Clearwire Expects To Launch Samsung And HTC WiMAX Phones By The End Of 2010

While Clearwire wasn’t very generous with technical details, it has confirmed, via its first quarter earnings report that it is planning to churn out two WiMAX phones made by Samsung and HTC. Both phones are expected to be available by the end of 2010, so we more or less only have another half a year to go at most. Without offering any model numbers, the Samsung was described as an Android-powered 3G/4G/Wi-Fi device that would be optimized for heavy video and video communication use, while the HTC would be a 3G/4G/Wi-Fi enabled phone. The lack of an OS mentioned along with the HTC device has led to speculation that it might be powered by the upcoming Windows Phone 7, which would be an interesting device, as we are looking forward to seeing devices powered by Windows Phone 7.