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Some digging around the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 operating system (possibly with the help of root access) has revealed a few graphical elements that suggest where RIM’s headed next. A bunch of LTE coverage icons were found, indicating that the long-promised 4G PlayBook is still a real possibility. What’s even more interesting is that there’s a…
After Engadget pointed out that the AT&T 4G LTE network is partially live in San Francisco, I just had to give it a whirl. Well friends, I can tell you it’s definitely running and that it’s amazingly fast. As you can see by the headline image, the “4G LTE” logo in the top right is…
If you’re having some authorization issues with the Droid Razr or having issues getting 4G LTE on Verizon at all, you’ll be happy to know it’s not all in your head. Verizon confirmed that its 4G LTE network is experiencing issues around the country. “Verizon Wireless engineers have been working to resolve an issue with…
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said that Verizon Wireless plans to offer shared or family data plans sometime in 2012 and look for other carriers to follow suit too. McAdam said that people are tired of paying for a smartphone data plan and also having to pay for a data plan on their tablet or USB…
For all the flack we give Nokia about being noncompetitive in the smartphone space, mainly for being late to the touch screen game and because they alienated so many people with the Nokia N97 back in 2009, the Finnish handset maker is surprisingly ahead of everyone else when it comes to near field communications (NFC)…
Verizon is making an effort to say that it’s not blocking Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus, but the mobile payment service still won’t be on the first U.S. Ice Cream Sandwich device. Verizon states a case for itself in a very vague manner: “Google Wallet is different from other widely-available m-commerce services. Google Wallet…
US Cellular has decided to wait for Apple to release an LTE version of the iPhone before it carries the popular handset on its network, according to Ted Carlson, CEO of its parent company TDS. Carlson, spoke about the iPhone at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, saying: “We’re never going to say never about the…
After quietly introducing a pair of Motorola tablets a few days ago, Verizon officially made the Motorola Xyboard tablets with 4G LTE official but I fear that these devices will still be too expensive to really carve out a market. The Motorola Xyboard is much thinner than the Xoom – Verizon describes it as thinner…
The Motorola Xoom on Verizon should be receiving a minor update which will be bringing a pay-as-you-go option for 4G LTE data. According to CNET, the HLK75F update will give you a month-to-month option for 4G LTE data and I think this makes the Xoom much more appealing. While it’s a big old and still…
Well, we finally got our hands on the LG Nitro HD and we’re pretty impressed with this 4G LTE device on AT&T. The first thing you’ll notice is the 4.5-inch True HD IPS display which can deliver 720p resolution. At the LG event in New York, the company was showing it against a competing Samsung…