Verizon Launches Samsung LTE Mobile Hotspot, USB Modem
Verizon has launched its first Mobile Hotspot with 4G LTE support in the Samsung LTE Mobile Hotspot. The hotspot supports up to five devices with EVDO Rev. A support and is now available online for $149.99 before $50 instant discount, bringing the total to $99.99 after new 2 year agreement and minimum $50 data plan […]
Updates to Atrix 4G and Inspire 4G to Enable Full Uploads Confirmed
After weeks of anticipation, HTC has announced a future update for the Inspire 4G smartphone to enable full-speed uploads via FCC documents after customer complaints began to surface that it and the Atrix 4G were artificially limited to 300Kbps upload speeds while the iPhone 4 was unaffected. Speculation then began to circulate that Apple’s iPhone […]
Sprint Announces HTC EVO View 4G Android Tablet
Sprint has announced its first Android tablet with stylus support in the HTC EVO 4G Android tablet. The tablet features a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 7 inch 1024×600 capacitive display, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for video calls, Android 2.2 with a future update to Honeycomb planned, 32GB internal memory with microSDHC slot, 5.0 megapixel […]
Clearwire Blocking Rooted Clear iSpots?
Readers have been reporting that Clear iSpots that have been rooted with the web-based exploit developed by hackers looking to use Clear’s service at the $25 special rate, are being actively blocked by network access until the devices are updated with a new version of the firmware. It appears that Clearwire is using low level […]
AT&T Outlines T-Mobile Purchase: AWS Transition to LTE and 3G Stopgap
Very early this morning, AT&T held a conference call to outline the details of the $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom, with the key points being in the planned network transition at the completion of the purchase, which also hinges on regulatory approval. AT&T has confirmed that it plans to transition the current […]
Motorola Xoom for Sprint Revealed
The first live image of the Sprint-branded Motorola Xoom has been revealed ahead of its expected debut during CTIA 2011, being held next week in Orlando, Florida. The Sprint version is expected to launch with a built-in WiMax radio, unlike the Verizon version currently sold which will require a retrofit for an LTE radio when […]
Sprint Announces Sierra Wireless Overdrive Pro 3G/4G Modem
Sprint has announced the forthcoming launch of the successor to the Sierra Wireless Overdrive 3G/4G modem in the Overdrive Pro, set for this Sunday, March 20th. The Overdrive Pro increases the number of simultaneous devices that can be connected to WiMax via Wi-Fi from the 5 maximum of the Overdrive to 8 on the Overdrive […]
Ericsson Announces HD CDMA Voice Protocol
Network hardware manufacturer Ericsson has announced the completion of the first call using its new HD CDMA codec for voice calls over CDMA2000 networks. The call was completed utilizing hardware provided by Qualcomm in a lab setting and is claimed to reduce listening fatigue by encoding speech in the new Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Narrowband-Wideband […]
GSM Association Touts Increased Support for NFC Payment Systems
The GSM Association, the group that represents all of the carriers and vendors that are involved with providing products and services based on the standard has announced that many carriers and manufacturers will work together to make NFC products and services interoperable with many international services. The trade association has also announced that it will […]