AT&T Confirms First Five LTE Markets
AT&T has confirmed that its first five LTE markets rolling out this summer will consist of Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio with ten more markets to be named at a later date with rollouts also to be confirmed. AT&T is currently in the process of purchasing T-Mobile USA, which is triggering controversy from […]
Verizon Announces LG Revolution
Verizon has officially announced in a press release that it will launch the LG Revolution 4G LTE enabled smartphone beginning tomorrow Thursday for $249.99 after new 2 year agreement and $50 mail-in rebate. The Revolution will launch with support for Netflix owing to its dual-core processor along with chipset level support for the DRM required […]
Verizon Adds New LTE Markets, On Track to Cover 147 Markets By Year-End
Verizon has also announced today that it has added more markets where its 4G LTE network is available to its subscribers as well as to interested customers looking to use and purchase LTE service. The following markets now feature LTE service with further expansion in select markets: Mobile and Montgomery (AL); Greater Fairfield and New […]
Follow-Up: MetroPCS Forces Automatic Update on Samsung Indulge
Following up on Tuesday’s initial report about the first update for the MetroPCS Samsung Indulge, more specific information has surfaced on the changes made as well as the revelation of the potentially dangerous automatic forced update method used by the carrier to apply updates without any user interaction whatsoever, in a repeat of the Samsung […]
Samsung Rolls Out OTA Update for MetroPCS Indulge, Improves LTE Speeds
Samsung has quietly begun to roll out a new update for the MetroPCS Samsung Indulge Android smartphone. Various reports have confirmed that the update improves LTE connectivity and total throughput, with many customers reporting more consistent throughput in select markets as shown at right with before and after screencaps. As Samsung has not officially confirmed […]
Verizon Extends Complimentary Hotspot Access for Thunderbolt Owners
Following weeks of complaints from customers regarding issues with the HTC Thunderbolt 4G which Verizon refuses to directly address and acknowledge, Verizon has decided to quietly extend its complimentary hotspot access offer from its original end date of May 15 to June 15th on account of the late launch of the Droid Charge this past […]
Verizon, HTC Still Quiet on Thunderbolt Mobile Hotspot Issues
Verizon Wireless has yet to formally acknowledge the Mobile Hotspot issues that are plaguing many users of the HTC Thunderbolt. The issue in particular is that internet connectivity is lost at random, when on Verizon’s LTE network. Data connectivity on the device itself continues to function, but devices tethered over Wi-Fi cannot load pages. Currently, […]
Verizon Rolling Out Thunderbolt Update After Delay
Verizon has begun to roll out its first update for the HTC Thunderbolt after being delayed due to unspecified issues. The update addresses bug-fixes including better EVDO support and improved GPS performance along with stability improvements for data oriented applications. The update pushes the build numbers to 1.13.605.7 with baseband 1.16.00.0402w_1. The update is available […]
Verizon Keeping Quiet on Cause Of LTE Outage
When pressed for answers regarding last month’s complete LTE network outage that lasted 24 hours, Verizon Wireless executive director of LTE ecosystem development at Verizon Wireless said the company learned some lessons from its outage and is making sure it won’t happen again while speaking during the Business Innovation conference hosted by Ericsson. What exactly […]
Verizon Delays Droid Charge Launch in Wake of LTE Network Outage
Following the outage and subsequent restoration of LTE services this morning, Verizon has delayed the launch of the Samsung Droid Charge to an unspecified later date. The smartphone was originally slated for launch this morning, but was delayed at the last minute due to the LTE network outage, which affected activations of LTE devices. While […]