The promised BlackBerry renaissance may be on hold. RIM has admitted that the first BlackBerry 10 handset is still a year away, pushing the release of the first dual-core to late 2012.
Is this one setback too many for RIM which, it must be said, has not had a great 2011, or will BlackBerry 10 be worth the wait? Read more
The first 4G LTE networks are live in America, and phone obsessives over on our side of the pond have been ogling them with envy while we amble along with patchy 3G. We’re next, surely? Nope: according to Ericsson, countries in southern Africa could see the first commercial 4G networks as soon as next year.
Those happy-go-lucky jokers LulzSec seem to have called it a day on the hacking front, at least until the heat has died down a bit. Before they crawled back under whatever it was they crawled out from, however, the LulzSec crew may have left us all a little gift.
Among the last payload of hacked documents and vandalism LulzSec released before shutting down was a cache of stolen AT&T internal documents. These appear to have spec details of both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 3.
It’s been six months since the Droid Bionic graced the CES showroom floor in Las Vegas. In that time we managed to get a hands-on of the device and pair it against its rival, the Motorola Atrix. In the months that passed the Atrix saw its launch and rather luke-warm reception while the Droid Bionic quietly sat out the first half of 2011.
Internally Motorola scraped its original design and decided that it needed to reinvent the phone, presumably to live up to its superhuman name. Meanwhile the qHD 4.3-inch display, Tegra 2 processor, 8-megapixel camera (vga front-facing), and 4G LTE connectivity remain unscathed.
Long term evolution. The term akin to the biggest marketing play of 2011, “4G”. As a fourth generation wireless technology, LTE promises unparalleled speeds in both uplink and downlink, thereby transforming our smartphones into truly portable broadband connections. Theoretical speeds aside, we’re on a quest to find out if LTE delivers the goods.
In the US, Verizon Wireless has created the only nationwide 4G LTE network. T-Mobile USA and AT&T are planning a similar roll out, but for the time being rely on HSPA+ as their 4G technology. Meanwhile Sprint’s 4G WiMax network was the first on the scene.
You’ve probably heard a lot about 4G of late, with blisteringly fast download speeds set to change the way we use our mobiles. Some handsets already on sale are being classified as 4G, but are they worth checking out? Exactly how much faster is it than 3G? And when will we be seeing it rolled out completely in the UK?
We’ve spoken to industry experts for the full lowdown on everything you need to know about 4G, and it’s a mighty exciting prospect, not just for those heavily into their phones, but for those in rural areas in need of some decent broadband. So no matter if you’re a technophile or technophobe, read on to find out just what it means for you after the break.
4G networks are already up and running in the US, chucking data around without wires like there was no tomorrow, or tomorrow is today at any rate. But if you want to be the first Joe Public to try it in the UK, you’ll be able to this year – so long as you live in rural Cornwall.
In the states we are in the early stages of a nationwide 4G LTE deployment by two major carriers: At&t and Verizon Wireless. A similar roll out is being planned for Europe, but you’re probably asking yourself what’s so great about LTE? To answer that question let’s take a look at the results of over 1000 independent speed tests conducted in New York City.
