Clear might be busy bringing WiMAX to as many places as it can,
but it looks like that won't include smartphones -- like that
just-rumored HTC device for Sprint -- anytime soon. That word
comes from Phone Scoop, who reportedly confirmed directly with
Clear that it doesn't expect to see any WiMAX-equipped
smartphones until at least the end of 2010. The company did say
that it expects to see more WiMAX phones available in 2011,
however, and that any "phone-type device" that uses WiMAX would
use either VoIP or Sprint's CDMA network for voice calls. Not
surprisingly, Clear didn't drop any hints about exactly who
those WiMAX phones might come from.