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It’s summer blockbuster time for mobile news, as this week was jam-packed with hot scoops and big deals. Apple giving away free iPhone 4 bumper cases was the big story today, but we also saw the launch of the Motorola Droid X on Verizon, the Samsung Galaxy S phones hit the wild and we put…
It’s barely been a month since we rolled out the first Superphone Shootout but the smartphone market has become even better. We’ll take a look at the hottest devices on all the major carriers and break down the pros and cons and each. Motorola Droid X $199 on a new, two-year contract with Verizon Wireless…
We’ve already talked about the decision of Yota — Russia’s WiMAX operator — to switch to LTE and they seem to be moving toward that goal. The Russian telecoms regulator gave the permit to the company to reuse its existing radio spectrum for LTE based services. Back when the WiMAX plans were announced, the idea…
With Verizon Wireless set to launch an LTE network this year, and then 2 to 3 years later have LTE coverage in as many places as there is CDMA and EV-DO coverage today, Sprint is starting to look like the class dunce. We never really understood why they went with WiMAX. They claim it was…
The Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive by Sierra Wireless has definitely been versatile as we’ve seen it offered with different names and labels. Clear has taken the device for its own mobile hotspot plans, and it now looks like Time Warner Cable is doing the same. The cable and Internet provider is offering the same device from…
Intel, co creator of WiMAX, and the biggest supporter of the technology, needs to wake up and smell the coffee. No one wants their technology, and networks are going with LTE for their mobile broadband needs. Does Intel know this, and are they giving up on the technology? According to Digitimes the chip giant is…
Good luck getting an HTC EVO 4G because Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse said the company is seeing “spot shortages” of the Android-powered handset. “The fundamental reason is the device is more popular than we had anticipated,” Hesse told The Wall Street Journal. So, even if Sprint didn’t sell as many units as it first claimed,…
Sprint is moving forward with WiMax/4G coverage as new products are getting launched. Just this morning, the Samsung Epic 4G, a variant of the Galaxy S, was announced for Sprint’s network. To help get customers more excited about the new 4G devices, and in order to get more of them to take advantage of everything…
If you’re constantly on the go and in search of data, Sprint has just launched the 3G/4G USB Modem 250U today. Naturally, like most of Sprint’s USB modems and mobile hotspots, this particular one is made by Sierra Wireless. The modem will allow you to get onto Sprint’s 3G network, and if you’re in one…
The Wireless Broaband Alliance introduced a specification that could make it easier to seamlessly roam between mobile data networks and WiFi networks. The Wireless Internet Service Providers spec (WISPr 2.0) potentially could make it easy to roam from GSM, UMTS, WiMax and Long-Term Evolution networks to fixed ones. “Operators who create data plans across network…