Tag: 3G

Seeing as, here at Switched, we make our livings online, we're at the Internet's beck and call to an even larger degree than your average Web junkie. That being the case, whenever we travel some place or another, our first question is, "Do you have wireless?" All too often, the answer is in the negative. So imagine our delight when we read MacWorld's 'Six Ways to Get Online From Anywhere.' We ...

In case you haven't noticed, the two major cell phone service providers have spent the past few weeks trying to prove their mettle in a 3G network-wagging contest. It started with Verizon's "There's a Map For That" commercial, which debuted in October and was a direct dig at the iPhone (which just so happens to be carried exclusively by AT&T). The latter company filed a lawsuit against ...

Well, yesterday Dyson broke out of its vacuum cleaner shell by releasing its first fan, and today Nokia is doing the same thing by releasing its first laptop. Coming out in November for $299 (with a two-year AT&T contract and $60 per month data plan), the Nokia Booklet 3G is actually a Windows 7-enabled netbook that incorporates some of the cell phone giant's mobile know-how into its feature ...

AT&T has finally announced its plans for the launch of HSPA 7.2, an upgrade to the company's current HSDPA 3.6 data network. HSDPA (or High Speed Downlink Packet Access) is a subset of the HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) family of wireless technology. The newest upgrade to the AT&T network should effectively double download speeds to 7.2 megabits-per-second from the current offering of ...

After a brief period of unofficial officialness yesterday morning, Tesla has rolled out the Model S to a sea of eager photographers. The company's also revealed specs for the EV: this seven-seater can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.6 seconds, boasts a top speed of 120 MPH, features a dashboard display and a 17-inch main touchscreen monitor. It's fully 3G capable, sports HD and satellite radio, uses ...

While waiting for a Caribbean cruise liner to set sail from the Port of Miami last November, a Chicago native with an AT&T wireless card and Slingbox decided to catch the Bears vs. Lions football game on his laptop. The end result? A $28,067.31 bill from for international data charges, despite the ship never leaving the harbor. Apparently the card was picking up a signal it shouldn't have, ...

The United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV advertisement for the iPhone 3G, citing that the commercial makes out the iPhone to be faster than it is, the Guardian reports. Undoubtedly, the video above does feature the fastest iPhone any of us have ever seen. Apparently, at least a few British iPhone owners saw things the same way, filing 17 different complaints ...

If comScore's data is to believed then the US has done the unthinkable and passed Western Europe (aka, old Europe right Donnie?) in terms of 3G adoption. 28.4% of American mobile cellphone subscribers north of that southern land mass with a similar sounding name now sport 3G devices compared to a measly 28.3% average for Europe's largest countries. That's an 80% surge in the US last year even ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/FCC_Chairman_Dreams_of_Free_Mobile_Internet_for_Americans';Just over a year ago, we were all making bitter beer faces at FCC chairman Kevin Martin for not going along with a delightful sounding "free Internet" plan. Now, it seems the main man's tune has changed. During a recent interview, Martin stated that there was a "social obligation in making sure ...

After buying new iPhones and paying extra for the plan upgrade, it's no wonder people are pretty ticked that their shiny new toy consistently drops calls and occasionally won't access the faster 3G network. Business Week reports that Apple will finally release a software fix that should remedy the problem sometime in September. Apparently, the issue stems from the coding on an Infineon chip ...

Yes folks, the dearly anticipated iPhone 3G is here, released this morning at Apple and AT&T stores around the country (and around the world yesterday). It's faster, it's cheaper, it does more cool things, and while the fanfare leading up to this launch hasn't quite resulted in the same level of obsession that we had this time last year for the iPhone 1.0 launch, it's safe to say that Apple ...

Only 10 more days till the updated Jesus phone hits the shelves and some details about pricing are finally starting to make the rounds of the Internet. Of course, with that surprising price drop for the iPhone (which we all knew was too good to be true) comes some hefty price hikes on data and voice plans, as well as some draconian activation limitations. Folks who already own an iPhone, new ...

On Monday Apple will host its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, where rumors are circulating that Apple will announce anything from the new 3G iPhone to a Steve-Jobs-manned mission to Mars. But what can you actually expect to come out of those few days in San Francisco? Here are the four announcements we think Mr. Jobs is most likely to make during his keynote Monday ...

Well here's an interesting one. French iPhone blog iPhon.fr got these pics from an anonymous and unverified source, and while there's no way of telling if the shots are legit, they certainly have a truthy ring to them. They follow what we know so far about the shape, size and color of the upcoming 3G iPhone, and while there's always the possibility of knockoff, a Photoshop job, or some other ...

We've been awaiting the announcement of the 3G iPhone since, well, the announcement of the first-gen iPhone ages ago. Many were disappointed at that first announcement that Apple's first phone wouldn't take advantage of the fastest wireless network features of the day and felt sure that the company would rectify it later with an updated phone. Now, analysts believe, we're not far from the ...