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After pockets of coverage here and there, and press release after press release, Sprint WiMax is officially a go in New York City. For the past few months, we’ve already seen several areas in the city – in almost every borough – light up with 4G coverage. Today, every last switch, button and bell was…
T-Mobile doesn’t have to seem to have a real 4G solution, so the next best thing is to fool everyone and call HSPA+ “America’s Largest 4G Network.” The carrier has been calling its HSPA+ mobile broadband speeds “4G-like” for some time now, and it has even raised the ire of competing carriers like AT&T. The…
Sprint is continuing its WiMax expansion nationwide, with New York City officially launching tomorrow, but it has been toying with the idea of LTE for a while now. While Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO, has mentioned that it wouldn’t rule out the possibility of LTE in the future, he is now saying, ““Our 4G strategy is…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is nigh and Amazon already has the T-Mobile version of the Android tablet up for pre-order. Although if you aren’t terribly familiar with the pricing scheme and how the Galaxy Tab will be distributed, you might be hit with some sticker shock. If you want to pre-order from Amazon now, it’s…
The next iteration of the Apple iPad is going to coming pretty soon and rumors are abound. FaceTime is almost a given feature in the iPad, so one can assume that it will have a front-facing camera. Apparently, OmniVision will be supplying that camera. Not long before the newest iPod touch was announced, we saw…
Still waiting on the white iPhone 4? Poor you. At least you have the officially unofficial Apple spokespeople to address the situation for you. Was it really the manufacturing of the casing and home button discrepancies? Or the light-leak for the camera? After the white iPhone 4 was delayed and delayed again, the folks in…
Microsoft is reminding us that sometimes there are sweet perks to working at some places by giving each and every one of its employees a Windows Phone 7 device. The first of these handsets will hit us normal folk in early November from AT&T and T-Mobile shortly after. The latest platform is leaps and bounds…
The Verizon iPhone has been sworn by many as a real deal in the works, destined for release in early 2011. I’m on the camp where, when it comes to Apple products, it’s only official when Apple says so. In addition to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times independently reporting that the Verizon…
Sony Ericsson is almost keeping up with the times, but I’m sure most users will be happy with Android 2.1 versus the highly antiquated version they’ve been rocking on their Xperia devices. Devices that will get the upgrade are the Xperia X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro. Sony Ericsson says that the update will…
Acer is rocking the smartphone space with its Liquid Metal, which supports 14.4Mbps HSPA 3G for super fast data where it’s available. Additionally, the new Acer Liquid Metal features the latest Snapdragon MSM7230 chipset that sits in the T-Mobile G2 and HTC Desire Z. As we’ve seen in tests, the 800MHz processor might not look…