According to recent reports, it looks the the HTC Knight it getting a new name. HTC has applied to Trademark the name “EVO Shift 4G”. This recent bit of news comes from Engadget, who said this would be the new official name once it launched. While not too much is known about the device, it will be [...]
It’s almost upon us, Verizon’s answer to Sprint’s EVO 4G. This one being called the HTC Mecha, Incredible HD to some of you. A careful study of this blurry photo shows us a 4.4 inch screen, Android 2.2, and a tiny 4G icon in the status bar. Who’s getting pumped? Testers have said the Mecha [...]
Motorola did it with the DEFY, and now T-Mobile does it with the myTouch 4G. These videos show off some of the features of the myTouch 4G. They show the HD camcorder in action, how the Genius button works, and even 2 videos on video chatting. Those of you interested in the myTouch will find [...]
Everyone likes free stuff right? The people at Letstalk.com think so too, so they have started running a contest where the winner will receive a brand new myTouch 4G. To enter the contest you can go to the official website HERE. From there you can then click on the “Enter Your Video button”. You then just need to log in or sign up for [...]
Let’s say you’re a large American cellular carrier, and you know what 4G means, because there’s an international standard that defines it. Let’s say your current network doesn’t comply with that standard so you call it something else more accurate. Now let’s say your competitors’ networks are slower than yours but they use the term 4G [...]
It’s official, the new T-mobile my touch is finally announced. The precise name of this phone is still mysterious though. They wouldn’t say a words about that but they do said about the features The “new myTouch” is HSPA+ HD video calling is indeed on board working with both Qik and Yahoo Messenger for video [...]
Things are starting to fall into place when you look at what Verizon has been up to this year, dropping 4G around Football cities while also trying to work out a plan for the NFL when it comes to streaming live games, content to download and fantasy drafts to check up on. Previously joined to [...]
According to a Sprint community admin there is going to be an OTA fix being released from today and over a 4 day period, all the Epic 4g’s should be patched and 3g upload issue fixed. There is no clue as to weather the patch will address anything else as yet but I am sure [...]
There has been report that the Epic 4G’s latest update seems to have been caused a lot of issues with battery life. It also looks like we have information to the reason why. After various attempts to fix the issues, both by Sprint and other epic users, they stumbled across a very interesting and pretty relevant [...]
Even though HTC had put a hardware cap on the EVO, Sprint’s EVO 4G seems to have just received a firmware update removing the 30fps cap it had placed on the device finally bringing this beast of a device up to the 60fps it deserves. Whatever the reason for this delightful update is, it doesn’t seem to [...]
Epic 4G owner’s everywhere are upset with their poor 3G speeds. Apparently upload speeds have been topping out at a less than spectacular 150kbps. While angry sprint customers everywhere flood Sprint’s community forums, Sprint had this to say: “We have heard reports of users experiencing less-than-expected 3G upload speeds with their Samsung Epic 4G. After [...]
Here we see a memo that was distributed to select Verizon Wireless employees advising them to prepare for some changes to the carrier’s 3G multimedia handsets. This document states that beginning in Q4, Verizon will begin to phase out the “3G Multimedia device” category and no longer require a $9.99 mandatory monthly data plan (for [...]
At the moment, the race for the first dual-core phones is on and as of last week, LG was winning. TmoNews received a promotional document from T-mobile confirming rumors and making the myTouch HD the first dual-core phone to come out. The document mentions top features such as support for video chat, confirming a front-facing [...]
Apparently, the board of directors of Sprint are willing to let T-mobile invest in Clearwire to expand their network further, according to Wall Street Journal. Since Sprint owns 54% of Clearwire, it’s up to them to fund Clearwire’s 4G network. However, I don’t think Sprint can afford a few more billions investment considering they are [...]
Another Chinese first TD-SCDMA is China’s alternative to W-SDMA and Sony Ericsson have been working hard to produce handsets that will run on it. Enter the A8i (pictured) their first TD-SCDMA phone. China is a massive market and expanding at a phenominal rate. Even if only 1% of the population were to buy a smartphone [...]
The longly waited for Sprint Epic 4G is the latest Android handheld to get rooted before it’s even available for sale in stores. The new root method developed bySebastian Krahmer used to root theDroid 2, theEvo 4G, and theMotorola Backflip looks like the solution of universal root many of users have been searching and waiting [...]
Samsung has definitely pushed this device pretty hard and now they have created a decent commercial to promote the epic. Seem like a tactic that paid off for Verizon, but will this pay of for the Epic? I’ll let you be the judge of that. What do you think of this commercial? Is it Epic [...]
There have been numerous reports that Samsung’s Epic 4G has appeared in Sprint stores starting as early as Monday of this week, but not for the general public it is said that these devices are for the Sprint advocates. The Sprint Advocate are those select employees that will be thoroughly using the device to get [...]
