LG shows a KS20 clone with WiMAX

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 8th 2008 at 12:12AM

Looks like a KS20, does it not? Ah, but looks can be deceiving! Gearlog says this bad boy has been gutted to use WiMAX in addition to GSM, a combo that won't likely be welcome on Sprint's XOHM network. Here's where it gets interesting, though: an LG rep went on record saying that it would be a pretty trivial matter to swap out the GSM silicon for CDMA, which would make Sprint far warmer to a hookup. The same cat went on to say that they'll be doing seamless handoff between WiMAX and GSM / CDMA networks, which is going to be a pretty critical feature as XOHM builds out -- a buildout that could take many, many years. LG, Sprint, let's make this happen, k?

[Thanks, Israel B.]

Filed under: Handsets, LG, Windows Mobile, GSM

Tags: ces, ces 2008, Ces2008, ks20, lg, wimax, windows mobile, WindowsMobile

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Andrew @ Jan 8th 2008 3:15AM

Andrew from Gearfuse here. I think you meant to say Gearlog, not Gearfuse in your post. Just a heads up. :-)

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Chris Ziegler @ Jan 8th 2008 3:43AM

Andrew - my apologies! Fixed!

Chris

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