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Batteries are known for their negative environmental impact and researches all around the world are trying to find a greener way to power our devices. Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology in Poznan, Poland, and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden are working on such a project, having designed a battery cathode…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless said it has no plans to offer LTE services through its sub-brand Fido, though things could change or are changing as we speak. When Fido employees click on the screen to activate/upgrade a customer the option of “LTE Voice and Data Sharing Bundles” pops up. That, of course, doesn’t prove anything though…
Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI), which is a global leader in the supply of UHF RFID readers, unveiled the MINI ME RFID reader for Android Ice Cream Sandwich devices, allowing users to read and write all EPC Class 1 Gen2 compliant tags at close range. Alongside the device itself, the company will also provide a “low…
In early February of this year US Cellular announced that it would be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE in tow and today is that day. US Cellular customers can now grab the tablet on a new two-year contract and get to living the LTE life. While the hardware of Android tablets have…
Prepare to be shocked. According to J.D. Power and Associates, some of the most unhappy mobile phone customers are ones with 4G LTE smartphones. The sole reason? Poor battery life. The data J.D. Power and Associates collected shows that dissatisfaction with battery life alone on LTE smartphones “greatly impacted” overall satisfaction of the phones. 4G…
The new iPad is being well received for its new Retina Display and its lightning-fast support of 4G LTE but don’t try and make FaceTime calls over that 4G because the Apple video calling service is still limited to WiFi. According to the Verge, when you connect try to make a FaceTime call over 4G…
Verizon is the nation’s largest 4G wireless carrier and it’ll remain in the number position for the foreseeable future. The carrier said earlier this week that it intends to double its LTE footprint in the upcoming year. Currently, Verizon offers LTE in 203 markets across the US. This number will expand to 400 by the…
The two largest cell phone companies in the United States today announced they’ll be offering the new iPad on March 16. Both wireless providers plan to offer their own Wi-Fi + 4G models of the third-generation iPad across all sales channels. Subscribers can expect the 16GB entry-level model to set you back around $630 on Verizon…
Interchangeable faceplates are obviously not good enough for Samsung. They want to go one step further in the whole phone customization “thing” and are hence patenting some sort of dynamic faceplate technology that uses a film layer covering the display unit and the exterior case. Here’s the official description from the USPTO filing: A mobile…
We don’t usually associate C Spire with high-end technologies like LTE. Guess we’re wrong as the regional carrier plans to launch its own 4G network later this year. Actually, they wanted to do that last year, but obviously something went wrong when those plans were postponed. The new plan is to begin rollout in September,…