The whole “4G” thing can be pretty confusing these days, especially now that everyone is calling HSPA+ 4G when it’s really more like 3.5G or 3.7G. It turns out, HSPA+ or “Evolved HSPA” has a couple flavors and different devices support different speeds. Category 10 implementations of HSPA+ supports 14.4Mbps download speeds under optimum theoretical conditions. That’s the type of “4G” the Motorola Atrix and Inspire 4G support on AT&T. Then there’s Category 14 HSPA+ …
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AT&T Samsung Infuse 4G Hardware Tour (Video)
The Samsung Infuse 4G is running on a Samsung Hummingbird CPU running at 1.2GHz on top of Samsung’s Touch Wiz flavor of Android 2.2. The capacitive display uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED technology and is a very large 4.5″ size with the usual WVGA resolution (that’s 800×480). In terms of wireless radios, the Infuse 4G includes: WiFi (with N), UMTS with HSPA+ (Category 14) on AT&T’s network, Bluetooth 3.0, and GPS (assisted). For imaging, the rear …
Continue readingAT&T Samsung Infuse 4G Unboxing (Video)
Here’s our video unboxing of the new AT&T Samsung Infuse 4G. The box is designed to mainly match AT&T’s branding and since the device is so big, it takes up the full height underneath the top flap. Inside the box are the usual suspects; Micro USB cable, charger, headphones, etc., but you also get a big Micro USB to HDMI adapter so that you can plug the Infuse 4G into an HD TV. The adapter …
Continue readingSamsung Infuse 4G First Hands On (Video)
As soon as the veil came off of the table full of Samsung Infuse 4G devices at tonight’s AT&T Cinqo de Mayo event at Rosa Mexicano’s in New York City, we got to playing with the device. Below is our initial hands-on video where we take a look at AT&T’s newest and fastest Android device. The big deal here is the humungous 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Plus screen from Samsung. Plus, it’s AT&T’s first “4G” …
Continue readingCould The Smartphone Market Be More Like Game Consoles?
Most people are thinking that the smartphone market is going to end up just like PCs. Microsoft won that war with 90% of the market, and Apple’s Mac hangs on with 5-10% depending on who you ask. This time back in 2007 Apple did kind of the same thing and released the first iPhone which was heavily marketed and finally brought smartphones to the mainstream public. Microsoft was already in the smartphone market at the …
Continue readingBank of America App Now on Windows Phone
Mobile banking has grown a lot in popularity since the early days of the PDA. Today we’ve got the new Bank of America app for Windows Phone 7 which lets you check balances, transfer money, pay bills, and search for ATMs or bank locations. You’ve probably seen plenty of other apps like this on other mobile platforms, but it’s good to see them coming to Windows Phone as well. Unfortunately you can’t do the whole …
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