Provider to NFC software and systems Sequent Software closed a Series A financing in a round led by Opus Capital and SK Telecom Ventures. The company will use the money to “drive commercial NFC mobile payment deployments of large customers and partners” to allow consumers to make payments and other transactions with their mobile devices.…
AT&T launching 4G LTE in New York City June 30, Los Angeles July 24?
With all the AT&T and T-Mobile hullabaloo, it’s easy to forget that the former is still planning on launching its LTE network this year. More specifically, the carrier plans on launching its 4G LTE network this summer – you know, the real 4G and none of this we-want-to-pretend-HSPA-plus-is-4G stuff. Hopefully we AT&T customers will start…
Hands-on: Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch smartphone companion
I always kind of find it silly when I see new watchphones being announced but the Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch has some interesting features which could make it a nice smartphone companion. I’m not completely convinced though. The Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch is based around the assumption that the notification bar is becoming just as important as…
PhoneLynx for Android Sends Cell Calls to Landline Phones
Cobra, a company that has pumped out some neat accessories for finding your phone and evading traffic radar, has recently launched another niche product. PhoneLynx plugs in to your home phone system, pairs up with your cell phone via Bluetooth, and lets you make and take calls on your landline phones. It sounds like the…
U.S. Cellular to roll out 4G LTE by the holidays
Regional carrier U.S. Cellular said it would be rolling out 4G LTE to more than 25 percent of its network by the holiday season. The company didn’t give exact figures on what types of speeds we can expect but the Verizon 4G LTE network on devices like the Droid Charge routinely get 5 Mbps down,…
Clearwire loses $227 million in quarter as competition grows stronger
Clearwire reported a net loss of $223 million for its first quarter and the 4G competition isn’t going to get any easier over the next few years. On the positive side of things, Clearwire added a record number of quarterly net subscriber additions with 1.8 million. The company powers Sprint’s 4G WiMax network, so the…
HP Veer 4G with webOS hits AT&T on May 15
HP and AT&T just announced the Veer 4G – a new webOS device with a compact form factor and a budget price point to boot. It’s very Palm Pre-esque, taking its design cues from the two-year-old smartphone after its acquisition of Palm, and it has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which should appease those who hate…
Review: Samsung Droid Charge – Verizon 4G LTE speeds without compromise?
The Droid Charge is the second Verizon 4G LTE smartphone after the HTC Thunderbolt and the Android smartphone promises to bring 4G speeds to your pocket. It offers a larger screen and different software than the Thunderbolt but can it improve on the battery life while also justifying its $300 price tag (on contract)? Read…
Sprint launching tiered pricing on embedded devices on May 8?
Thinking of getting a Sprint powered tablet or mobile hotspot? If unlimited data was a huge incentive for you, you might want to think twice. According to a new rumor, the nation’s third largest carrier is planning on launching a tiered data package for its embedded devices. Dan Hesse has always touted the carrier’s unlimited…
Review: Verizon 4G LTE MiFi – lightning in your pocket
Novatel has another mobile hotspot that supports 4G technology – the Verizon LTE MiFi. It’s much like the Sprint version we saw a few weeks ago with a few noticeable differences. For starters – and probably the most important thing here – it is much faster. The difference is really like night and day. If…