Get More 4G With The CLEAR USB Performance Dock
Designed with for the CLEAR 4G PXU1900 USB modem, the Performance Dock is an easy way to get better 4G signals and performance.
Using the CLEAR Performance Dock is straightforward: just plug it into a free USB port on your laptop or desktop and then sit the PXU1900 USB modem in the dock.
Price for this signal boost? $9.99
New CLEAR 4G Data Plans – Unlimited Usage
CLEAR 4G has simplified its 4G mobile internet data plan options. The main change is the dropping of data usage limits on all plans.
While there are some differences between markets that Clear operates in, the basic 4G options are:
Get One – CLEAR 4G for $40 a month with either a home modem or a 4G USB modem and unlimited access. For $55 a month you can also have access to the national Sprint 3G network.
Get Two Home and Mobile 4G for $55 a month or two Mobile phones for $65 a month.
Basic Home 4G $30 a month intended as a low-cost alternative to cable or DSL internet. This plan still has a speed cap: 1.5Mbps download speeds and 500Kbps upload speeds.
Clear 4G Car
Clear is demonstrating its 4G service inside an experimental 4g car -a Ford Flex – at the Chicago Auto Show. The demo aims to showcase an average download times of 3 -6 Mbps with a peak download speed of 10 Mbps via the Clear Chicago 4G network.
Clear is working to expand its current 4G network beyond Chicago with launches due this year in New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Houston and San Francisco.
CLEAR 4G Series M Home Modem Updated
Clear 4G have released an updated version of their Series M Home Modem. The main new feature is an enhanced internal antenna to improve 4G reception.
The current cost of the Clear 4G Series Home Modem is $79.99 to buy or $4.99 a month on a two year contract.
At the moment, the Series M modem is only available to Clear 4G customers in Portland, Atlanta, Milledgeville, Salem, Chicago, Bellingham, All Texas Markets, Boise, Honolulu, Maui, Kitsap, Seattle, Snohomish, Tacoma, and Houston.
Clear 4G – Dual Mode WiMAX Smartphone Coming
Clear 4G is about to start selling what it says is the first dual mode 4G phone. No announcement has yet been made by Clear on an exact date for the phone release, other than “later this year”.
The new 4G phone will provide voice calls and data downloads of around five times as fast as a 3G phone, says Clear 4G.
Samsung Mondi 4G Phone Now Available in Dallas / Fort Worth
Clearwire is now selling the Samsung Mondi 4G phone in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, coinciding with its launch of 4G WiMAX in that market.
The Samsung Mondi is a WiMAX mobile internet device with a 4.3 inch touchscreen that comes with a slide out qwerty keyboard as well as access to emails and web content, video and multimedia content and business apps.
The future looks bright for the Samsung Mondi – Clearwire has hinted it’ll be launched in other markets like Boston and Washington DC and it’ll be available to Time Warner Cable mobile customers in the next few months.
4G WiMAX Phones in Stores in 2010
Clearwire has set itself a deadline of Christmas 2010 for selling WiMAX smartphones in the shops. But the mobile company has warned that it won’t subsidize the cost of new 4G WiMAX phones.
Likely initial retail cost to the poor phone user? Anywhere from $450 to $1000 says Clearwire.
Clearwire’s partner Sprint also plans to release dual mode 4G / 3G phones next year.
Clearwire 4G in Austin, San Antonio & North Texas
Clear 4G launches today in Austin, San Antonio and North Texas. The Clear 4G coverage area should total around 1,300 square miles and include 3.6 million potential mobile phone customers.
The 4G service area includes Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties and according to the Clear 4G press release also extends north to McKinney and Denton, east to Rockwall, west to Fort Worth and south to Mansfield, Burleson, Arlington and Duncanville.
By the end of the year Clearwire plans to have eleven 4G phone markets in Texas and a further twenty five coverage areas across the US offering 4G.
