gPhone

I was hoping that more info would come out about the supposed gPhone that CrunchGear wrote about earlier this week CG Exclusive: HTC Insider Confirms Existence of the Google Phone
but I have not seen any new information about this so here are my thoughts....
As previously reported the new gPhone is really a device made to Google specs utilizing a Google OS. What has not been discussed is what carriers will allow this new device on their networks? What carriers have any type of public partnership or affiliation to Google? I seem to recall a little announcement by Sprint that Google is partnering on the Xohm effort. At the time of the Google/Sprint press release I really didn't understand where they were going with this partnership, but now it's more clear. It's my opinion that this new device sporting the Google OS will be utilizing the Xohm network. What I'm not clear on is the supposed use of VoIP from the device, and if Sprint is going to allow Xohm devices to utilize VoIP instead of utilizing the Sprint wireless (CDMA) voice network. If the Xohm devices are allowed to utilize VoIP then I think we are seeing an evolution of the wireless industry and Xohm really could be as revolutionary as Sprint is saying it will be. Q4 2007 and 2008 should be a lot of fun to see how Xohm and the gPhone are accepted and utilized.

UPDATED!
Check out this article from InfoWeek
Sprint press release announcing the Google Collaboration
Here's an exerpt from the Sprint press release:
"Sprint network bandwidth, location detection and presence capabilities will be matched with Google's popular communications suite - Google Apps™ - that combines the Gmail™, Google Calendar™ and Google Talk™ services. Customers will be able to experience a new form of interactive communications, high speed Internet browsing, local and location-centric services, and multimedia services including music, video, TV and on-demand products."

Another 4G UMPC

Raon Digital has announced a new WiBro device for Korea and it makes me wonder if devices like this will be successful in the U.S. when Sprint has completed their XOHM roll out? UMPC devices really facinate me, because I'm not sure the right design has been demonstrated yet and the other question I have is who do you market it to? Is it the business traveler, the student? It will be interesting to see if these ever gain any market share from laptops. More details from aving.net below.
"SEOUL, Korea (AVING) -- Raon Digital announced the release of its new UMPC ‘EVERUN’ equipped with built-in WiBro module in Korea market, which supports 802.11b/g WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity and HSDPA/Wibro. In particular, the new EVERUN enables users to enjoy 3G mobile communication service via a SIM card. Weighing only 460g, the EVERUN adopted 4.8-inch WVGA(800x480) LCD featuring auto-rotation and auto-brightness control function. It offers up to seven hours (12 hours with a large battery) of battery life thanks to its power saving AMD Geode processor and high capacity lithium-ion battery. It is available in October of this year."

Samsung 4G Forum 2007 in Korea

aving.net is covering the Samsung 4G Forum 2007 in Korea and captured the below information and images of an updated UMPC that I previously posted about. You can also see these images on Giz.

"SEOUL, Korea (AVING) -- Samsung Electronics unveiled its compact UMPC 'Deluxe MITs(model: SPH-P9200)' at the Samsung 4G Forum 2007 in Korea market. As a successor model of SPH-P9000, it can connect to wireless internet and VoIP phone via Mobile WiMax. Running on Windows XP, the SPH-P9200 adopts 5-inch touch screen, folding QWERTY keyboard and 30GB HDD."

Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a very interesting team. The 2007-2008 season should be fun viewing every week. I expect a play off appearance, but not so sure about the Super Bowl. Watch for more Cowboys talk on the blog as the season gets going.

Sports

I have not commented on North Texas sports lately so I thought I would take this opportunity.
Baseball - Rangers: The Rangers's season was over at the all-star break, we have been able to see the results of the trades made at the deadline this year and the verdict..... In my opinion the outfield and future DH positions are of concern to me. I also wonder about catcher. What do the Rangers want to do with Saltalamacchia? He's listed as a catcher on the Rangers's website. Don't we want him playing First Base? I guess the Rangers are not happy with Laird, or want to carry two good catchers with one playing everyday at either first base or catcher. Not sure what the Rangers will do at first base either with this situation? Won't even get into the pitching situation. I think there are more questions than answers about the Rangers for 2008.

