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We had heard rumbling before that Apple would use Near-Field Communication technology with its iPhone for things like mobile payments and remotes but a new rumor suggests the iPhone 5 will use this tech for strong remote computing. If you don’t know, NFC is a short-range wireless technology which enables quick and secure transfers of…
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…
VoX Communications is teaming-up with Nimbuzz to launch a new VoIP application, VoX Mobile Out for Android, and an accompanying $4.95 a month unlimited voice calling plan. The new service is touted as a “compelling option for inexpensive cloud-based calling for Android phone owners within the US.” Pervasip (owner of VoX) is already a partner…
The next generation of mobile communications maybe driven by small sensors carried by people in their handsets or other mobile devices. This idea of a cellular body-to-body network (BBN) is being researched by a team of engineers at Queen’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology in Belfast. This distributed-style network could ease many of…
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 iPad has gone on sale at Verizon and AT&T this week, but the Apple tablet has been helping Sprint all along, too. After coming up with a few clever ads showing the iPad running on 4G thanks to Sprint’s hotspot devices and combo cases (holding the iPad and mobile hotspot devices at once), it…
Sprint announced yesterday during its developers conference keynote, where we were in attendance, that Sprint ID will make its way to the Samsung Epic 4G and the Galaxy Tab. Originally, it seemed that Sprint ID was only destined for low to mid-range Android handsets like the Sanyo Zio and LG Optimus S. Perhaps users who…
It’s good to read about new LTE networks being rolled out almost on a weekly basis. The latest news comes from Kazakhstan where VimpelCom launched a live LTE pilot at 700MHz, calling it “the first live 700MHz LTE market pilot in post-Soviet territory.” The new network will cover the central districts of Amalty, which is…
It looks like the rumors were spot on, as the T-Mobile myTouch 4G will launch Nov. 3 for $199 with a new, two-year contract. This Android powerhouse should get a lot of people excited. The myTouch 4G name comes from the fact that the Android 2.2 handset will come with HSPA+ capabilities, which delivers 4G-like…