New York City officials have announced a plan to turn nearly 7,000 old payphones in the city into WiFi hotspots. The goal is to provide city-wide WiFi to the public for free. The LinkNYC program will be paid for by advertising on the side of the booths. The goal is to have the first of […]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 available today in New York, up for pre-order elsewhere
The Best Buy store in New York City’s Union Square will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 today at noon. The store is also throwing in a free leather pouch for the first 200 customers. For anyone in the US who isn’t able to make it to Manhattan today, you can place a pre-order […]
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Thanks for coming to our NYC reader meetup!
I’m on the way home from our reader meetup with the folks from Netshelter, Samsung, Android Central, and Phandroid, and I just wanted to thank everyone who came out. I got a chance to meet some great people, play with some great gadgets, and help give away a few goodies. I seriously lost count of […]
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Clearwire to launch 4G WiMAX network in New York, San Francisco, LA
Clearwire has been testing its new 4G network in three of the countries largest and most tech-savvy cities for a few months, and now the company has announced the official launch dates for WiMAX service in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. New York will get WiMAX coverage first, on November 1st, with LA […]
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CLEAR pre-launches 4G WiMAX in New York, San Francisco, more cities
While we wait for Verizon to roll out its LTE service, CLEAR is currently the only 4G service provider in the US (CLEAR also offers the backbone of WiMAX services provided by Sprint, Best Buy, and possibly some others). The only problem is that CLEAR is only available in a limited number of cities… for […]