More WiMAX

Business Week has a great article about the history of how Intel has been seeking the next broadband technology and their bet on WiMAX.

Samsung and Sprint have another big WiMAX announcement today. Samsung will be building out the new network in New York city. Check out the articles that have already hit the net.
Reuters via Yahoo
CrunchGear
PhoneScoop
The Washington Post has also picked up the Reuters article by Marie-France Han.

Update!
Sprint has a press release announcing the NYC deal with Samsung for the Xohm build out. The Sprint WiMAX press releases are always so well written!

Latest Images of Upcoming Palm Centro

A new image of the upcoming Palm Centro that was displayed at the Sprint meeting a few weeks ago has hit the net web. Supposedly this device will have EVDO, and if the image is authentic then it will have an IM client like the 755p. The price is supposed to be around $99. Reference previous posts for a brief description of the device. Here's a link to the Engadget post.

Sprint's Technology Summit

Yesterday Sprint put on a technology summit outlining their plans for all things Sprint in 2007 and beyond. Sprint released the branding of the new 4G service, as outlined in a previous post and provided some upcoming devices for those present to see and touch. Sorry no pictures were allowed. Gearlog has a great write up by Sascha Segan you need to read. I'm surprised they didn't have any Wi-MAX devices on display, but I am interested in the Palm device. Below is a picture of the GSM version of the HTC Touch now available. PCMag has a good review of it.

Samsung's Yepp YP-P2 touchscreen DAP with Bluetooth

Here's another new device from Samsung. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this with XOHM service in 2008. It'll be even cooler if it has CDMA for voice and XOHM for data. It never hurts to dream. Check out the review at dapreview which includes a video.

Sprint's Mobile Wi-MAX Has It's New Brand

Sprint's new 4G network that has a cost of around $3 billion is getting more and more press as we get closer to the trial launches in October. This new 4G network utilizes Mobile Wi-Max technology and the branding was officially launched today. Check out the website.

More 4G - Another mobile WiMax Device

Samsung unveiled the latest in mobile convergence device, the SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs at Mobile WiMAX Summit 2006. The SPH-P9000 is a PDA-based device utilizing Mobile WiMAX and CDMA EV-DO connectivity. The SPH-P9000 comes with a QWERTY keyboard and it runs Windows XP with a 1GHz CPU, a 30GB hard disk, 256MB of RAM, a 5-inch WVGA display. It has also a 1.3 Megapixel camera and it weighs only 580g.
This is not a new device, or story this was released in late 2006, but it's been awhile since I have seen it on any of the other gadget boards so I thought I'd give it some love. Check out the original article from itechnews.net. And note the other links at the end of the article.

Mobile WiMAX Devices

Samsung SPH-M8100 is a PPC runs Windows mobile 5 PPC Phone Edition. It supports the Mobile WiMax(IEEE 802.1E) and CDMA 200 1XEV-DO and the T-BMD Mobile TV. THe phone features a 2Megapixel camera, a 65k color TFT screen, media player, Bluetooth wih A2DP, 128MB ROM / 64MB RAM, a MMC card slot and Microsoft document viewing and editing. Check out the story on itechnews.net.

Ford is Reading my Blog

Ford Announces Pricing for Sync System

(AP) -- Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that Sync, its in-car communication and entertainment system developed with Microsoft Corp., will cost $395 as an option when it debuts this fall on the Ford Focus, Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. Ford press release.

First Announced Device for Sprint mobile WiMAX

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sprint will offer a Mobile WiMAX-enabled version of Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet to North American customers next year, LinuxDevices has learned. The new device will support Sprint's grand scheme of making WiMAX-based 4G wireless services available to over 100 million people during 2008. Check out the rest of article.