The ZTE V66 is a 7 inch tablet which is expected to be available from Verizon Wireless soon. But like most wireless devices, it has to be approved by the FCC before it can go on sale in the US… and today the tablet showed up at the FCC website. You won’t find a lot of technical details in the…
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Apple’s latest iPad is the first to offer mobile hotspot features, which means that if you have a supported model and a supported data plan, you can turn your iPad into a portable 4G modem for your laptop. All you have to do is turn on the mobile hotspot feature and then you can connect your laptop, iPod, or other…
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As expected, Verizon Wireless is now offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 in the US. And as expected, it’s not exactly cheap. If you sign up for a new 2-year contract you can take home the Tab 7.7 for $499.99. If you forego the contract, the tablet will run you $699.99, but at least you won’t have to pay $30…
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Verizion is rolling out software updates for the Motorola Droid XYBOARD 8.2 and XYBOARD 10.1 tablets. The update offers a number of improvements — including support for global roaming. That means you can connect to the internet over 4G anywhere in the world where there’s a supported network — although Verizon will likely charge you a pretty hefty roaming fee….
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Verizon Wireless is now taking orders for the Droid Xyboard 8.2 and 10 inch tablets, also known as the Motorola XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition. The tablets will be available at Verizon stores on December 12th, or you can place orders at the Verizon website. Prices range from $429.99 to $729.99 with a two-year service plan. Xyboard 8.2…
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Verizon has announced that it will offer Motorola’s two latest tablets. While Motorola calls them the XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition, Verizon is calling the tablets DROID XYBOARD tablets. The DROID XYBOARD tablets will be available with 10.1 inch or 8.2 inch displays. Both models will feature 1.2 Ghz dual core processors, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB or…
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Motorola hasn’t announced the official US pricing for the new XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition tablets yet, but the folks at Droid Life have posted details on Verizon’s prices for the upcoming tablets. These are the on-contract prices, which means you’ll probably have to sign up for a 2 year data plan with Verizon in order to get these…
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Sure, it looks like a second-generation Motorola XOOM tablet is on the way, but if all you’re looking for is a XOOM with a 4G LTE wireless radio, it looks like the wait is over. Last month Motorola finally started offering 4G upgrades to customers that purchased 3G XOOM tablets. Now you can go ahead and buy a brand new…
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It’s been about seven months since Motorola and Verizon launched the XOOM tablet with 3G capabilities — and promised customers that a free 4G LTE upgrade would be available soon. Half a year later, it’s finally ready. Starting Thursday, September 29th customers that picked up 3G XOOM tablets will be able to send in their tablets for free upgrades. The…
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It’s taken about 6 months, but Motorola is finally starting to offer XOOM tablet owners the free 4G upgrade the company promised when it launched the tablet in February. Initially the XOOM shipped with a 3G radio for use on Verizon’s mobile broadband network, but Motorola said it would offer free upgrades within a few months. That stretched into half…
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It’s been almost a month since Motorola started pushing out an Android 3.2 software update for the WiFi-only version of the XOOM tablet. Now it looks like Verizon is getting ready to follow suit with the 3G version of Motorola’s flagship tablet. The company has posted an update on its support page for the XOOM describing what you’ll get when…
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Verizon will begin offering its first netbook with 4G LTE mobile broadband capabilities this Thursday, August 4th. The mini-laptop is a Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr. Basically it’s a slight variation on last year’s HP Mini 110 and it looks a lot like pretty much every other netbook released in the last 18 months. The only difference is the 4G radio and…
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