iPod Touch Becomes WiMAX iPhone In Korea

Kamazar · Aug 31, 2009

One of the cool WiMAX devices I saw today in Seoul was a router called the "Egg," which turns a WiMAX subscription into a Wi-Fi hotspot. With broadband speeds around 4 megabits down and 1.5 megabits up in the subway, and a monthly fee of $20 for 30GB of usage, KT's WiBro (Wireless Broadband) WiMAX service seems really compelling.

Korea doesn't have the iPhone yet, but apparently they have something almost as good. Twitter user Min Lee (@the_verdict) told me that Koreans are using Eggs to get their iPod Touches online at super-high speeds. You can stash an Egg in your bag and pow, you have a hotspot the Touch can use. It's a similar strategy to the trick of buying a Verizon Wireless MiFi router so the iPod Touch can pretend to work on Verizon - except the Korean version is cheaper, faster, and better. (Verizon charges $60/month for only 5GB, at slower speeds than WiBro.)

Of course, the iPod Touch still isn't a phone, but there are various VOIP apps available for the device that let it make calls, including Skype. The whole assemblage gets a wee bit clunky, but the idea of a $20/month, WiMAX-speed quasi-iPhone must really smart to everyone on AT&T in the USA.
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yas · Aug 31, 2009

Kinda like saying the PSP is a phone (you can essentially do the same thing with Skype).

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