Archive : Networks

Some Sprint HTC One users (including myself) have noticed that the capacitive back and home buttons have issues. Every once in a while, they won’t register a tap no matter how hard you try. This has been frustrating at times. Sprint released a minor OTA update today to fix that. It increases...

We reported some time ago that AT&T might be working on a system that would allow them to harness mobile speeds of up to 300mbps using 5G LTE. Well, Samsung has announced that they’ve developed  “first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands”...

AT&T decided to flip the LTE switch for huge batch of cities this morning, bringing their pretty awesome download and upload speeds to their customers. AT&T is wasting no time on getting their LTE out to the public, and hopefully if you have not had it yet, your city made the grade. Beeville,...

Mother’s Day is this Sunday my friends, and if you are still indecisive on what to get your mom, why not get her a phone? Verizon is here to help. Verizon will host “Red Hot Deal Days” this weekend, and they have a few popular phones that will go on sale. Sure, she might want a...

45% of U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless is owned by British Vodafone. Reuters has previously reported that Verizon hired a firm to help with a buyback of the 45% stake that Vodafone owns for $100 billion. News of this has made way throughout the Vodofone universe and some investors have responded. Six Vodafone shareholders,...

Verizon finally has the new flagship, Samsung Galaxy S4, device up for pre-order. They have it listed at $199.99 with a new two-year contract. Nothing particularly special there. We don’t see any additional accessories tossed in with the pre-order like a few of the other guys are doing though....

Due to “unexpected inventory challenges from Samsung”, Sprint will be a little slow in launching the Samsung Galaxy S4.  They are accepting phone and online orders starting this Saturday April 27th, and launching in retails stores when they have a stock of the devices. This is the second...

T-Mobile “5G” LTE could be released in the future. Seeing as how they were slow to join the party with 4G LTE connectivity, it is only natural that they would turn on the afterburners for innovation, just as they did with introducing no contract phone plans. In an Interview with their head...

The HTC One hit retailers today, and Nuance Communications announced it will provide voice capabilities for the HTC Car app. Nuance is hoping to minimize distraction behind the wheel, giving users a full range of hands-free commands. HTC Car uses voice recognition software for accessing local business...

We have been seeing various pre-order pages popping up from AT&T and U.S. Cellular for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. They have it set to ship on April 30th. Sprint announced the device will be available on their network on April 27th, and T-Mobile is rumored for April 24th. That leaves Verizon...

While many are waiting on the late arrival of the HTC One, plenty of other people are waiting on the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S 4. Including me. For those of you who are more interested in the Galaxy S 4, two carriers have put the device up for pre-order already.   AT&T has the device...

Seems Verizon is starting to see the light and is making a few slight alterations to how customers can upgrade their devices. While I am not seeing anything super fabulous like T-Mobile just did, it’s a start, Especially coming from the largest, and arguably the most expensive, carrier in the...

O2 UK has announced a new mobile tariff today, called Refresh.  Available from April 16 in stores, customers will be able to upgrade their phones part way through a 24 month contract, without paying off the whole tariff, just paying off the phone. It works by separating the cost of the device you...

I guess Sprint is trying to sneak some 4G LTE out to their customers, without making any kind of noise about it. A leaked image shows that Sprint plans on flipping the LTE switch in 21 markets tomorrow, April 12th. Must be nice to hear this news if you are on the Sprint network. Here is a list of...

Well this is certainly a fun bit of information. Yesterday we announced that Google would be bringing Google Fiber to Austin Texas residents. The planned time frame is Mid-2014. That leaves you plenty of time to research, watch, drool and wish you had the remote from Adam Sandlers “Click’...