4G Wireless Gets Serious With LTE
Reinhardt Krause, Yahoo! News, 1/20/2010 Look for LTE, a leading-edge wireless data technology, to go live across the globe in 2010. Wireless phone companies worldwide have been testing LTE, which stands for long-term evolution. This next-generation 4G wireless technology will boost data speeds from four to 15 times over existing 3G networks, analysts say, depending [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, CDMA, Clearwire, EDGE, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, WiMax
Clearwire may consider 4G alternatives to WiMax
Marguerite Reardon, CNet News, 1/15/2010 WiMax may be Clearwire’s technology of choice today as it builds out its nationwide 4G wireless network, but the upstart carrier may eventually migrate to a competing technology that’s expected to be used by most of the world’s major wireless operators. Clearwire’s willingness to add additional 4G technologies to its [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, 5G, AT&T, CDMA, Clearwire, Comcast, EDGE, GSM, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi, WiMax
Clearwire to launch 4G smartphone
Paul Taylor, Financial Times, 1/13/2010 Clearwire, the US-based WiMax network operator, will launch the first 4G-enabled dual-mode smartphone in the second half of this year, according to chief executive William Morrow. A dual-mode WiMax smartphone will enable mobile users to download internet content up to five times faster than the present generation of 3G handsets [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, EDGE, LTE, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon, WiMax
Blackberry 8310 Curve – Your Personal Computer
admin, Wheel BLOG, 1/12/2010 The BlackBerry Curve 8310 is very small and light phone, which only weighs a total of 111 grams. The dimensions of this small handset makes the handset easy for the user to hold, use and carry, which are 107 x 60 x 15.5 mm. It has a large colour screen and [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Bluetooth, EDGE, GPS, GSM, MMS, SMS
Nexus One Complaints Mount, Honeymoon is Over
Tony Bradley, PC World, 1/12/2010 The Nexus One “superphone” revolution appears to be experiencing some backlash. Google’s Nexus One has been available for less than a week, yet customers and developers are already amassing a growing list of issues and complaints. The speculation leading up to the Nexus One launch event, and the hype dished [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, EDGE, HTC, SDK, T-Mobile
Verizon, Partners Show the Promise of LTE
Sascha Segan, PC Magazine, 1/7/2010 Sprint may have WiMax now, but Verizon has 4G LTE coming soon, and the nation’s top wireless carrier spent some time Wednesday afternoon showing off the potential of a much, much faster cellular network. Not “cell phone network,” however. Verizon has shied away from talking about smartphones running on their [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, LTE, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, Verizon, WiMax
Clearwire stayed ahead in big year for WiMax
Stephen Lawson, ComputerWorld, 12/31/2009 2009 was a very big year for Clearwire, as the wireless Internet provider took its ambitious rollout of mobile WiMax from just two cities to nearly 30 markets. After years of planning and false starts, a national 4G (fourth-generation) mobile data network began to take shape in the U.S., and in [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, EDGE, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi, WiMax
New Google Phone would challenge US carrier model
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, 12/14/2009 The long-rumored Google Phone appears to be coming, but with no carrier partner in the US. This is a very different strategy than most other phone makers employ, and may force the carriers to live up to their word when it comes to welcoming any and all devices to their [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CDMA, EDGE, GSM, HTC, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
World’s first commercial LTE service launched
Stuart Corner, ITWire, 12/14/2009 TeliaSonera has become the first mobile operator in the world to offer a commercial LTE service, announcing an earlier than expected turn-on of LTE in Stockholm and Oslo on networks supplied, respectively by Ericsson and Huawei. The telco announced in January this year that it had awarded contracts to Ericsson for [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, EDGE, Ericsson, HSPA, LTE, Samsung, Verizon
Smartphones are the future for mobile professionals
Cathy, eSay, 12/10/2009 With an increasing number of people using mobile phones today, the popularity of smartphones is also on a rise. Smartphones are mobile phones that boast advanced features compared to the traditional mobile handsets. They are light years ahead of their predecessors, comprising a combination of mobile phone and PDA technology. Referring to [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Bluetooth, EDGE, GPS, WiFi