The Wireless Weblog

Engadget's Thomas Ricker today looks at the official Korean launch of an updated Samsung SPH-M8100, the WiBro phone that was first announced last fall.

"It still packs the latest CDMA and EV-DO radios and DMB mobile television, only now wrapped up in a pretty windows mobile 6.0 interface," Ricker writes.

"Bluetooth, 2.8-inch display, and 2 megapixel camera still come standard. With any luck, we might see this rollout on Sprint's WiMax network someday, somewhere. Yeah, right…"

More here from Telecoms Korea (subscription required).

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