Samsung’s SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs: Windows XP at 75 MPH

Filed under: BreakingNews,DeluxeMits,WiMax,breaking news,deluxe MITs,sph-p9000,ultra-portable,umpc,wibro — Thomas Ricker @ 4:30 am

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Ultra-portable XP devices have been getting a whole lot of interesting lately. Now Samsung just upped the ante with this — the SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs — at the Mobile WiMax Summit 2006 in South Korea. Measuring in at chubby 143 × 94.3 × 29.75-mm / 580-g (5.6 × 3.7 × 1.17-inches / 1.28-pounds) when folded, this Windows XP device unfolds (dare we say) origami-like to reveal a 1GHz Transmeta CPU and both Mobile WiMAX (AKA, WiBro which is already launched in Korea) and EV-DO for data connectivity. No WiFi apparently, this all about Mobile WiMAX kids, with Internet speeds of 2-3 Mbps even when travelling up 120-KPH (75-MPH). The SPH-P9000 packs a 5-inch 854×480 (WVGA) LCD, 30GB disk, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and apparently ships with both an internal 2980mAh and 7200mAh external extended-battery. People who have played with a prototype on display at the show complained about the screen being too small (in DMB-cellphone crazed Korea!?) and of excessive heating. Well, they can at least work on the latter before the scheduled Korean launch in the first half of 2007. No pricing yet but we’ve got plenty more pics after the break.

[Via AVING and The Korea Herald]

 

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July 3, 2006

WiBro a go in South Korea

Filed under: KtCorp,Samsung,SkTelecom,WiMax,broadband,intel,kt corp,networking,pcmcia,rollouts,seoul,sk telecom,wibro — Evan Blass @ 3:26 am

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Seemingly always at the forefront of the latest and greatest technologies, little South Korea has once again trumped almost the entire rest of the world by rolling out commercial versions of the long-range wireless networking standard known as WiBro. Based on Intel's version of WiMax, the services offered by both SK Telecom and KT Corp will provide broadband speeds to users in and around Seoul from base stations with one kilometer ranges, allowing subscribers to maintain their connections even while traveling at speeds up to 74MPH. Although a slew of WiBro-enabled devices are on the verge of release, currently that Samsung PCMCIA card we saw last month is one of the few ways to go for getting your mobile WiBro on. Initially SK will be charging around $31.50 per month for its service, while KT's is significantly cheaper at less than $17, although both carriers are planning on introducing tiered pricing based on usage, as well as subsidies up to $105 on compatible gear.
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May 29, 2006

Samsung / SK Telecom PCMCIA data card: an HSDPA, EV-DO, WiBro love-in

Filed under: Samsung,SkTelecom,ev-do,hsdpa,pcmcia,sk telecom,wibro — Thomas Ricker @ 8:40 am

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Prepare that national ego for a beating son, 'cause SK Telecom and Samsung have developed a Korea-only mobile data card sure to make you feel like a chump. Having just launched their HSDPA service days ago, it's no suprise to see Korea's largest mobile operator demonstrating a PCMCIA data card which supports both HSDPA and EV-DO. However, this card also packs in WiBro setting the stage for some good ol' fashioned head-to-head action against Korean Telecom. KT's WiBro service is set to go live in just days while SK's offering is only just now in pilot, with a limited commercial offering said to be starting next month when this card should drop for retail. But who knows, afterall SK's fledgling HSDPA service is said to offer equivalent speeds to KT's WiBro and at least initially the two complementary services are targeting the same market segments. So SK's not in a rush, if ya dig?

[Via Akihabara News]
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May 26, 2006

iRiver N12 to go up to 2GB

Filed under: dap,digital audio player,iRiver,mp3,n12,usb,wibro,wma — Marc Perton @ 10:05 am

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Sure, we weren’t exactly brimming with excitement about the iRiver N12, when we first caught sight of it a couple of weeks ago. But we’ve heard at least one good thing about the new player that sets it apart from its lookalike predecessor, the N11: the N12 will be available in capacities of up to 2GB, for a price in Japan of about ¥21,980 ($195). Other specs remain the same: OLED display, and support for MP3, WMA and PlaysForSure. Yeah, we know what you’re thinking: iRiver’s about to give up on the digital audio player business altogether in order to focus on WiBro gaming, so why should I even consider buying one of their players? Well, don’t worry. We still don’t expect this one to make it to the US, so unless you’re in Asia, chances are they’re not about to try selling it to you to begin with.

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May 22, 2006

POSDATA shows off WiBro PDAs for Korea

Filed under: GPS,Navigation,PSP,RAZR,SouthKorea,VoIP,WiMax,Windows CE 5.0 Professional Plus,WindowsCe5.0ProfessionalPlus,Wireless,Wireless Broadband World Forum,WirelessBroadbandWorldForum,arm,clie,flyvo,handhelds,pda,posdata,qwerty,south korea,t-dmb,wibro,wifi,wizard,wlan — Evan Blass @ 9:20 am

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When a manufacturer takes styling cues from a number of popular devices — in this case, the RAZR, the Wizard, and the gone-but-not-forgotten Clie — and throws in a number of high end features whose acronyms make us a little weak-kneed, the resulting products are bound to be pretty sexy. Such is the case with a trio of WiBro-capable PDAs being marketed under the Flyvo brand by POSDATA, all of which run Windows CE 5.0 Professional Plus on an ARM processor and let you get your ‘net on with WiFi as well in case you have to travel outside of Korea. Introduced at this year’s Wireless Broadband World Forum, these upcoming devices (which frustratingly lack either names or model numbers) also feature either 512MB or 1GB of flash RAM, with two of them adding T-DMB and VoIP capabilities, and the high-end model throwing in a little GPS action to boot. Lucky Koreans will be able to pick these up — and possibly even drop their cellphone services altogether — sometime early next year.

Read- The one that resembles a Wizard
Read- The one that resembles a PSP
Read- The one that resembles a Clie

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