Archive for the ‘3G’ Category
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
UK carrier O2 finds itself embroiled in data protection controversy today, with allegations that the operator is revealing mobile users cellphone number to each website they visit on their phone. According to Lewis Peckover, buried in among the header data from each O2 visitor is a line revealing their own mobile number; he set ...
Posted in 3G, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Networks, O2 |
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Retailers in Japan have begun unofficially slashing prices on Sony’s PS Vita next-gen portable gaming device after disappointing sales continued through the holiday. The PS Vita debuted in Japan last month to initial sales of 321,000 units in the first two days. However, that number quickly sunk to a paltry 72,479 units by the ...
Posted in 3G, Gaming, Sony |
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Integrated data connections in tablets along with mobile hotspot connected slates are falling from favor, new research suggests, with WiFi-only use proliferating among owners of iPads and other models. While 60-percent of tablet owners used WiFi only and 5-percent reported some intent of subscribing to a mobile broadband plan within the next ...
Posted in 3G, Computing, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Networks |
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Getting giddy of the thought of an LTE-powered Galaxy Nexus? Well, Google, has just unveiled a full 360-degree view of the Verizon-bound smartphone, and it's packing a bigger caboose. Around 0.6mm thicker than the HSPA+ version available now in the UK, the 4G-stuffed version loses, at least visually, some of its curved ...
Posted in 3G, 4G, Android, Samsung, Smartphones |
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
When HP first launched its 10-inch TouchPad webOS tablet, it was planning a follow-up with a smaller 7-inch model called the TouchPad Go. Unfortunately, with HP’s abrupt decision to scrap the entire webOS ecosystem back in August, it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing the TouchPad Go hitting the market. But we do get ...
Posted in 3G, Computing, HP, Tablet PC's |
Monday, November 14th, 2011
O2 has launched its first 4G LTE network in the UK, kicking off a trial of the high-speed service in London that will offer testers up to 100Mbps. The scheme will run for nine months, with 25 sites going live in November and that being ramped up until a total combined area of 40km ...
Posted in 3G, 4G, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Networks, O2 |
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Ninety-seven per cent of the traffic carried on the Three network is data, according to a company blog posted this afternoon. Do people even make phone calls anymore?
The British Telco angled themselves as a 3G data network when they started in 2003 and that's now one of their big selling points: usually ...
Posted in 3 / Three, 3G, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Internet, Mobile Networks |
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Everything Everywhere getting there
Orange and T-Mobile have extended their joint reach by making it possible for their respective customer bases to use 3G signals from both networks.
When the companies joined forces under the Everything Everywhere banner in 2010, they underwent a "big switch-on" and opened up the 2G channels - voice, basically ...
Posted in 3G, Mobile Networks, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile |
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Three have announced that new and existing smartphone contract customers will be able to take out an all-you-can-eat data package for just £3 a month extra which should help its customers avoid what it calls "data fear" - worrying about being charged extra for data usage.
At the end of 2010, Three ...
Posted in 3 / Three, 3G, Mobile Networks, Other News |
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Music-centric Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman is heading to Three UK. The carrier will release it soon, though we don’t have any other detail except “September.” In any case, the Android smartphone will most likely move from Three’s Coming Soon page to the regular catalog at some point next week. And if ...
Posted in 3 / Three, 3G, Android, Music, Smartphones, Sony Ericsson |
