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Sprint announced its next generation Novatel Wireless mobile hotspot today. The new MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot brings WiMAX connectivity to Novatel’s popular lineup of wireless broadband devices. Previous spotted in a leaked rendering, the Novatel hotspot is credit-card small and makes the previous generation Sierra Wireless WiMAX-enabled Overdrive look like a gigantic hockey puck. Similar to the…
Things aren’t looking so pretty for Clearwire as its founder and chairman, Craig McCaw, resigned just a few days ago prior to Sprint’s announcement this morning that it wouldn’t purchase the company’s debt. Clearwire had been trying to raise capital, and rumors had been cropping up for months regarding how the WiMax carrier would do…
The beginning of a new year means a lot of things: shameful recollections of your New Year’s Eve party, resolutions that never really panned out in the last year, and, of course, the largest consumer electronics show of the year. With CES Las Vegas 2011 kicking off in just a few short days, the IntoMobile…
MetroPCS introduced a trio of new unlimited LTE plans that start at a rock bottom $40 for unlimited talk, text, 4G web browsing and unlimited YouTube access. As with all MetroPCS plans, this ultra-low price is available contract-free and includes all applicable taxes and regulatory fees. As long as you stay within the terms of…
An LTE BlackBerry has reportedly been in the works for about the last two years, which is roughly the length of RIM’s development cycle, but a variety of factors have apparently slowed progress to a standstill. Rumour has it that costs for LTE chips are too high for RIM, that 4G is too much of…
LTE devices for Verizon will be here soon! And of course, the first of many we’ll see are the HTC Thunderbolt, which we’ve been hearing plenty about, and the Samsung SCH-i520 – not so popular for now. These Android devices are pretty promising, especially the sexy Thunderbolt we’ve seen so much of, and they’ll also…
More difficult news for Clearwire today. A SEC filing confirmed founder and board chairman Craig McCaw will be resigning from his position effective today. Clearwire did not reveal the reasons for McCaw’s departure but confirmed it did not involve a disagreement over company policies, operations or procedures. This is not the first high-level departure from…
Pictures of the HTC Thunderbolt leaked a few days ago, with few specs other than LTE connectivity, but a whole batch of info on the unreleased device has made its way out of Germany recently. The particular processor mentioned hasn’t actually been released by Qualcomm yet, so take it all with a grain of salt.…
It looks like China has made all Voice over Internet Protocol services that are not officially offered by government-run services like China Telecom and China Unicom illegal. That means that Skype and other VoIP services could be blocked from the country with the largest population. Making this illegal will enable the government to crack down…
If you were hoping to get your hands on the Clear iSpot 4G hotspot, you’d better move fast because the device has reportedly been discontinued. Over at the forums, it says that the units in the retail stores will not be replenished. If you’ve already purchased a Clear iSpot 4G, the company will have units…