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Sep

14

2010

Clearwire / 4G available soon in NYC and LA

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by Steve Ginter
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Just as T-Mobile was claiming to be the largest 4G network in the U.S., Clearwire announces it’s soon-to-be available 4G service in New York City and the Los Angeles area.  While it’s not completely ready just yet, Clearwire states that it should be fully deployed before the end of the year.  Select early adopters are getting [...]

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Sep

1

2010

T-Mobile may help Sprint’s Clearwire with WiMax funding

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by Chris Moor
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As you all know, Sprint is the first United States carrier to offer 4G for their mobile devices. Sprint has chosen WiMax for their 4G, while Verizon has chosen LTE (long-term-evolution) for their 4G standard. T-Mobile and AT&T have gone the way of HSPA+, which claim download speeds equal to Sprint’s WiMax, but are not [...]

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Aug

30

2010

Intel snags Infineon’s mobile sector for $1.4 billion to ‘accelerate 4G LTE’

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by Dustin Karnes
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Infineon, a major player in the mobile broadband chip market (most notably the iPhone 4), has been partially grabbed by Intel for a crisp $1.4 billion, according to a press release. The Wireless Solutions Business section of Infineon accounted for almost 1/3 of their total $3.83 billion profit last year, making the price Intel is [...]

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Aug

18

2010

Sprint Epic 4G unboxing & first impressions

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by Chris Moor
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Here it is folks, the one you’ve all (Sprint customers) have been waiting for, the Samsung Epic 4G. This is number three out of four of the Samsung’s Galaxy S phones, the other two being the AT&T Captivate and the T-Mobile Vibrant. The fourth US-Galaxy S phone will be the Verizon Fascinate, but not much [...]

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Aug

2

2010

Sprint launches official Epic 4G site & expands 4G coverage

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by Chris Moor
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Well we know it’s supposed to be released around August 20th, but now the official site for Sprint’s own Galaxy S phone, the Epic 4G has gone live. In case you haven’t heard, the Epic 4G will be Sprint’s second 4G phone and will have features like a 4in Super AMOLED display, 1GHz Hummingbird CPU [...]

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Jul

30

2010

O2 trials 4G in the UK

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by Chris Moor
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O2 UK have begun trialling 4G in the UK. Using a standard Dell laptop and a samsung 4G broadband dongle, speeds of 80mbps were achieved at peak performance, and this while demonstrating from a coffee shop in a shopping centre. During the demo, the page load times were compared to Broadband loading speeds of approx [...]

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Jul

30

2010

Best Buy to offer wireless 4G data plans

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by Chris Moor
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Well here’s some interesting news. Best Buy has inked a deal that will allow them to use Clearwire’s wireless network. Starting in 2011, Best Buy will offer a new 4G option for their newly launched Best Buy Connect broadband service, which connects computers wirelessly to the internet using Sprint’s 3G network. This will allow Best [...]

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Jul

20

2010

Rumor: Verizon to roll out LTE November 15th with 2 data cards to over 30 markets

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by Dustin Karnes
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According to some sources, Verizon is launching it’s own 4G in initial markets this upcoming holiday season. While that may be awhile to wait, it seems that Verizon is going full force, you-know-what to the wall with their new rollout. From what we can gather, 2 different VZW 4G cards will kick things off mid-November [...]

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Jun

28

2010

Samsung Galaxy S gets a keyboard and is heading to Sprint as the Epic 4G

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by Dustin Karnes
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Well, folks, it looks like the HTC Evo’s reign as sole 4G phone was short-lived. Step aside, because there’s a new player in town… the Sprint Epic 4G. While there is yet no word on availability or pricing, we do know the following specs: 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen. 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor Five-row horizontal [...]

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