Well, it looks like Samsung is ready to begin its North American Jelly Bean rollout for the Galaxy S III. Though it’s not the US, Samsung Canada has just released a statement via Twitter that the Jelly Bean update will begin its rollout December 3rd. That hits their previous predicted timeframe of “before the holidays,” something we can all appreciate…. Read more
Samsung is rolling the Jelly Bean update out to two more countries, Germany and France. All unbranded Galaxy S III’s there are getting the update, while most carrier devices are currently out of luck. All except Bouygues, a French carrier. They are updating their S III’s to Jelly Bean as well, continuing Samsung’s massive rollout ahead of every other… Read more
Sprint is very late to the LTE game, and they’re trying to roll out their network as fast as possible. They’ve already announced 21 new markets that they will be bringing LTE to, including my San Francisco. Quite a good rollout, though they really need it. Here are all the new cities: San Francisco, CA, San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Cape Coral-Ft… Read more
Verizon has had its LTE network up and running for a little under two years now, and in that short timespan they have had what is quite possibly the most extensive rollout in US carrier history. The company promised that they would hit 400 LTE markets by the end of 2012, and come October 18th they will be hitting their goal. That’s right, a whole two… Read more
Sprint is rolling LTE out to a few market. It isn’t much compared to AT&T or Verizon, but it’s still progress that Sprint really needs. LTE is now live in Lawrence, KS, Topeka, KS, Wichita, KS, Waukegan-Lake County, IL, and Barnstable-Hyannis/Mid-Cape, MA. But that isn’t the only thing Sprint has up its sleeve. Their Network Vision rollout is starting… Read more
MoDaCo’s Paul O’Brien has confirmed HTC will begin to rollout Jelly Bean to their unlocked smartphones and tablets in October. Additionally, the company intends to have the software update rolled out to all handsets, including carrier branded phones, before Christmas. All this information comes before we’ve seen any leaked builds for the HTC One X… Read more
Verizon is making LTE available in 34 new markets tomorrow, expanding its massive coverage to a staggering 75% of the US. This is a total of 371 markets with LTE now. Not only are they bringing LTE to 34 new markets, but they are expending it in 38 existing markets too. Verizon is truly the king of 4G coverage, bar none. Compare this to AT&T’s 51… Read more
Since the Verizon DROID RAZR has gotten its Ice Cream Sandwich a while ago, GSM RAZR users are waiting patiently for their fix. Thankfully, Motorola used their European Facebook page to announce that there will be a very limited ICS rollout to “select users,” similar to a soak test. There will be a broader rollout a few weeks later. The 4.0.4 update… Read more
Sprint is facing some LTE rollout delays lately. Part of the reason is that they are waiting for a fiber-optic backhaul to be connected. But that’s apparently not the only reason. Birds have been nesting in towers, and those towers can’t be turned on until they migrate in the winter. So please, don’t blame Sprint. Blame the birds…. Read more
Verizon LTE is hitting the beaches! Verizon is rolling out LTE to a bunch of coast towns, right before many peoples vacations. If you’re the type to work on the beach, then I really can’t say this is good for you. You should relax. However, for those who like to stream music and movies by the water, this is great! I know I’d be one to suntan and listen… Read more
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