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T-Mobile USA is working with a number of partners to bring “a variety of NFC technologies to market,” according to a blog post written by senior vice president of product management, Brad Duea. From the same article we learn about the plan to bring contactless payments to a mainstream consumer and make “NFC a reality…
It took just 3 years for LTE to take off, big time. Last year ended with estimated 92.3 million LTE connections and this year is poised to add more than 100 million new subscribers for a total of 198.1 million! According to IHS iSuppli, that’s just a start as LTE is set to claim more…
It looks like Verizon isn’t the only carrier to get in on the LTE Galaxy Note 10.1 fun, as the SPH-P600 stopped by the FCC that supports Sprint’s LTE and HSPA networks. The LTE Galaxy Note 10.1 for Verizon was the only device that we saw come from Samsung at CES this year, but there…
UK’s BT (as in British Telecom) is launching an innovative offering in the form of a VoIP app for smartphones that allows users to use their landline minutes to make cheap calls while on the go. Available for iOS and Android, the SmartTalk application “works best” over Wi-Fi networks but it will sing along over…
Sprint announced that it is preparing to light up LTE in 28 additional cities in the upcoming months. The wireless carrier confirmed that customers in the cities listed below will see LTE on their phones and can use the faster network even before the service is officially kicked off. Sprint has been steadily rolling out…
Thanks to the advent of Kickstarter, many interesting and innovative products are making the jump from prototype to reality. Kickstarter funded products made a big splash at CES this year, while some big name vendors were absent from the show altogether. A new Kickstarter funded project from Lomography is bringing a new twist to analog…
Mike Haberman, vice president of network engineering for Verizon Wireless, told Fierce Wireless that the wireless carrier is “very pleased” with the performance of their LTE network. Haberman confirmed that 50 percent of the carrier’s network traffic is now carried by the company’s 4G LTE network. This is up from the 35 percent the carrier…
OmniVision launched the OV4688, a 4-megapixel CameraChip sensor in a native 16:9 high definition (HD) format, designed to deliver “ultra high quality, fast frame rate HD video and photography for mobile applications.” Built on a new 2-micron OmniBSI-2 pixel, the sensor offers increased low-light sensitivity along with high dynamic range, and can capture full-resolution video…
MetroPCS announced new simpler 4G LTE plans that “deliver more value and offer the most affordable unlimited 4G LTE available.” The carrier is offering unlimited 4G LTE data, text and talk for just $60 per month with all taxes and regulatory fees included. If you don’t need all that data, you can select some of…
ST-Ericsson is joining the “quad-core revolution” with its brand new NovaThor L8580 system-on-chip. However, it’s important to note that this product won’t find its place at the very top of the market. Rather, it will be used by mid-to-top end handset makers which just want the “quad-core” label slammed on their product boxes. The reason…