If this report of Clearwire, and presumably Sprint, widely expanding its WiMAX footprint is true, this summer means D-Day for a new smartphone for me. A reasonable combination of HTC Evo price, acceptable MiFi fee, and decent Sprint data plan, means I’m on board with them. Otherwise, I’ll be looking at Verizon’s Palm offerings with their free tethering.
The current rumor has the release data for the Evo being June 6th, with the phone costing $200 under contract (probably 2 years). If the monthly bill is south of $100 I’d likely go for it. But I’ll wait a month, catch the early reviews, and let the initial bugs shake out. End of July and I’ll be a new phone owner.