NVIDIA is now taking pre-orders for the NVIDIA Shield Tablet with 32GB of storage and 4G LTE. The tablet will start shipping September 30th, but you can reserve one now for $399. That’s $100 more than the price of a WiFi-only model with 16GB of storage. NVIDIA has been selling the WiFi-only Shield Tablet for nearly […]
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Motorola Moto G with LTE now available for $219
Motorola’s new low-cost, contract-free smartphone with 4G LTE support is now available for purchase for $219. The Moto G with LTE was unveiled about a month ago, and now you can pick one up from Motorola or Amazon. Like the original Moto G, the new model has a 4.5 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel display, […]
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ZTE Grand S Pro hits US Cellular for $100 (with contract)
ZTE and US Cellular are introducing a new smartphone that they’re calling one of the most affordable phones to launch in the United States with support for 4G LTE. The ZTE Grand S Pro launches today for $99.99 with a 2-year contract. The phone features a a 5 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel IPS display and […]
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Huawei Kirin 920 is an octa-core chip with speedy 4G LTE
Huawei is joining the octa-core party with its new Kirin 920 processor. The chip has four ARM Cortex-A15 processor cores, four lower-power ARM Cortex-A7 cores and ARM’s big.LITTLE technology to make them work together. The Huawei Kirin 920 also features built-in support for LTE Cat 6 wireless networks with theoretical speeds as high as 300 Mbps. […]
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BLU launches its first LTE phone: the Studio 5.0 LTE
Budget smartphone maker BLU has been offering low-cost, mid-range and entry-level Android phones in the United States for a few years. But while the company’s unlocked phones have been decent options for folks looking to save a few bucks by bringing their own device to a pre-paid carrier, up until now BLU hasn’t offered a […]
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Microsoft tablet with LTE hits the FCC
Microsoft is preparing to launch its first tablet with built-in support for 3G and 4G mobile broadband. According to an FCC listing, Microsoft has filed for approval for a “portable computing device” with WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM, WCDMA, and LTE support. While the FCC doesn’t refer to the device by name, it sure sounds like a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Acer Iconia A1 tablet to come in WiFi, 3G, and LTE models
Acer plans to launch a new 7.9 inch, low-cost Android tablet in the US this June. The Acer Iconia A1 is about the size of an iPad mini, but the WiFi-only version of this tablet is expected to sell for just over half the price of Apple’s tablet. But it looks like the WiFi version […]
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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 […]