Even though carriers have accepted the challenge of watering down and ruining the “4G” moniker, that hasn’t stopped some speed-hungry Swedes from banding together (literally) some spectrum to show off LTE Advanced (read: real 4G). While “normal” LTE top out around 100 Mbps, LTE Advanced can hit has high as 1 Gbps. In Ericsson’s test over yonder in Sweden, the top speed shown hovered above 900 Mbps and while driving around Stockholm in a van no less.
Obtaining such performance comes in part because literally no one is using this network. Though even then, the use of bigger chunks of spectrum are said to be more apt at handling large traffic influxes while also keeping data throughput higher. With that said, Ericsson used 3 x 20MHz spectrum chunks aggregated into one gigantor 60MHz aggregated slab of spectrum, Ericsson multi-mode, multi-standard radio base station, the RBS 6000, and 8×8 MIMO technologies. As you’ll see in the video after the break, the end result is drool inducing if not a bit anticlimactic. Though we’re sure we’ll be singing a different one once commercial networks start going live in 2013.
Grab your goggles and hop on past the break…
Gee…wonder what that could be? How about the myTouch 4G Slide that we saw officially leaked several hours ago? Sorry T-Mo. The surprise has been lost. Still, we’ll gladly accept a new keyboard-packin’ Android device.
Previously the upcoming myTouch 4G Slide was only detailed in specs and leaked in poorly taken blurry cam photos. But that changes today with new, official press shots hitting the web.
For those who may have forgotten, the myTouch 4G Slide (aka: Double Shot) features a 3.7-inch WVGA display with 768MB of RAM as well as: HSPA+ cellular broadband, 8-megapixel camera w/ dual flashes, front-facing camera for video and dedicated Genius button. Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is the name of the game.
More info as soon as it becomes available.
As respectable as the iPhone 4′s battery life is, there’s always situations in which you wished you had just a little bit more battery life. For the seriously hard core mobile junkies there are larger 2,000+ mAh cases that are as expensive as they are thick. But what if you want something a bit more manageable? Two cases that come to mind right off the bat include the Mophie Juice Pack Air and PowerSkin 2000. We reviewed the PowerSkin several days back. While it is a very good battery case, it is on the further edge of what we’d call thin.
The Incipio OffGrid actually surprised us as well as disappointed us. Find out where and why after the break…
The Core i7 970 is no longer the king of the locked crop. That title now belongs to Intel’s own Core i7 980 — non-extreme edition. The new, locked processor features all the same great speed loving features of it’s more expensive unlocked sibling save for the obvious unlocked multiplier and reduced QPI clock of 4.8 GT/s. Of course, at $583 it’s a helluva lot more doable than the Core i7 980X’s $1,000+ price tag. Add to that a minor speed bump from the outgoing 970′s 3.2 GHz clock speed to a more healthy 3.33 GHz and you’ve got yourself quite a deal.
If you haven’t purchased a new setup in the last couple of years you might as well wait. There’s a ton of Intel gear set to drop later this year including the Sandy Bridge E X79 platform as well as the enthusiast grade LGA2011 socket and its accompanying hardware. With that said, we certainly won’t judge you if lust gets the better of you…
Previous rumors concerning the first Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) smartphone were scant and void of any real information when they were first released a couple of weeks ago. But new reports via BGR are finally beginning to piece the puzzle together.
For starters, it looks more and more like Samsung is going to be the handset’s official manufacturer as the latest information leak cites a “Super AMOLED HD display” — which is Samsung made — that packs an impressive 720p resolution. The processor will be the TI made OMAP4460 (dual-core 1.5 GHz) chip also previously reported by BGR. Currently the internal testing name is “Prime”, though BGR’s sources say the name could stick, with the device launching as the “Google Nexus Prime”.
But even more enticing than fancy hardware names is the claim that all Android 4.0 flagship phones will be sold sans carrier bloatware or customization and from multiple hardware manufacturers outside of the “official” Android 4.0 launch phone.
The Nexus One took the most “universal” approach by hitting multiple carriers, though from a single manufacturer. Having the Nexus Prime drop on multiple carriers and from multiple manufacturers would be a huge plus for consumers who would instantly have a nice range of bleeding edge Android software and hardware at their disposal.
If you ask us, this is the approach Google (and Android) should have been taking all along. Bring it on we say…
RIMs upcoming BlackBerry 9930 and 9850 (Torch 2) handsets have already been leaked, spied, and groped. And yet here we are waiting for any official unveiling and/or revealing of launch dates. But alas, all we’ve got is this screenshot showing the aforementioned devices coming through Sprint’s Cellbrite POS system. At least we know launch day is a little bit closer, no?
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