During the CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas, Samsung Mobile announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Mondi™, a mobile WiMAX device designed for use with the Clear mobile WiMAX service from Clearwire.
Originally presented at the Mobile World Congress ’09, The Samsung Mondi SWD-M100 includes the following key features : MS Office, WiFi, BT 2.1, GPS, 4 GB of internal memory, support for push email, instant messaging support, 3.0 MP camera and camcorder, Opera 9.5 browser, HDMI out, 4.3-inch touch screen, and a wide range of supported video and audio player formats. It also supports various services including Fring, Gypsii, and MS Live Messenger. The Mondi is completely customizable with widgets that can be dragged and dropped anywhere on the display screen.
The Mondi from Samsung looks very similar to the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition Mobile Internet Device, which was scheduled to come to Sprint’s XOHM WiMAX network in the US, but was reportedly discontinued at the beginning of 2009.
“The mobile broadband experience that the Mondi offers to Clear customers places the power of the open Internet in the palm of the hand,” said Atish Gude, Chief Marketing Officer for Clearwire. “As our network grows across the US, we will continue to work with innovative device manufacturers to expand the mobile WiMAX device ecosystem and leverage the value that a 4G wireless Internet connection delivers.” Clearwire currently provides mobile WiMAX service in Portland, Ore. and Baltimore, MD.. The company expects to launch Clear service this year in different cities across the us including Atlanta, Las Vegas, Chicago, Charlotte, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Philadelphia, and Seattle.
UQ Communications in Japan and Scartel LLC., in Russia are examples of other operators preparing for commercial deployment of national-wide wimax services using Samsung’s mobile WiMAX.
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