CES 2006

Samsung also showcased the Korean wireless broadband service – WiBro -  for the first time in the United States at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. WiBro is a high-speed broadband service, based on WiMAX mobile technology. It allows achieving 1-3 mbps broadband  speeds for voice, data and video even when traveling with to 120 km per hour. Its home, business, and vehicular applications include Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video telephony, multimedia messaging and conferencing, location and telematic services, broadcast as well as multimedia push and demand services. To demonstrate this wireless broadband service Samsung used two of its world's first WiBro-enabled handsets - SPH-M8000 and H1000.

The slide-designed M8000 is based on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition OS, and features 2.8” display, QWERTY keyboard, Blueotooth, DMB, VoIP and 2.3 GHz WiBro support.

Samsung M8000


The design of the Samsung SPH-H1000 allows users to fold, twist or rotate its screen it in order to get a comfortable laptop-like feel or watch S-DMB based TV. The main features of the device, which can act as a VoIP phone as well, are dual-cameras (2 mega pixel and VGA), QWERTY keyboard, all packed in a 4.2oz (120g). Samsung has already signed a contract with Sprint Nextel according to which Samsung will provide handsets and a networking system for WiBro for a trial in the United States.

Samsung H1000