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Study expects 32 million LTE subscribers in three years after launch {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 20th 2008 3:37PM And hopefully LTE doesn't suck battery like HSPA does. Over double the battery usage compared to EDGE!
Verizon Alltel merger would form largest carrier in the US (by far) {Engadget}
Jun 5th 2008 12:48PM Hello, the World Fanboiz called, they wanted their iPhone. GSM is a world standard, CDMA is not.
Krakow says Gphone is delayed to 2009. Wait, what? {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 2nd 2008 1:40PM Yakownski,
Feel free to cash in your cluepon at the nearest high speed motorway.
http://wally.unlimitedphoto.com/stuff/cluepon.jpg
AT&T closing in on completion of HSUPA upgrade {Engadget Mobile}
May 23rd 2008 2:48PM The way I understand it is that you get better talk time, not sure about standby time, but data transfers eat battery a lot heavier than EDGE does (by a factor of about 100-115% by my estimates with my Kaiser).
I leave mine on EDGE 90% of the time because I like to have online email and IM, and with 3G enabled my battery life is less than 16 hours. It's 36 hours on EDGE. However, on EDGE the data connections get dropped during a voice call, so that and the obvious speed difference makes it difficult to decide to force the phone to EDGE or just to charge more often.
AT&T closing in on completion of HSUPA upgrade {Engadget Mobile}
May 22nd 2008 1:56PM AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that, in the next month, the company will deploy High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T's entire 3G (third-generation) wireless broadband network. When done, AT&T will have completed its deployment of HSUPA technology, which complements existing HSDPA technology (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), making AT&T the only U.S. carrier to have fully deployed HSPA technology in its 3G network.
Today the superfast AT&T 3G network is available in more than 275 markets. By year-end, the AT&T 3G network will be available in nearly 350 markets.
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So, by the above quote from RTFA, it says that if you have HSDPA now, you should have HSPA when the six remaining markets are closed. And looks like they're adding another 75 markets in the near future too. I need to tether my phone and see what speeds I get, even though I generally force my phone to EDGE because the battery usage on HSDPA is more than double that of when on EDGE. Ah well.
Palm gets real on the Zeppelin, adds mystery device named Skywriter {Engadget}
May 8th 2008 9:46AM It's not a PDA, it's a Treo/Centro/Whatever.
Brando keeps up the silly with Bluetooth PDA stylus "headset" {Engadget}
May 8th 2008 9:41AM Wowsers! It's the top secret Gadget phone. (Talks into hand) Is that you, Chief? You're where? Right away.
Go, go Gadget Bluetooth Pen!
Palm gets real on the Zeppelin, adds mystery device named Skywriter {Engadget}
May 7th 2008 12:33PM Personally, I am seriously missing my thumboard from my Treo 680, I can't type anywhere as accurately or fast on my new AT&T Tilt. Plus I loathe sliding the keyboard out, waiting for the screen to rotate, tapping the stupid screen to get back to the input box I was about to type into... Oh well.
F1 Ferrari phone is red, lacks speed and grace {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 11th 2008 1:44PM O M G
Redesign giveaway: HTC's new Shift UMPC {Engadget}
Apr 11th 2008 11:55AM I'd use it to show everyone how slow Vista is, then when I bored of that after a few minutes, figure out how to put Linux on it.
