nokia.jpg Nokia’s N810 mobile Internet tablet will be one of the first devices designed for a new high-speed wireless network that Sprint Nextel Corp will launch commercially in April. Nokia on Tuesday unveiled a version of the handheld device, which has a 4.13-inch touch screen, for WiMax - the emerging wireless technology that Sprint is betting on for its next generation of high-speed services. “The difference with WiMax is that you can move out of that hotspot,” Mark Louison, head of Nokia’s North American business, said in an interview ahead of the CTIA annual U.S. wireless show in Las Vegas. Sprint, which has been seeking outside funding to expand WiMax beyond an initial three markets, has promised to open the network to a wide array of devices, such as music players or cameras, which consumers could buy from any store. The three initial markets are Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Sprint has said it would have 10 WiMax devices at launching.The WiMax N810 will be available from Nokia’s online store and its shops in New York and Chicago for $479.

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