Tag: HSDPA

Part of being a good user and consumer is understanding how technology works, why we use it the way we do, and what that barrage of acronyms and PR jargon means. We're here to help you make sense of it all, and to give you a better appreciation of how those transistors, pixels, and antennae work together to deliver the conveniences of the modern world to your living room or office. What is ...

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 ...

We're not going to re-hash the details of Nokia's N79 and N85 yet again. After all, we just went through it less than 24-hours ago. We will tell you that both the N79 (tri-band GSM, 900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA) and N85 (quad-band GSM/EDGE with either 900/1900/2100 or 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA) will hit Europe in October for €350 and €450, respectively, pre-tax and pre-carrier subsidies. The N85 ...