By now you certainly know that AT&T has decided to sue Verizon Wireless after Big Red aired all those commercials from its “There’s a Map for That” campaign. AT&T is definitely pissed off as Verizon is making a mockery of AT&T’s 3G network. AT&T alleges that Verizon is falsely advertising the capabilities of their 3G networks and consumers get the impression that AT&T lacks any services in those areas on the maps where 3G connectivity is not available.

So what does AT&T do to defend itself? It brings its EDGE network in:

With both 3G and EDGE coverage, customers can access the Internet, send e-mail, surf the Web, stream music, download videos, send photos, text, talk and more. The only difference - with some data applications, 3G is faster than EDGE.

Sure AT&T’s EDGE network is definitely comparable with Verizon’s low-end EV-DO Rev. A network but that’s not really what AT&T should tell its customers right now. What they want to hear is that AT&T’s 3G network is going to get even better. Which means no more dropped calls, better coverage, and all the web surfing at 3G speeds they want. And while we’re at it, Verizon should also upgrade its 3G network to LTE as fast as possible.

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Tags: 3G, Ad, At&T, At&T, Commercial, edge, EV-DO Rev A, Mobile News, Verizon, Verizon

Just in case you had a computer that featured a ExpressCard slot and another one that featured a PC Card slot and you use them both extensively, Verzion has a data card offering for you.

Pictured above is their PC770 data card, manufactured by Novatel, that touts the ability to be used with both an ExpressCard slot and a PC Card slot. It also features both Mac and PC compatibility and runs on Verzion’s EV-DO Rev. A network.

You’ll be able to pick the card up this Sunday, July 19th for $99.99 after rebates and a contract.

via EngadgetMobile

Tags: data card, EV-DO Rev A, ExpressCard, Mobile News, Novatel, PC Card, pc770, Portable Devices, slot, Verizon

What carrier is going to be the first one to launch a 3G femtocell in the USA? Any bets? AT&T will say that its MicroCell solution will be available to customers before the end of the year. Sprint on the other hand is saying that its model will be the first 3G femtocell in the USA.

Mathew Oommen, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development apparently promised that Sprint will in fact be the first carrier to have a 3G femtocell device:

Just like Sprint was the first with 2G, we’ll definitely be the first in the 3G space as well. We’re not talking about trials; we’re talking about full commercial service.

Said device will offer extended EV-DO Rev. A coverage for all those Sprint 3G gadgets in your home. No specific details have been revealed so far and we have no prices details just yet. We’ll be back with all the specs once Sprint makes them available.

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Tags: 3G, At&T, At&T, CDMA, Coverage, EV-DO Rev A, femtocell, Mobile News, Sprint, Sprint

Verizon has announced a new data USB stick, the USB1000 which promises to bring you global data to your laptop. What does that mean exactly? Well the USB1000 relies on EV-DO Rev. A for getting you online while you’re in the USA and triband HSPA for delivering the same speedy Internet connection for when you’re outside of the country. The new toy costs $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a contract. What’s more important is the contract itself here. Verizon will offer you 5GB of traffic of traffic in the USA and Canada and 100/200MB of roaming data. What’s the price? $129.99 to $219.99 per month depending on what you choose!

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Tags: EV-DO Rev A, Global data, HSDPA, Mobile News, Portable Devices, stick, USB1000, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

That’s right you lucky Canadians, you heard me right, Telus is indeed going to launch to hot HTC phones soon. The HTC Snap and the Touch Pro2 received the World Edition moniker which must mean that both phones will be able to offer you EV-DO Rev. A and dual-band GSM capabilities. There’s nothing official about the two new HTC phones yet but the word on the street is that both handsets are present in Telus’ inventory. Which one would you choose? The BlackBerry-like HTC Snap or the Windows Mobile 6.5 ready HTC Touch Pro2?

Tags: BlackBerry, Canada, EV-DO Rev A, GSM, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Other Brands, SNAP, Telus, Touch Pro2, World Edition

A new broadband card is available from Sprint, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 402. The card is a hybrid which means it will work with both PC Card slots and ExpressCard slots. How is that possible? Well the design places a broadband ExpressCard within a PC Card shell. How about that? Depending on what laptop you’re using you will be either going for the PC Card formed by the two pieces or for the ExpressCard.

The AirCard 402 will offer EV-DO Rev. A support and therefore you should expect upload speeds of 350-500 kbps going to 1.8Mbps and download speeds of 600kbps - 1.4Mbps with maximums at 3.1Mbps.

The Sierra Wireless AirCard 402 will be available for just $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, so hurry up and get yours!

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Tags: EV-DO Rev A, ExpressCard, Mobile News, PC Card, Portable Devices, Sierra Wireless Aircard 402, Sprint, Sprint

Verizon has just announced the Motorola Adventure V750. Not the most complicated smartphone, the V750 is still a very awaited handset. It has support for EVDO Rev. A and the Push to Talk service.
Verizon seems to grow their mid-range phone line with support for EVDO Rev. A as they have launched the LG Dare earlier.
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Who said Motorola is slowly dying? Who said they can’t come up with decent updated handsets anymore? Well I’ve heard a bunch of people saying that when in fact Motorola is trying hard to get back on the horse. And their latest smartphone has been conveniently leaked. The Motorola Napolean Q9 will be one of Verizon’s future handsets.
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A while back ago T-Mobile turned on their 3G network in New York. And you must remember that it was quite a fuss about it. We weren’t sure if T-Mobile was launching their 3G network for voice calls only, with 3G data to be added later or if they were going to offer full 3G support for voice and data. Only when the New York 3G network finally went live we received confirmation that T-Mobile had a regular, fully working network, offering better voice calls and higher data transfer speeds.

Now we hear that T-Mobile is going to launch a Metropolitan Chicago 3G network. That’s great, they should be expending and improving. After all, AT&T has been working to deploy full HSPA 3G support before the iPhone hit the stores; Alltel is upgrading its EVDO network and launching it in other US markets. But how did they manage to keep it a secret for so long. No memo leaks, no secret sources to unveil this secret?

We’ll see tomorrow if all this is real or not.

Tags: 3G, EV-DO Rev A, HSPA, Mobile News, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

I thought that Alltel are simply going to wait to get acquired by Verizon Wireless. But they sure aren’t. We’ve just learned a couple of days ago that they are going to expand their EVDO Rev A. network coverage and today we hear their going to offer WiFi service to all those interested.
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Alltel isn’t happy with their current Rev. A network and they have just announced they will be upgrade it in the following months. 18 new markets will be added to their current count in the next 6 months. We’ve seen how AT&T went all full HSPA in all their markets so Alltel’s efforts to expand their high speed network come right in time.
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Sprint announced that Samsung Instinct will now be available to its customers. Featuring GPS navigation, TV and web browser, the Samsung Instinct features one-touch access to favorites. With a full touch-screen interface and large display, the screen features localized tactile feedback - called haptics - allowing you to sense the QWERTY keys as you type (something missing from the iPhone).

A Voice to Action button provides many functions using voice activation, including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search. The first EV-DO Rev A device, Samsung Instinct is also compatible with the Sprint Music Store from where you can download songs for 99 cents each. Sprint TV for live and on-demand entertainment is also available.

The phone measures 2.17 x 4.57 x 0.49 inches and weighs less than 4.5 ounces. While pricing info is not yet available, a special plan with unlimited data is being touted for $69.99/month.

Sprint Now is Good

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