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ZyXEL's MWR222 Mobile Wireless Router will stop at nothing to get you connected

by Tim Stevens posted Nov 11th 2009 @ 8:18AM

Finding connections on the road can be tough, but like a digital Sherpa ZyXEL's MWR222 will drag you straight to that bounteous broadband then sit by quietly while you take all the credit. It can act as a wired router, connecting to your DSL or cable line and beaming out 802.11g/b/n wireless, but also offers integrated 3G/4G support, meaning just about wherever and whenever you turn this on you should find a connection. It'll even keep track of your monthly wireless plan quota and help you avoid expensive charges. An integrated battery means completely wireless operation and a rugged design means it won't complain if you throw it in the bottom of your laptop bag when it ships sometime in Q1 of next year. That said, at $299 you probably won't want to be too rough with it.

Sprint leaks XOHM WiMax service details and devices

by Thomas Ricker posted Sep 1st 2008 @ 5:04AM

A little URL hacking by Engadget fan Leo, has revealed Sprint's new My Xohm site and loads of service information. The site is clearly in a preparatory state with plenty of dead links and Latin dummy-text holding the pre-launch site format together. Nevertheless, there is quite a bit of detail here, some of which is certainly more than just idle filler. For example, based on the current text, we can expect the following at service launch in September:

Nokia's N810 WiMAX Edition -- looks like a lock based on the liberal use of its image (above) across the pages.
XOHM USB (ZTE's TU25) modem.
XOHM Express Card (Samsung's SWC-E100) modem with optional PCMCIA adapter.
XOHM Modem (ZyXel's MAX-206M2) Ethernet hub / router with optional 4-hour battery -- unfortunately, XOHM will not offer static IP addresses at this time.
The XOHM portal (whatever that is) supports both Windows and OS X. However, the modems listed above and Sprint's XOHM Connection Manager software are PC-only, sorry Mac owners.

Unfortunately, we can't find any specific pricing information but the site does tell us that access will be sold by the day or by the month without binding contracts or cancellation fees. It also promises speeds between 2-4Mbps for downloads and 1-3Mbps for uploads. Not sure that's worth the move to Baltimore but it's certainly given us cause to pause at the thought. See the modems pictured after the break.

[Thanks, Leo S.]

Read -- General Support FAQ
Read -- Pricing and Speed
Read -- My Xohm
Read -- Devices

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ZyXEL launches the V660 smartphone

by Sean Cooper posted Mar 28th 2007 @ 1:25PM

ZyXEL, makers of fine broadband access equipment, has sauntered into the mobile market with a converged Windows Mobile device with both VoIP and quad band GSM connectivity. The magic here is the clever bit o' routing technology stashed in this otherwise simple looking device; when an open WiFi access point is found -- it also supports WPA / WPA2 / TLS -- it is used instead of the GSM connection to help you save your pennies. The V660 is powered by Windows Mobile 5 (is that 2003 we see in the press shot there?), but with updates popping up everywhere these days, it would be no shock to see it slip out the door mid 2007 packing WM6. The press release doesn't hint at much of anything on the tech side, so we will just have to sit and wait for the numbers -- but we don't expect this to break the bank.

[Via Techdigest.tv]

Sprint fills in a few more WiMAX deets

by Paul Miller posted Mar 26th 2007 @ 8:07PM

Ever since Sprint promised to blanket 100 million people with WiMAX by the end of 2008, we've been wondering just who exactly those people would be. Well, in addition to a few other specifics, Sprint is finally coming clean about nineteen of those markets. The promised cities are as follows: Motorola is prepping service for Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Minneapolis; Samsung will develop Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Washington D.C.; and Nokia will work on Austin, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Seattle. There'll be more location info to come, but that should get us started nicely. Sprint is still promising the limited initial launch by the end of 2007, and that 100 million target for the 2008, but also has an April '08 goal for launching a "number" of markets. Today Sprint is also announcing that Samsung, ZTE and ZyXEL will be building WiMAX modems of the PC card, ExpressCard, USB and built-in varieties, and Sprint is also launching a new "WiMAX Device and Chipset Ecosystem" program for getting as many manufacturers on board as possible. Sprint says they'll be showing off Mobile WiMAX at its CTIA booth this week, so we'll be sure and peep what they've got.