The Google Nexus 9 tablet is now available with 4G LTE. Last month Google and HTC began offering WiFi-only models for $499 and up. Now you can pick up a Nexus 9 with 32GB of storage and 4G wireless from T-Mobile for $600 (spread out over 24 monthly payments of $25 each). The Nexus 9 […]
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FreedomPop adds tablets to its free data, voice, text network
FreedomPop offers free limited wireless data, voice, and text to smartphone users. Now the company’s branching out into tablets. You can pick up an iPad mini or Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 from FreedomPop and use the tablet to make phone calls, surf the web, or send text messages for free using FreedomPop’s voice over […]
Xiaomi phones with 4G LTE coming soon
Xiaomi’s been cranking out high quality, low-cost phones for a few years. But most models released to date have lacked support for high-speed 4G LTE networks. It looks like that’s about to change. A handful of LTE-enabled smartphones from Xiaomi recently found their way through the Chinese equivalent of the FCC. It looks like new […]
Add a tablet to a T-Mobile voice plan, get 1GB of data for free
T-Mobile has been making a series of announcements aimed at changing the way customers pay for voice, text, and data plans. This week the company already launched a new Simple Starter plan that lets you get unlimited talk and text plus 500MB of 4G data for just $40 per month (not counting the cost of […]
HP Chromebook 11 with LTE now available for $379
The HP Chromebook 11 is a small notebook with a Samsung Exynos 5250 processor, a bright display, and a $279 price tag. But now you can also pick up a model with built-in 4G LTE functionality for $379 or less. Best Buy has the new models available in stores. Like the WiFi-only model, the new […]
Straight Talk is now offering 4G LTE for $45 per month (to AT&T compatible phones)
Straight Talk is a US wireless carrier that offers discounted service on AT&T and T-Mobile’s networks. For $45 per month you can get unlimited talk, text, and “unlimited” data, which is to say that your speeds will be throttled if you exceed an unspecified cap. But for relatively light mobile data users, Straight Talk is […]
Google Nexus 7 (2013) with 4G LTE now available for $349
Google is now selling a version of the 2013 Nexus 7 with 4G LTE for $349. You can pick one up from the Google Play Store, and it should be available from T-Mobile soon as well. Like the WiFi-only versions which have been available since late July, the new tablet has a 7 inch, 1920 […]
FreedomPop gets faster, offers free 4G LTE service
FreedomPop has an unusual model for providing mobile internet access to US customers. You can buy a FreedomPop device and use it to connect to the internet for free — assuming you only need 500MB of bandwidth per month. Paid plans offer 1GB or more of data for a fee, and options to cut off […]
4G LTE gets even faster… in the UK and South Korea
Wireless carriers in the US who offer 4G LTE service tend to have speeds that top out at around 60 Mbps or so for downloads, and 20 Mbps for uploads… although real-world performance is usually 3-5 times lower. But in other parts of the globe, LTE is about to get a whole lot faster. South […]
Android 4.2.2 update for the Nexus 4 kills its unofficial 4G LTE
The Google Nexus 4 smartphone was never really supposed to have support for 4G LTE mobile networks. But shortly after the phone started shipping last year, users noticed that it had the hardware to support LTE, and that you could even use a software trick to connect to some LTE networks (including Rogers and Telus […]