Gateway NV Series Adds 4G WiMax Option

Gateway just announced that the latest offering in their attractive NV notebook series, the NV59C66u is available starting today with an integrated WiMax card starting at $699, and includes your choice of 4G providers. The integrated WiMax card is the Intel 6250,which will of course provide good ol’ fashioned Wi-Fi connectivity as well as 4G. We have to wonder if Gateway will also offer a 3G option on the NV59C66u for those areas of the country where 4G isn’t yet available.

Along with 4G capabilities comes news of a refresh of the popular NV series. They’ve been sporting the same design elements for awhile now and the latest ones appears to be a slight upgrade with a “tone-on tone patterned espresso chassis.” On the inside, however, there’s a smorgasbord of processor options with everything from AMD Athlon and Turion to Intel Core i3 and i5 processors. Gateway is starting the price for these 15-inchers at $479, but we’re fairly certain that won’t get you a Core i5 system with 8 GB of RAM. Either way, we look forward to testing out the 4G goodness of the NV59C66u soon. Stay tuned for a full review.