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The Apple iPad 3G has received the stamp of approval from the Chinese regulatory bodies and this potentially opens up a huge market for the touchscreen tablet. As you’d expect, the Apple iPad 3G is the company’s tablet but with integrated mobile data radios inside. China has been notorious for not allowing certain technologies in…
We know that AT&T is going to make a big push with its 4G network but we didn’t get many details about how much the 4G LTE data plans will be. Well, a leak suggests that we may be seeing tiered data and speed pricing. According to a leaked internal document obtained by BGR, the…
Bytemobile, provider of mobile software and services for wireless data network operators, compiled usage statistics across wireless networks and discovered that video is the dominant form of mobile traffic. Mobile video, as multimedia streaming and two-way video communication, accounts for over 40% of total mobile data. With the continuing explosion in streaming video from the…
Virgin Mobile will be killing its unlimited Broadband2Go plans and implementing 5 GB caps where your speeds will be throttled. As we scooped a few months ago, the Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go simplified its plans in favor of an unlimited option. It used to offer plans for $10/100MB, $20/300MB , $40/1GB, and $60/5GB plan but then…
We just came back from CES 2011 (check out our top picks and the entire coverage) and felt it would be useful to let you know how AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon fared during the Super Bowl of the tech world. I’ll dive into the specifics below but, in general, AT&T was useless, T-Mobile has…
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…
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…
Sprint announced its next generation Novatel Wireless mobile hotspot today. The new MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot brings WiMAX connectivity to Novatel’s popular lineup of wireless broadband devices. Previous spotted in a leaked rendering, the Novatel hotspot is credit-card small and makes the previous generation Sierra Wireless WiMAX-enabled Overdrive look like a gigantic hockey puck. Similar to the…
Opera is not going to let Skyfire get all the tablet browser love, as the company has demonstrated a sneak peak at its browser for tablets. In the video below, you’ll get a quick glimpse of Opera for tablets and it appears to be running on the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Like with the desktop version,…
If you were hoping to get your hands on the Clear iSpot 4G hotspot, you’d better move fast because the device has reportedly been discontinued. Over at the forums, it says that the units in the retail stores will not be replenished. If you’ve already purchased a Clear iSpot 4G, the company will have units…