The Samsung Mondi is an internet Wimax device that Samsung announced last year and is now available.
The Windows Mobile device comes with a large 4.3-inch screen, GPS and support for WiFi.
The specifications are quite impressive and the device comes with 4 GB storage and a 3 Megapixel camera.
However, voice support is sadly missing which would deter a number of potential users.
In terms of software, the device comes with Opera as the browser plus a number of useful, productivity enhancing applications.
Would love to see it available locally.
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Though Wi-Tribe has yet to officially launch Wimax services, it has started providing test CPEs to a lucky few who live within the areas of Islamabad covered by the service. We happen to be in one such area and were able to try it out.
Firstly, the Motorola CPE they are providing (the CPEi 750, pictured here) is a very sleek one without any protruding antennae or noisy fans (this was one of the complaints we had with Wateen’s earlier CPEs).
Signal strength varied a lot; excellent in one room, zero in another. Even at the same location, it kept switching between excellent and downright poor. To give credit to Wi-tribe, they did do some maintenance a few days ago which improved the quality.
Next, came the plug and play test. It all worked flawlessly on our Windows systems, though a laptop running Ubuntu had to have some manual tweaking done. It worked fine after specifying a DNS server manually.
That had something to do with the DHCP parameters passed by the CPE, but the Wi-Tribe support team patiently noted down the details and promised to work on the issue and try to iron it out.
Next came the test of the actual network working behind the scenes. Wi-Tribe has chosen their uplink providers carefully so we had no trouble browsing and downloading at a cool 1Mbps. That isn’t very impressive when compared to existing DSL or fiber optic offerings, but remember that we’re talking about a somewhat infamous, long-range, wireless technology.
We’ll have to wait and see how Wi-Tribe performs once they’ve launched and have to worry about such things as billing, customer support and corporate needs. For now, it looks better than the competition. Good luck with the launch.
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Though WiMAX has been getting a lot of coverage and will reach mass market very soon, it could be a victim of its own success. The explosive growth is causing a shortage of WiMAX-enabled devices which could stop the spread of this technology in its tracks.
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Korean Telecom has signed an MoU with Apple which could make Korea among the first places to receive a Wimax-enabled iPhone. Such a phenomenal device as the iPhone could do wonders for Wimax, especially when it is introduced in such a hi-tech and huge market as Korea.
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A while back, Nokia sneak previewed their WiMAX internet tablet. It has now started shipping in the US.
Nokia N810 Wimax internet tablet
The N810 Internet tablet features Wifi support, a large touchscreen and a slide-able QWERTY keyboard. It runs a mobile version of Linux and looks pretty sleek.
The tablet is listed at US$433 (after rebate).
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