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The SPH-P9000 is powered by a 1 GHz Transmeta CPU, and packs a 30 GB hard drive. The device features a 5-inch WVGA LCD screen, Bluetooth Class 1 wireless, and a 1.3 Mpixel digital camera. Folded up, the device measures 5.6 x 3.6 x 1.2 inches (143 x 92 x 30 mm).

Kitae Lee, President of Samsung's Telecommunication Network Business, stated, "Our new SPH-P9000 is just one of the few Mobile WiMAX convergence devices to be introduced to the world. Samsung will expand our portfolio of mobile convergence devices, as we expect to expand our global Mobile WiMAX services globally."

Several nice high-resolution photos of the SPH-P9000 are available for viewing in an article at Akihabara News, here.

Samsung says it expects to launch the SPH-P9000 in Korea in the first half of next year.

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