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Verizon’s 4G LTE network gives the USA a taste of data speeds never before seen from a wireless network, and just saying that the burgeoning Verizon data network is fast is an understatement. However, the first LTE supported phone from the carrier, the Thunderbolt, lacks the battery power to keep up with the blazing network.…
Verizon and Samsung announced the availability of the carrier’s first 4G LTE mobile hotspot device. The 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot lets Verizon’s customers share their fast mobile broadband connection with up to five WiFi-enabled devices at the same time. The mobile hotspot will deliver download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2…
This week at CTIA 2011 in Orlando, Verizon decided to give a handful of journalists a tour of its super switch facility – a hurricane-proof communications center that can survive a category five hurricane. The facility is 43,000 square feet and handles voice and data traffic in central Florida, but it can probably handle a…
LTE wholesaler Lightsquared inked two deals this week to provide LTE access to a regional wireless carrier and a major electronics retailers. Earlier this week, the 4G wholesaler announced it had signed a roaming deal with Leap Wireless. Under the agreement, Leap subsidiary Cricket would be able to use Lightsquared’s LTE network for its 4G…
Verizon is turning up the heat on its LTE rollout, planning to expand the 4G service to over 147 markets by the end of 2011. The wireless carrier launched LTE in December of 2010 and has blanketed 39 markets with this high-speed mobile broadband service. Verizon added 59 new markets to its tally of LTE…
Have a Thunderbolt in your pocket, and beginning to truly see just what 4G LTE does to your battery? Wish you could just use it as a 3G device to save battery? If you answered yes, follow along. Someone over at the AndroidCentral forums has figured out a way to disable the 4G radio while…
It looks like we got a name for that Samsung 4G LTE Verizon smartphone we saw at CES 2011 and it looks like this device will be coming out as the Droid Stealth and it may be available in just a few, short weeks. According to a leaked document, the Droid Stealth specs matches up…
The increasing trend of Android handsets being rooted either before the official release, or a day after, isn’t as surprising as it once was. That said, it isn’t every day Verizon’s first 4G LTE phone gets such treatment and soon you’ll be able to get your root on with your new HTC Thunderbolt. The method…
The HTC Thunderbolt for Verizon is now available from its retail stores, Best Buy, Amazon and others for $249.99 with a two-year contract. It’s the carrier’s first 4G LTE smartphone and it features Android 2.2 Froyo and a powerful 1GHz processor. And of course, you have access to all the apps available on the Android…
The HTC Thunderbolt will be launching tomorrow, and I know plenty of you are excited. The Android device that we first saw at CES 2011 will be Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone. So far, reports across the web are looking promising with some testers seeing download speeds in the 6-16Mbps ranges! But just before the…