Acer Making WiMax Aspire 5920 for Sprint

Acer has shown a WiMax-enabled Aspire 5920 notebook computer it plans to offer through Sprint and other WiMax operators by the end of the year.

Computer maker Acer has begun showing off a new version of its Aspire 5920 notebook computer with an integrated WiMax wireless broadband module. Acer plans to offer the WiMax-equipped model in the United States through Sprint, which is in the process of rolling out its Xohm WiMax service in major U.S. markets, as well as through other companies. According to Acer, the WiMax-enabled 5920 will be sold with a WiMax service plan in a manner similar to the way mobile phones are sold with wireless service contracts:

Acer says it will reveal more specs about the WiMax-enabled 5920s when the systems are officially launched, but the computers are already being manufactured by Taiwan’s Quanta Computer, one of the largest notebook OEMs in the world.

The Aspire 5920 would join a small but growing pool of WiMax-enabled notebooks, including the recently-announced Everex CloudBook Max.

Pricing for the Acer Aspire 5920 should be announced when the notebooks reach consumer markets before the end of the year, but will vary by WiMax service plan.