Image: http://modmyi.com/images/pauldanielash/peel.jpg FCC documents (https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/...39;Q78-ZTE3200') show that Sprint has registered a new 3G device that appears to be an iPod touch case, suggesting the possibility that the #3 US carrier may have an innovative strategy to bring Apple's smallest WiFi-only mobile device onto its network. PhoneScoop.com (http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=6364) pointed out the FCC site showing Sprint's application for the ZTE Peel, which has an EV-DO Rev. 0 3G radio, a WiFi access point and a built-in battery with a micro-USB charger. Little information is available for the device, which is the right size for an iPod touch. Internal photographs (https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApp...tml?id=1318531) do not show a dock connector, but there is a WiFi antenna, which indicates that the Peel is a 3G micro-hotspot that would allow the iPod touch - and presumably, other devices - to connect to Sprint's 3G network. EV-DO rev. 0 allows only 75% of the downloading and about 16% of the upload speed of Sprint's faster EV-DO Rev. A devices. The ZTE Peel is different from another Chinese-made device...

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