Wi-Max Wireless Mobile Phone

Its here, its hitting the market soon and its totally wireless.

Nokia have today announced at the global exhibition WiMAX conference in Bostonthat they are working on WiMAX (802.16e) mobile phones.  Intel this week also introduced their 'system-on-a-chip' (SoC) named WiMAX Connection 2250 readers may know this device as its alias "Rosedale 2. Intel chips will be installed in a mobile radio device that also includes a broadband modem, the SoC will enables high-speed broadband handsets to connect to both fixed WiMAX networks, and mobile digital cellular systems. Meaning wherever you are you can connect, sometimes for free using Skype if you so desire.

Back to Nokia, where their plans are to have super high speed base stations starting at 2.5 GHz band by 2007 and up to 3.5 GHz bandwidth by 2008.

Nokia mobile announced its newhandsets will be on sale in 2008.  However, for those of you with palms and handhelds, you can already use your device as a wireless freephone in areas (like home and office) where there are Wi Fi networks