The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is a pretty impressive device, especially for the price. But it’s about to get better. Amazon has launched the device in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan today. And with the extra mass production, Amazon says that it has become cheaper to manufacture these tablets. And instead of being greedy, Amazon decided to… Read more
Sony’s new Xperia Tablet Z follows in its little brothers footsteps, the Xperia Z. They look pretty much the same, aside from size. But where can you get a Tablet Z? Come March 9th, you’ll be able to pre-order an LTE version for Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. Both the black and the white models are set to launch on March 22nd. There is no official price, but it’s… Read more
Smartphones are pretty expensive these days, and Verizon is looking to make the subsidies on its network cheaper. How is it going to do that? By cutting CDMA out completely. Their future phones may come with only LTE radios, nothing else, and use VoLTE (voice over LTE) for calling. VoLTE is coming sometime late this year or early next year, and LTE only… Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is a tablet often overlooked because of somewhat poor reviews at launch for unfinished software. However, the Jelly Bean update had fixed up the issues and added a lot of cool features to make the S Pen more useful instead of a gimmick. Plus, it packs some pretty decent hardware that keeps it fairly modern. And come March… Read more
In the race for a nationwide 4G LTE network, there are two big players and two underdogs. Verizon has the biggest network, by far, with AT&T slowly but surely catching up. T-Mobile has just started making theirs, so this leaves Sprint in third place. They’re growing the network step by step, and today marks another big step in the right direction…. Read more
LG may be one of a number of Android carriers trying to claw its way out of Samsung’s shadow and with sales of 10 million LTE devices worldwide, they are slowly working their way out of a very large shadow. It’s been almost two years since LG revealed its first LTE device, but as of today its been revealed they’ve crossed the magical 10 million… Read more
It looks like T-Mobile is planning to completely revamp their company. If information is to be believed (and not change), T-Mobile is going to completely change how their company works, causing it to go “uncarrier.” So what big changes are going to happen? Well first of all, contracts will be a thing of the past. No longer will you be stuck in a… Read more
Sprint has been fighting a tough battle with their LTE. They might have been the first carrier to offer any sort of 4G connectivity with WiMAX, but LTE is currently the standard. They’re far behind compared to AT&T and Verizon, but they’re valiantly trying to catch up. Their newest effort blankets some of the most important cities of America with LTE:… Read more
After Android 4.2.2 rolled out for every other current Nexus device that’s non-carrier based, it’s finally the Nexus 4′s turn. The build number is for the new ROM is JDQ39, which is the same was what we’re seeing on the other Nexus devices. It’s obviously slowly rolling out OTA to your Nexus 4s, so if you want your hands on 4.2.2 now, you can… Read more
After releasing the garnet red Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Samsung is moving onto the next product. This is the Galaxy Note 10.1 in the same deep garnet red color matched with a dark gray trim. It is the LTE model and will be available on three different carriers in South Korea for Valentines Day. However, it’ll be released in other countries later. It’s… Read more
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