Sprint adheres to its roadmap, turns on WiMAX in San Francisco Bay Area
Technically speaking, it’s not actually the 28th of December in the Bay Area yet, but Sprint’s already out in front with its announcement that WiMAX connectivity has been activated in and around the city of San Francisco. We were promised this development exactly three weeks ago, back when Los Angeles and Washington DC were first familiarizing themselves with the glorious new speed, and today the Bay Area, which also includes San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland, adds to a total of 71 metropolitan markets that have been lit up with Sprint’s finest wireless offering. Guess Verizon had better start fast and keep running if it wants to keep up, eh?
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HTC confirms new research and development office in RTP, North Carolina
It's been swirling for months now, but at long last HTC has finally come forward with the official word: it'll be cracking open a new operation in the heart of North Carolina's technology hub to usher in 2011.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: development, engadget, entry, francisco, mobile, ncsoft, north, north-carolina, openings, research, research and development, rtp, technology
Andy Rubin’s full D: Dive Into Mobile interview video posted
Android boss Andy Rubin almost always makes for an entertaining interview, and his appearance at AllThingsD 's D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco last week was certainly no exception. The introduction of Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Nexus S were the official news items of the day, but Rubin took the opportunity to showcase the next version of the platform -- Honeycomb -- running on a prototype Motorola tablet that no one had seen before. He also runs through a breakdown of Android's business model (hint: it's profitable), muses about video calling, and gives us a look at that crazy new 3D-capable Google Maps app
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: allthingsd, business, engadget, francisco, items, nexus, nexus's, official, opportunity, san, tablet
MetroPCS takes LTE live in San Francisco
Hey, it's not just Verizon making waves in the LTE arena today: MetroPCS -- which gets to lay claim to having the first commercial LTE network in the US -- has flipped the switch on its next-gen network in San Francisco, offering the same Samsung Craft handset that it's been selling in its other LTE markets so far for $299 (expensive for a dumbphone, absolutely, but you get it contract-free) with plans running $55 to $60 a month depending on whether you want access to the carrier's video-on-demand service. We're still holding out for a USB stick ourselves -- or at least an honest-to-goodness smartphone -- and now that Verizon's live, that might just force MetroPCS' hand.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: Carrier, engadget-mobile, entry, francisco, metropcs, month-depending, press, result, samsung, stick-ourselves, verizon, video
Verizon LTE plans start at $50/month for 5GB of data (update)
And here we go: Verizon just announced its 4G LTE pricing and full list of coverage areas.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 2012-or-2013, after-the-break, airports, breaking-news, breakingnews, chicago, coverage, coverage-area, entry, francisco, handoff, like-the-modems
Sprint and Clearwire deliver WiMAX to Los Angeles, Ohio, Miami and Washington DC, promise SF on December 28th
Seems like Sprint wants to get every last lick of 4G coverage in before Verizon flips the switch on LTE -- today, its joint venture with Clearwire is launching WiMAX in the City of Angels a day ahead of schedule . Lest you think Los Angeles is getting special treatment, five other cellular markets can now also get a taste of 5Mbps to 7Mbps download speeds, including Miami, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and our nation's capitol, Washington D.C. That brings the total number of regions where you'll get some mileage out of that $10 surcharge up to 68, in case you're keeping track.
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Engadget Mobile Podcast 057: CTIA Edition – 10.06.2010
CTIA -- yeah, that definitely happened this week, and we were on hand in lovely San Francisco for the torrent of news. Chris was out, but that doesn't mean we didn't know how to party... so party, we did
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: aggregator, engadget mobile podcast, engadgetmobilepodcast, francisco, george-linardos, guests, light, nokia-comes, ovi, podcast, result, san
The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live from CTIA at 5:15 ET!
We're live from the show floor of CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2010 out in San Francisco, which means we've got two exciting things on tap for you: new product impressions and special guests. What are you waiting for
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Sprint lights up WiMAX in San Francisco
Well girls and boys, if you're in San Francisco, today's your lucky day! It looks like Sprint has finally switched on its WiMAX 4G network in the city by the bay, so whip out your Sprint Overdrive , EVO 4G , or Epic 4G and join the party. We've tested connection speeds using the Epic 4G in Potrero Hill and are seeing between 5 and 7 (!) Mbps down and 1.2 Mbps up with 6 full bars of signal indoors. Even after moving 4 blocks away, download speeds stayed between 2 and 4 Mbps, with the signal dropping to 4 bars, so it appears we've finally reached the realm of "ludicrous speed" on mobile devices
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: connection, devices, engadget-mobile, entry, finally-reached, francisco, mbps, mobile, overdrive, wimax
San Francisco in Verizon’s initial 30-market LTE rollout?
We've already heard how Verizon expects to hit the ground running on LTE, starting this November with a launch in 30 markets -- New York, LA, Philadelphia, and so forth. Now it looks like you can add San Francisco to that aggressive list, if Boy Genius Report's leak proves true. Will it beat WiMAX to the region
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bay, engadget, francisco, frisco, genius, genius-report, philadelphia, result, running-on-lte, san, sanfrancisco, the-region, verizon