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Apple iPad 3 leak tips global LTE and quadcore A6

Chris Davies, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple's iPad 3 will use the quadcore Apple A6 chipset and offer a combination GSM/CDMA/LTE radio, according to a new leak from a source claiming to have access to the next-gen tablet itself. Details of the third-generation iOS slate were culled via debutting tool iBoot, BGR's source suggests, with the same J1 and J2 model references as spotted in an iOS beta, now believed to refer to the WiFi-only and WiFi + 3G/4G variants. Read The Full Story

AT&T Galaxy Note LTE hits stores Feb 19 for $300

Chris Davies, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note will hit stores from February 19 priced at $299.99 with a new, two year agreement, the carrier has announced, though online pre-order customers can get the LTE smartphone up to two days early. Officially launched at CES earlier this month, the AT&T Galaxy Note keeps the 5.3-inch 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED HD display and digital stylus of its GSM counterpart, but throws in 4G networking.

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Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

The cheaper, Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola's latest and greatest Xyboard tablet has begun shipping. Pre-orders for the units are now being fulfilled, and the product pages on Verizon's website now show them as being available to purchase. The new products, which were originally scheduled for a January 18 launch, are geared at consumers who want a high-end tablet but don't care about being able to take it online any time they want. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile’s AT&T prize in Spectrum shown clearly on map

Chris Burns, Jan 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week it's being shown clear as day the amount of spectrum AT&T will have to hand over to T-Mobile after their planned merger falls through entirely. What you're going to see is a collection of areas and their associated MHz that AT&T currently has sway over but will be transferring to T-Mobile to amp up their own 4G network. This information comes from an FCC transfer application signed by AT&T and reveals the specific licenses T-Mobile will gain, here mapped out by spectrum policy reader Andrew Shepherd and so kindly shared with the entire world. Read The Full Story

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 to be $100 on March 18 tips insider

Chris Davies, Jan 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia and AT&T will offer the Lumia 900 for just $99.99 with a new, two-year agreement when the Windows Phone lands in mid-March, according to the latest roadmap leak, an ambitious price to get the device into as many consumers' pockets as possible. The AT&T Lumia 900 will undercut most new Android devices - and indeed the iPhone 4S - by half, according to BGR's insider, with a release date of March 18. Read The Full Story

Verizon Q4 2011: $18.3bn wireless revenue, 44% using smartphones

Chris Davies, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [1]

Verizon has reported its Q4 2011 financial results, with wireless revenue up 13-percent year on year to $18.3bn, while 44-percent of postpaid consumers are now using smartphones. 1m net subscribers were added in the three month period, driving higher data use in the process; revenues from data alone were $6.3bn, up over $1bn from the year before. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 900 hits UK in June says retailer, sans LTE

Chris Davies, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [3]

UK retailer Carphone Warehouse has yanked a pre-registration page for the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900, indicating the 4.3-inch Windows Phone will go on sale in non-LTE form come June 2012. Beyond the lack of LTE, the Lumia 900 details - previously found here but now only a memory in Google's cache - were identical to the AT&T model announced earlier this month, with an 8-megapixel camera along with a front-facing camera for video calls. Read The Full Story

Verizon Voice-over LTE in two city trials, full 2013 US launch tipped

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon is trialling Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) in two cities, with plans for a national roll-out of the 4G voice call support in early 2013, according to industry insiders. Northland Capital Markets analyst Catharine Trebnick spilled the roadmap in a note to investors, Lightreading reports, with the suggestion that a second, anonymous source had confirmed the timescale. Previously, Verizon had said it planned to launch VoLTE in the US sometime this year, having demonstrated the technology back in February 2011. Read The Full Story

Verizon adds five LTE areas on Jan 19, boosts coverage in three

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [1]

Verizon has announced the latest expansion of its LTE network, turning on 4G service in five new areas and expanding existing service in a further three locations. Set to go live on January 19, the boost to coverage will mean 195 locations are served by Verizon LTE, with those in Glens Falls and Utica, New York; Lawton, Oklahoma; and Brownsville and McAllen, Texas all getting a taste of the high-speed good stuff. Read The Full Story

LG Optimus Pad LTE revealed

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

LG has officially launched the Optimus Pad LTE, a 4G-capable 8.9-inch Android tablet running Honeycomb on a dual-core processor. Fronted by a 1280 x 768 IPS HD display, the Optimus Pad LTE packs Qualcomm's 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon paired with up to 32GB of storage and a 6,800 mAh battery, all in a slate just 9.34mm thick. Read The Full Story

RIM planning 10- and 7-inch PlayBooks for 2012 tips roadmap leak

Chris Davies, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [6]

RIM has two more BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in the pipeline for 2012, according to a roadmap leak, including a 10-inch LTE-enabled model targeting late holiday sales. Despite the poor reception of the first-gen PlayBook - recently slashed to just $299 apiece - product information leaked to N4BB indicates a new 7-inch "3G+" PlayBook is expected in April, with a 10-inch LTE-equipped PlayBook due in December. There's also word on when we might expect to see the first BlackBerry 10 smartphones; more after the cut. Read The Full Story

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Will the AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 be Priced to Succeed?

Chris Davies, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [48]

CES 2012 has drawn to a close, and if you’d said twelve months ago that Nokia would leave the show having introduced one of the stand-out products, the industry would’ve laughed you out of Vegas. Sure enough, though, the AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 is on everyone’s lips, delivering the slick style of the first Lumia 800 with the sort of big screen and capable camera dominating the smartphone market today. Rumors suggest it’ll drop in March, but is Nokia ready to price the LTE Lumia to succeed?