XOHM WiMAX goes live in April

XOHMG! Sprint has just announced the launch details of their hotly-anticipated XOHM WiMAX network and it's going live a lot sooner than most of us expected. Sprint CTO Barry West told a CES panel that the service will be available to consumers at the end of April, with around ten devices lined up for launch, including a laptop data card and desktop modem. Of the ten devices, only one was confirmed by Sprint: an Internet device from Nokia (N820, anyone?), though we do know that a WiMAX-equipped Eee PC and OQO UPC are forthcoming at some point. And what of the price for XOHM service? "People will be excited about our rates," West said. "They won't be ecstatic about them because we're not going to give it away." I think we all know what that means--start saving up those pennies now.

For more on the XOHM announcement:
- see this Gizmodo article