Broadcom is probably best known in the mobile space for making wireless chips, but the company also produces processors. For instance, the Raspberry Pi runs on a low power Broadcom chip. Now it looks like Broadcom plans to step things up a bit. The company is licensing ARMv7 and ARMv8 technology for upcoming chips featuring ARM Cortex-A9, […]
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Coming to T-Mobile: LTE, iPhone, nothing but “value plans”
T-Mobile is unveiling its strategy for 2013, and the company’s got some big changes in store. First, the company will spend billions of dollars to roll out a new 4G LTE network for faster mobile broadband speeds. Next, the company says the planned merger with Metro PCS is expected to gain regulatory approval in the […]
Google Nexus 4 has hidden 4G LTE support… on some networks
The Google Nexus 4 is one of the most powerful phones on the market. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and runs Google Android 4.2. It doesn’t get great battery life and the phone gets surprisingly warm after a little use, but it’s arguably one of the best Android devices […]
Asus VivoTab RT tablets with 3G, 4G LTE coming soon
The Asus VivoTab RT is a 10.1 inch tablet with a 1366 x 768 pixel display, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and Windows RT operating system. Asus is selling a WiFi-only version of the tablet plus a keyboard docking station for $599. But soon you’ll also be able to pick up 3G or 4G […]
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity getting LTE support… in Germany
European wireless carrier Vodafone has announced that a new LTE-capable version of the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity should be available soon. That makes Germany the first country to get an LTE version of the tablet, but I suspect it won’t be the last. The Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL features a 10 inch, 1920 x […]
Samsung slides LTE, NFC-equipped tablets through the FCC
Two new Samsung tablets showed up at the FCC website this week. One appears to be a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet with support for 4G LTE mobile broadband. Â The other looks like it could be a previously unannounced 10 inch tablet with support for NFC (Near Field Communication). The Galaxy Note is pretty easy […]
BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE unveiled, arrives August 9th
North of the border there’s reason for RIM fans to celebrate, as the company has finally unveiled the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE. It goes on sale August 9, almost 16 months after the original Wi-Fi only version landed on retail shelves. There’s more to the update than the addition of HSPA and LTE connectivity, of […]
4G Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL hits the FCC
The Asus Transformer Pad TF300T is a 10 inch Android 4.0 tablet with a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor. If you add an L to the end of the model number you get a model with a 4G LTE radio — and that’s exactly what showed up at the FCC website this week. It’s not […]
Sprint unveils Tri-Fi mobile hotspot for 3G, WiMAX, LTE connectivity
Sprint will begin selling its first two 4G LTE devices on May 18th, 2012. The first is the HTC Evo 4G LTE, Sprint’s version of the HTC One X smartphone. The second is a new mobile hotspot that you can use to connect phones, tablets, laptops, or other devices to Sprint’s wireless network. There’s just […]
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE coming to AT&T
The Samsung Galaxy Note is an Android device with a 5.3 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel Super AMOLED display and a stylus. It blurs the lines between a typical tablet and smartphone thanks to its unusual size and screen resolution, but you can call it a phone if you like, since it can make phone […]