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Today AT&T announced that it would invest $8 billion to significantly expand and upgrade its wireless networks. The expansion will see the Death Star’s 4G LTE network reach 300 million people by the end of 2014, which is a number that covers the entire country. This is a much more ambitious goal of what the…
Roughly a month ago we shared the sad news that Samsung Display has delayed production of their flexible AMOLED screens. Today we got a new video from the company to show you, proving us they haven’t forgot about it. As you’re about to see, the Korean giant envisions these flexible transparent touchscreens being used anywhere…
US Cellular and its partner, King Street Wireless, are expanding the LTE coverage to over 30 new markets on Monday, November 5th. The first states to get the “power of 4G” are cities in Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Oklahoma. In addition, some of US Cellular’s leading markets will get the same treatment as well,…
In March 2011, Verizon gave the world the USA’s first LTE handset that was worth buying. That handset, the HTC Thunderbolt, was met with much fanfare. A large and crisp display, beautiful and solid hardware, new LTE powers, and just about anything one could want from a high-end Android smartphone. Unfortunately, the flagship LTE device…
Today US Cellular announced that it has increased expansion of its 4G LTE network. The company said it plans to have 58 percent of customers covered by the high-speed service by the end of 2012. Additional 4G LTE networks will sprout in Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Oklahoma. In addition, new 4G LTE markets will…
Samsung’s next flagship is shaping up to be an incredible device. The rumor is that the Galaxy S4 will rock a next-gen processor, codenamed “Adonis.” This quad-core ARM Cortex A15 CPU is based on 28-nanometer manufacturing technology that the Korean company is perfecting as we speak. It is said that Samsung is running test batches…
AU Optronics unveiled what is claims is the world’s narrowest border on a 4.46-inch cell phone and touch panel integration technology. The company’s proprietary super narrow border technology and low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) method are applied to reduce the border width to just 1mm when touch panel is placed on the module surface. As a…
All modern smartphones come with a number of different sensors that can detect the ambient light, proximity, location and direction. But as we’ve been hearing, that’s just a start with many other sensors coming in the (near) future. Japanese OKI recently developed a special human-detecting sensor technology that can distinguish between large movements like person…
Today, in partnership with Sprint, Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. The Tab 2 10.1 will be rocking similar specifications as the global HSPA+ version, but ship with LTE support and a faster processor. The tablet also joins the ever-growing list of new devices that have been announced with no pricing or availability. Outside of…
It looks like Google wants a piece of the still nascent smartwatch market, or at least they don’t mind spending resources to secure related technology. A patent filed on behalf of Google was recently approved, detailing a smartwatch. Here’s what it says: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, and a flip up portion.…