FCC Reveals ZTE Peel On Sprint, For Apples Perhaps
Jul 28, 2010, 1:23 PM by Philip Berne
FCC documents have revealed a curious new EV-DO device from ZTE headed for Sprint. The Peel, as FCC photos suggest it will be called, seems to be a carriage sled for a tablet style device like the iPod touch. The Peel does not seem to connect to its host device, and it seems to be a specially designed Wi-Fi hotspot device that could offer EV-DO networking to an iPod touch in a package that could be clamped to Apple's Wi-Fi-only iPod. The apparent naming also suggests a relationship; a Peel for an Apple device. The ZTE Peel has only been cleared for EV-DO Rev. 0 networking, Sprint's slower 3G service. It will use its own battery for power, and the Peel will charge via a microUSB port.
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kris
I was doing some reading last night (our web filters were down at work, and I had access to wikipedia) and I was reading ...
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Not to be a buzzkill, but what if Apple changes the iPod design?
bluecoyote said:
In like... 3 months? Just saying...
That sounds like insider info. Spill it.
DE 2 Philly said:
Why Rev0? Why not 3G/4G that would be EPIC! ๐
And not even 4G--but c'mon! Give us Rev. A.
iPod Touch w/front facing camera combined with the "Peel"
Especially if the Peel works as a Wi-Fi hotspot. Talk about an incredible combo!!!
Hmmmmm
Really neat