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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: May 11, 2012

Chris Burns, May 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

This morning has its fair dose of the final impact of CTIA 2012, complete with a wrap-up of all the non-accessory CTIA devices we saw this whole week. What you've got for the rest of this morning then is impact after impact coming from the folks that decided to release news bits (or accidentally leaked news) here in the aftermath as well. Then of course there's some non-mobile news as well including open-sourced textbooks from your humble narrator's own home-town university, the U of M (Saint Paul and Minneapolis bound!) Have a peek at dive in! Read The Full Story

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Verizon Jetpack MiFi 4620L mobile hotspot review

Chris Burns, May 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

There’s little to be said at this point about how powerful Verizon’s 4G LTE network really is – we’ve found no more comprehensive coverage in the country at this point in history – but how well does this newest Verizon Jetpack MiFi 4620L mobile hotspot harness that power? Verizon has several mobile hotspot devices in their store right this second, this being Novatel Wireless‘ newest look at pushing this LTE network to your many wonderful devices. You’ll be getting fabulous data speeds in a tiny package – and this device has a lovely display, as well – but what’s the difference when it comes down to it between this and the rest of the hotspots currently available at Verizon?

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Verizon intros new prepaid plans, Jetpack hotspot

Rue Liu, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon has announced new prepaid plans that will let users avoid being bound to a two-year contract. The new prepaid plans will kick off tomorrow, May 1, starting with an offer that includes unlimited talk and text along with 1GB of data for $80 per month. It will initially be available only for one device, the Samsung Illusion, but other devices will likely follow. Read The Full Story

Seagate repurchasing $2.5 billion in stock

Chris Burns, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

When a company gets much too rich for it's own good, it's time to do as Seagate is doing today: repurchasing a whole lot of shares in their own company. Here Seagate has decided that because of their confidence in their own ability to generate cash at this time, they'll pick up $2.5 billion (of the $3.5 billion they're actually authorized) in outstanding ordinary shares. Seagate will be repurchasing this stock with a combination of cash on hand, future cash flow from operations, and "potential alternative sources" whatever that ends up being. Read The Full Story

Novatel patent infringement lawsuit against ZTE and FWC still stands [UPDATED]

Chris Burns, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Novatel Wireless have been allowed to continue a lawsuit against competitors ZTE Corp, ZTE USA, and Franklin Wireless Corp for patent infringement on key architecture and functionality of mobile hotspots. This case has been going on for several months and started more than a year ago, and today's ruling has both of the defendants' requests to dismiss the case shot down by the Judge presiding over the case. This ends up being a sort of preliminary plus for Novatel who could very well have lost quite a bit of money in legal fees if the case had been found void at this point. Read The Full Story

Verizon 4G LTE Jetpack hotspot launching April 12

Rue Liu, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon announced today that it will be launching a new 4G LTE mobile hotspot on April 12. The device is called the Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4620L and will be available through Verizon's website and stores as well as through Best Buy for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year service agreement. Read The Full Story

New iPad can last 25 hours as LTE hotspot

Rue Liu, Mar 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

When testing out the new iPad's battery life, AnandTech discovered that the device could actually achieve 25.3 hours on a single charge when used as a personal hotspot with the power-hungry Retina display turned off. This is about 5 times longer than the LTE MiFi hotspots from Novatel and Samsung. The Verizon LTE iPad model, however, is the only one at the moment that has this feature enabled. Read The Full Story

FreedomPop WiMAX iPhone case to offer 1GB of free data

Ben Kersey, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

NetZero doesn’t seem to be the only provider hoping to make use of Clearwire’s WiMAX service with its freemium model. The founder of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom, is hoping to offer a similar service with FreedomPop, although instead of offering a MiFi or USB stick, FreedomPop will aim to offer an iPhone case with a built in WiMAX radio. Read The Full Story

“Homeless Hotspots” sees controversy at SXSW 2012

Ben Kersey, Mar 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

In a bizarre marketing stunt, New York marketing firm BBH and Texas based homeless advocacy group Front Steps have created the Homeless Hotspots campaign. The initiative sees homeless people carrying 4G LTE MiFis and changing people for access to wireless internet on the go. There’s no set rate, although the website suggests a fee of $2 for 15 minutes of internet access. Read The Full Story

Redbox gobbles up Blockbuster Express kiosks for $100 million

Shane McGlaun, Feb 7th 2012 Discuss [8]

It looks like the end is near for Blockbuster, the company is shutting down even more of its retail locations that aren't making money and now there will be even less Blockbuster exposure around the country. Redbox has agreed to purchase the Blockbuster Express kiosks that NCR operates around the country. NCR picked up those kiosks after Blockbuster filed bankruptcy. The purchase will land Redbox 10,000 more kiosk locations. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Visual Studio brings Gamification to app development

Chris Burns, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [2]

So you're the sort of person who works best if you know there's a reward at the end of the battle - or better yet, you do best when you know you're competing against someone else for the biggest amount of stars, goals, or flags - you're in luck if you're a developer working to create Microsoft-based applications! What's going on here is that Microsoft is bringing forth a plug-in for their app-development software Visual Studio. This plug-in, aptly titled Visual Studio Achievements, has you the developer unlock badges and compete with your fellow coders on a leader board. Read The Full Story