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    CES: Huawei Shows Off Touch CDMA Phone, WiMAX

    By Christopher Price on January 11, 2009

    dsc01842Huawei is showing off a phone at CES that appears to give regional carriers, such as MetroPCS, one of their first touch-screen non-smartphones. The C7500 was programmed for China Mobile, but PhoneNews.com did a bit of digging and found American band-type and carrier support being loaded into the phone already.

    Click read more to see the C7500, as well as Huawei’s latest WiMAX data cards, and other CDMA phones.

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    4 responses to “CES: Huawei Shows Off Touch CDMA Phone, WiMAX”

    1. CES: Huawei, Spectec, and Knock Offs | CentralGadget.com
      CES: Huawei, Spectec, and Knock Offs | CentralGadget.com January 11, 2009 at 2:05 am |

      [...] on PhoneNews.com, we’ve got in-depth coverage of a few mobile topics at CES. First, Huawei is showcasing a CDMA touch phone aimed at regional carriers. Spectec continues their ongoing saga to turn a microSD slot into a [...]

    2. Don Louie
      Don Louie January 11, 2009 at 2:39 pm |

      How did that manufacturer of all beat the rest to showcase a Wi Max phone

    3. Christopher Price
      Christopher Price January 11, 2009 at 2:40 pm |

      Don Louie, I think you mis-read the article. The phone featured is a touch CDMA phone. It does not have WiMAX. We also photographed WiMAX data cards featured at the show from Huawei.

    4. Don Louie
      Don Louie January 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm |

      My head was spinning, thanx. Now all I need is Wi Maxin Chicago and the surrounding suburbs

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