The rumor mill has been churning regarding Samsung's highly-anticipated new android Galaxy tablet over the last few months. You'd think they'd put most of those inquisitive babies to bed when they ratcheted up the ooh-ing and aah-ing last week in Berlin at the IFA electronics show, but once again secretive whispers are making the transition to deafening roars when it comes to breaking news on the product.
The Boy Genius Report has recently speculated on some issues that were left off the docket at the international event. A little birdie told the tech blog that Sprint will be readying the iPad competitor for a November introduction, though none of the networks have let out an official peep out about exclusive deals with Samsung.
The roll out on Sprint would seem to make perfect sense, as the device is also further rumored to be 3G/4G capable. A tablet device capable of streaming HD movies and showing off other multimedia facets enhanced by the Android OS, would put the carrier's burgeoning WiMax network on a grand stage– a sink or swim race against the market standard iPad and its tolerated carrier, AT&T.
If the tablet performs exceedingly well on a WiMax network it could validate Sprint's investment and leave Verizon and AT&T jockeying for 2nd position or alter the wireless strategy of the competitors altogether.
The move would also be good news for CLEAR, whose shared WiMax network (with Sprint/Nextel) will boast a cheaper price point than most other wireless carriers and can be used interchangeably with Sprint-ready devices.
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I have been blogging about this day approching, where the Sprint, Clear camp would be a serious competitor in the wireless space. And all it took was some devices to start rolling out. Some really new things are going to take shape on this network, as we have the speed on the fly now, to run apps that until now was not possible.
All sounds good, I guess, can they do it without putting all those ugly tower around town. Their hand offs are terrible, try getting away 1 mile away from the tower and their coverage is terrible. Before they start coming out with new products why don't they work on their coverage. By the way, they are not allowed to build tower around my neighborhood, (thanks HOA). Speed is not the only thing, I'm not buying what this company has yet.
All sounds good, I guess, can they do it without putting all those ugly tower around town. Their hand offs are terrible, try getting away 1 mile away from the tower and their coverage is terrible. Before they start coming out with new products why don't they work on their coverage. By the way, they are not allowed to build tower around my neighborhood, (thanks HOA). Speed is not the only thing, I'm not buying what this company has yet.
With Clear mobile and a Wimax handset I could get my calls and have more bandwidth for smartphone apps.