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Yet another addition to Verizon’s lineup was announced at CES today: a little mobile hotspot puck from Samsung that’s LTE 4G compatible. If you’re worried about crummy 4G coverage, don’t worry, it’s dual-mode so can drop down to EV-DO if need be. Verizon promises 2 – 12 Mbps up, and 2 – 5 Mbps down…
Verizon and Samsung announced in their CES press conference today a handful of devices, including a one referred to as simply a 4G LTE smartphone. A little bland in the naming department, but maybe the specs will impress you. Besides obviously being compatible with Verizon’s burgeoning LTE network, the Samsung 4G smartphone runs Android 2.2,…
Nielsen released a really great infographic the other day, going over a variety of U.S. media usage statistics, including mobile internet use. Among the stats they had gathered was how folks spend time on the internet using their phone, what phones were popular, which mobile video sites were the most visited, and who were sending…
In addition to all of the phones Verizon has already announced at the CES, more are coming. One such device will be the Samsung SCH-i520, which as you can see from the image above, looks kinda rugged. We don’t have all the details, but we’ve heard it will be a 4G-enabled smartphone running Android 2.2.…
Good news for tablet fans as Samsung confirmed the upcoming availability of the WiFi-enabled Galaxy Tab. Samsung kicked off its Android tablet lineup with the Galaxy Tab back in late 2010. Notably missing from the successful launch of this slate device was the WiFi-only version, which was announced alongside the 3G version but never hit…
We’re live at the Samsung press conference here at CES 2011 where we’re looking forward to seeing new smartphones and tablets and maybe a surprise or two. This morning we caught a glimpse of the Infuse 4G for AT&T, so perhaps we’ll get a deeper look into the upcoming 4G handset along with a few…
With T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint all having 4G services, it was beginning to look like AT&T was being left behind in the mobile data race. At its developer summit in Las Vegas (going on around the same time as the CES 2011 show), the nation’s second-largest carrier showed that it’s not messing around when it…
Samsung and AT&T announced a new Android handset of the nation’s number two wireless carrier. The Infuse 4G packs a whopping 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display that boasts of a 50 percent jump in sub-pixel count which improves contrast and helps with outdoor readability. The high-end handset packs dual-cameras including an 8-megapixel shooter on the…
Samsung is starting to leverage Android in their other businesses in the tech world, as today they have announced the SH100 point-and-shoot camera, which pairs up with a Galaxy S handset over the local Wi-Fi b/g/n network so you can preview, zoom, and shoot the camera remotely from your Android phone. Definitely more precise than…
Samsung has updated its Bada SDK with support for in-app advertising, allowing mobile app developers to monetize their work by displaying ads. And here’s a trick – Samsung is not taking its cut, leaving 100% of the ad revenue to the developer! Before you go “WOW, that’s cool!” it’s fair to point few things: Bada…