The rumours are flying thick and fast regarding Telstra’s next step in 4G after USB modems and the HTC Velocity 4G. The latest suggestion is that we’ll see an LTE-enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 sometime in March. More »
That is, as the bard said, the question. Or he would have done if he was a mobile broadband consumer living right now. But why are we so concerned with whether or not a certain implementation of 4G is actually “4G”? It’s not just a matter of being pedantic — it’s a matter of not confusing people. More »
BGR is claiming that one of its sources has access to an iPad 3 prototype which, at this stage of development, it may be true. According to them, these debug screenshots confirm some of the speculation about the next Apple tablet: More »
4G is fast, or so the traditional orthodoxy goes. But how fast is it, and is the jump over 3G on the same network actually noticeable? There was only one way for me to find that out. More »
Australia has waited patiently for its first LTE smartphone, and it has finally arrived in the form of the HTC Velocity 4G. It is by all accounts an excellent high-end smartphone, but there are some limitations around Telstra’s 4G service that take some of the sparkle away and restricts our buy recommendation to the few, not the many. More »
If the Droid RAZR Maxx is anything to go by, idiotically terrible battery life on LTE phones might be a thing of the past. Laptop Mag ran battery tests on several LTE models and the Maxx crushed everything by a crazy margin. More »
Wait wait wait, we’re talking about 5G mobile data now?! Ugh, but we just got 4G squared away. In any case, the ball is already rolling on the next generation of mobile phone technology, so we might as well figure out what in the hell IMT-Advanced is. More »
We knew that Telstra’s first 4G phone would be the HTC Velocity 4G, but we didn’t know exactly when we could buy it or how much it would cost. Now we do! More »
We liked Motorola’s updated RAZR. It’s crazy-thin, water-tight, and has a unique form factor. However, battery life was certainly sub-awesome. The RAZR MAXX is a little thicker, but it should keep you untethered from outlets ’till bedtime. More »
Back in September, Telstra told us that its first 4G handset would arrive early in 2012. Well, it’s early 2012, so where’s our 4G phone? According to Telstra’s Gerd Schenkel, it’s coming ‘soon’. More »
