AT&T gave a press release today that stated they had upgraded their 3G network to provide higher speeds. One look at the new speeds they give though, reveals that in reality no network upgrades have taken place. Unless there was a cap on the data speeds they allow, then this is the same speed that everyone should have always gotten. ... continued »

Software radios have been sort of the holy grail in mobile hardware for quite some time. A phone needs many chips to operate. It needs a modem to communicate with the network, it needs a processor to control that. That is at the absolute minimum. Most phones now day include Bluetooth, which requires another chip. Many others include GPS, WiFi, ... continued »

Many people in the U.S. are currently enjoying AT&T's HSPA network. After the upgrade this year to enable HSUPA alongside the HSDPA network, true mobile broadband is now available in the U.S. Unfortunately, the network is of the 1.8mbps and 3.2mbps variety in most places, making it a very slow network compared to the similar HSPA networks in Europe. Networks ... continued »

I have got to tell you, this really woke me up before having my coffee. What is potentially a touch screen BlackBerry, the BlackBerry Thunder, has been outed in a rumor. The device, which is of the model number 9500, will be all touch, with no physical keyboard. In fact, the device will only have four hard keys, send, end, ... continued »

No offence to Ericsson, but having read about NTT DoCoMo's Super 3G trials and their incredible 250Mbps downloads yesterday, their 42Mbps downlink achieved with HSPA Evolution seems a bit mediocre.  Of course, after a quick reality check it's obviously a significant improvement on the current 7.2Mbps top speed of current HSDPA networks, and the fact that Ericsson are claiming the upgrade ... continued »