Last month we spotted a Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 with an Intel WiMAX card, and today a Lenovo U150 showed up on the FCC with Intel WiMAX goodness.  According to label photos, the U150 will rock an Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 card, enabling 802.11 b/g/n along with WiMAX.

Over the past two years WiMAX coverage in the US has slowly improved.  And things are only getting better – last month we learned that Sprint will finally be brining WiMAX to Silicon Valley.  These new WiMAX deployments and WiMAX enabled computers like the Lenovo U150 will hopefully drive expansions in WiMAX coverage.

No word if the Lenovo U150 will be subsidized by a WiMAX carrier, but ideally a carrier will knock a couple hundred bucks off the U150’s price in exchange for a service contract.

Dell unveiled their Inspiron Mini 1012 netbook earlier this year.  The device rocks a 10.1” screen, Intel N450 Atom processor, and integrated Intel GMA graphics.  But today the Inspiron Mini 1012 made another appearance on the FCC, this time with Intel’s 6250 WiMAX chipset.

As you can see above, the Inspiron Mini 1012 with the Intel 6250 chipset is described as a preproduction model.  The model number for this netbook is clearly identified in other RF reports in the filing (left).

It’s good to see Dell adding WiMAX to its netbooks – sure, coverage isn’t great at this point, but WiMAX is pretty speedy when you have a strong signal.  We’re not sure if Dell is partnering with a service provider, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see CLEAR in the mix.

Motorola has been active on the WiMAX front, and today the company passed a new USB WiMAX dongle through the FCC.  The device is known as the USBw25200, and it offers support for WiMAX frequencies 2.5- 2.7 GHz.

There’s no indication of when the USBw25200 will be released, although we suspect the device will be offered by Clearwire’s CLEAR service.

Clearwire’s Clear 4G service has been rolling out at a solid clip across the United States.  Today, the company added to their selection of USB modems with the Ubee Clear 4G modem pictured above.

Clear 4G has been getting decent reviews, however the service is still limited to only a few states.  That makes it a tough solution for travelers who need to stay connected on the road.

I actually think Sprint has a better solution with their 3G/4G USB modem, which will support existing CDMA/EVDO networks as well as 4G networks.