I’ll give you a minute to come down off of your certain gadget fueled high before I break some not so happy news…. …. … .. . Ok, now that, that is out of your system Ill get on with it. The GSM HTC Hero w/ AT&T specific 3G bands is coming to our continent. The bad part? It’s going to our friends up north on Telus. Damn! Those lucky Canadians. Eh, it’s not all bad. The biggest part of the battle — getting the right...

Here in the states, AT&T is hard at work upping network capacity by offloading their 3G network onto the 850MHz frequency band. The lower frequency means increased range and better penetration through obstructions. EU residents currently get 3G served up via the 2100MHz band — quite a bit higher. Because of that, reception can often be hampered by what seems even the smallest obstructions. Redemption is in store however as the EU is moving on up…or more...

Baltimore inhabitants: Get ready to see another bar, drop 5 calls instead of 50, and enjoy overall better coverage. AT&T has just finished upgrading your fine city 850MHz 3G coverage meaning network performance should become more reliable and better performing. We shall see. So far, forum posts on various AT&T based forums have shown mixed results if any. Would a vocal Baltimorians care to chip on their experience so...