Residents of Albany, Augusta, Columbus and Macon, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Champaign, Illinois; Lansing, Michigan; and Rochester, Minnesota can now relish in all of the 21Mbps HSPA+ glory. The 8 new markets tally up to a stout 200 million+ customers. T-Mobile isn’t going into coasting mode, however. This summer, the carrier plans to upgrade its 21Mbps HSPA+ to 42Mbps, though the number of covered individuals under that network will “only” be ~140...
Owners of AT&T-locked Dell Streak tablets will have to wait “a couple more weeks” before getting their hands on the official Android 2.2 update, according to a leaked email sent to Streak Smart. The unnamed employee who quoted the delay cited AT&T’s thorough testing and QA practices as the reason for the missed deadline. What exactly is causing so much trouble in testing wasn’t revealed, however. If you’ve waited this long, surely a...
Today at AT&T’s CES press conference, CEO Ralph de la Vega announced the carrier’s 4G plans through 2011 as well as new devices coming out that will make use of the new found speed. We haven’t much time to stuff in colorful and artistic language, so we’ll get right to it — AT&T is launching their LTE network in mid-2011. The 20 devices designed to tap into AT&T’s upcoming 4G network will launch sporadically throughout the...
The Sprint-bound 4082 3G/4G MiFi device is something we’ve already seen detailed a time or two, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less pretty. Just look at that thing. With the FCC certification now official, we could theoretically see a showcasing at next week’s CES. Hopes and dreams aside, did we mention this thing is gorgeous? The display on the front of the device will show a few handy pieces of information including signal strength and battery...
AT&T just can’t catch a break. While it has been relatively quiet the last few weeks in regards to AT&T failures, even when the good times are getting better, the competition has to keep their finger on the button. Competing GSM carrier, T-Mobile, released a new commercial today highlighting a weakness of AT&T’s pokey network + abundance of iPhone’s as well as their own HSPA+ network. In the commercial, FaceTime is shown on the iPhone 4...