“Good things are coming your way.” So, Spring decided to start a program called Spring Premier. It is an exclusive club that has many benefits. One of the recent benefits are, members get to pre-order the Epic 4G earlier than any other regular Spring customer. Wahoo! Check your inboxes folks, there may be a surprise [...]
When the Samsung Epic 4G was announced it had plenty of the same features as the other Samsung Galaxy S devices, but in this video by Sprint hints on some of the features that set it apart from other Galaxy S devices on other carriers as well as the EVO 4G. This video encourages you [...]
As part of the Galaxy S product liine, the Epic 4G is Sprint’s second 4G smartphone. The Samsung Epic 4G has a 4″ WVGA Super AMOLED display, sliding QWERTY keypad, 5 megapixel camera with 720p video capture, front-facing camera for video calling, GPS, Wi-Fi b/g/n, mobile hotspot support for five devices, six-axis motion sensor, 1GHz [...]
There are always those android users that want it all and want it now. Some early adopter EVO users that must have the latest and greatest software on their handsets. What they did is they updated to an EVO Android 2.2 Froyo build ( 3.26.651.3) by downloading and manually installing the firmware onto their devices, [...]
Man oh man, the Epic 4G is really starting to tease the Sprint customers. If you remember sometime last week there was a rumor that the Epic 4G was going to launch on August 11th, one day before Verizon’s Droid 2 for competition, but now it dosent seem like that is going to happen. The [...]
Many of us are anxious to get our hands on the new Epic 4G (Galaxy S) phone from Sprint. Sprint has been putting out teasers lately and when we got our hands on the Sprint playbook, we noticed something. See for yourself below. August 11 it specifically says, “Epic Launch Day.” Now I have been [...]
4G up 4Grabs The switch to digital television here in the UK is due to leave the 800Mhz radio bandwidth bereft of signal and thus opened up for other use. Obviously the growth of the mobile handset has meant a greater demand for bandwidth and these freed up frequencies are highly sought after. Having gone [...]
The HTC Evo is one sexy phone, and I’m sure anyone who is up to date on their Android news knows that. So many people want this device, but some don’t have sprint, some don’t live in the USA, or some people just cant afford it. Well, welcome the HTC Evo Knockoff! Are you wondering [...]
Sprint’s next 4G smartphone, the Samsung Epic, doesn’t have a launch date as of yet, but that doesn’t stop the first 4G network from expanding. Sprint has now opened up 4G speeds in five new cities; Modesto, Calif., , Stockton, Calif.Jacksonville, Fla., Wilmington, Del., and Grand Rapids, Michigan. This brings the total Metro areas with [...]
Let’s cross our fingers on this one, and I mean really really cross them, because it looks like Sprint is gearing up to announce the Android 2.2 update for the HTC EVO 4G tomorrow morning. A few devices will probably be involved in an early test round kicking off along with the announcement, with the [...]
For the past three years, Sprint has lost more customers than it has gained. We like to call this a slump. In an announcement today, Sprint said they have gained approximately 111,000 net subscribers in Quarter 2 of 2010. Net = the left over amount after the number of leaving subscribers has been subtracted with [...]
Friends over at sdx-developers.com managed to get their hands on the official specification sheet of the Epic 4G today. Here is what you can expect from the Epic, and its launch is most likely mid august. Enjoy! Samsung 1 GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Processor, 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch-screen display with multitouch, 5 megapixel camera [...]
Are you a Galaxy S fan? Cant wait for Sprints second 4G handset, the Samsung Epic? Well, I have some interesting news for you. @SamdungMobileUS tweeted this July 23rd …Interesting. Lets move on to SPS TV. If you are a stranger to SPS TV, Let me explain it to you. SPS TV stands for Samsung [...]
Some users of the Droid X have been complaining about flickering displays and now it seems that Verizon and Motorola are admitting to a defect. According to Engadget, Motorola has resolved the issue and is continuing to ship phones. The company is also encouraging affected users to contact Motorola support or Verizon Wireless. As my [...]
This is a phone conversation that took place on July 1st, 2010, between myself and a Sprint Executive Analyst. This conversation took place due to my complaint at the Better Business Bureau. I was asked to speak with them, so that we can talk about my complaint. The person I am speaking with is who [...]
It’s still baking our noodles to think about a Verizon device using a SIM on American soil — but sure enough, those cards allegedly set up in Big Red’s systems are floating around in the wild. What you’re looking at here is a SIM that will slot into Verizon’s LTE-enabled 4G devices when they launch [...]
Verizon announced plans to roll out it’s 4G LTE network back in March. Since then, very little new details have been released, until now. Internal documents have been made available revealing details of various 4G data plans with download speeds upward of 5 – 12Mbps. Verizon seems to be on track with first releasing the [...]
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