Tag Archive for 'carriers'
Vodafone has announced that it has secured a deal with Dell to sell 3G-equipped versions of the Inspiron Mini 9. The netbook launched today with a WWAN option physically possible but mysteriously absent in the customization screens; Vodafone, who have supported Dell with WWAN previously, have an exclusive deal to sell the HSDPA netbook in [...]
Sprint’s Xohm website, a work-in-progress detailing much of the carrier’s plans for its high-speed WiMAX network, has been unearthed. While much of the site uses dummy filler-text, it does confirm 2-4Mbps download and 1-3Mbps upload speeds, as well as that access will be both by the day and by the month, with no binding contracts [...]
We’d forgive you if you’d given up on Sprint’s AIRAVE. We’ve seen the femtocell - which promises to boost your CDMA signal by re-routing calls via your broadband - rolled out at so many tradeshows and events, even our tech-hungry eyes had begun to glaze over. Finally, though, the AIRAVE is here, and Sprint sent [...]
Controversy about the iPhone 3G’s unpredictable reception continues, with a discrete denial from Infineon, the latest party to be fingered for blame making. A recent analyst’s report suggested that Infineon - who supply the 3G chipsets for the iPhone - had released hardware with “an immature chipset and radio protocol stack”. However Infineon spokesman Guenther [...]
While the iPhone 3G scores highly on usability and general lust-factor, there have been numerous cases where users have reported less than stellar signal and general reception problems. We spoke to an AT&T spokesperson this morning, who told us the following:
“Customer experience on iPhone 3G or any device can vary based on a number of [...]
According to the latest rumor, T-Mobile will begin presales for the Android-powered HTC Dream on Wednesday, September 17th, with open sales kicking off the week after. TmoNews are claiming that the handset, called the G1, will sell for $150 to existing customers (though not employees) during the presale period, and then for a surprisingly high [...]
If you’ve been following our sister-site iPhoneBuzz over the past few days, you may have been keeping track of Nullriver’s NetShare app for the iPhone. Intended to offer iPhone users a way to tether their handsets, via WiFi, to their laptops (for use as an external modem), the program initially went on sale through the Apple [...]
If touchscreen keyboards aren’t your thing, and you’re looking for some hard QWERTY action, T-Mobile would like to remind you that the Sidekick has been offering messaging cleverness since back before the iPhone was a fanboi rumor. And to celebrate the launch of the Tony Hawk Sidekick LX LE, they’re giving one of the handsets [...]
If you’re searching for a phone with some serious rumor history, look no further; the Treo 800w has been knocking around the internet for months now, promising Palm’s fabled usability together with CDMA 3G connectivity. Now conjecture no more, the touchscreen smartphone has been confirmed as part of Sprint’s new line-up, and we’ve had the [...]
Welcome to our second episode of SlashGear TV week in review. Ashley and Bree are no longer with Aradius, being replaced with Ann Pickrell. We got the LG Dare, iPAQ 910 Business Messenger, Sony Ericsson MBS-100 Bluetooth Speaker, Guitar Hero On Tour, and i2i Stream in to review this week.
