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Microsoft’s Surface Pro X seems to be a very divisive device. Being the only current generation Surface product powered by an Arm-based processor, it thrusts its users directly into the world of WoA: Windows on Arm – and all of the caveats that exist there. It is not too often we see Microsoft do a mid-cycle refresh, but the Surface Pro X gets to be the exception here as well. Today Microsoft is announcing some new updates to the Surface Pro X to make it faster, and flashier. Microsoft Surface Pro X Component Pro X CPU Micorosft SQ1 Microsoft SQ2 Memory 8 / 16 GB LPDDR4x Display 13-inch PixelSense 2800 x 1920 (267 PPI) 3:2 aspect, 10-point multitouch Storage 128 / 256 / 512 GB removable SSD Wireless Wi-Fi 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE Bluetooth 5.0 I/O 2 x USB Type-C Gen 2 Surface Connect nano...
AT&T Announces 7 New Live LTE Markets, 2 Expansions, 47 More Before End of 2012
In a flurry of press releases today, AT&T announced a slew of new 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) markets. The news includes a total of 54 new markets, 7...
13 by Brian Klug on 9/6/2012Samsung Galaxy Note II Revealed at IFA 2012
Alongside their upcoming line up of Windows devices, Samsung saw fit to reveal the successor to their Galaxy Note at their IFA press conference. The Samsung Galaxy Note II...
15 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/29/2012T-Mobile RF Engineer Does Reddit AMA - Answers a Few LTE Questions
In the past, carriers have been guarded if not purposely opaque about things like radio network planning, infrastructure rollouts, and other competitive details. With the smartphone boom well underway...
14 by Brian Klug on 8/8/2012HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Joining Verizon Wireless July 5 for $149
We saw it first at CTIA, one of the few devices launched there, and after a long wait it's here; the Droid Incredible 4G LTE by HTC will be...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/2/2012Samsung Galaxy S III Coming To 5 US Carriers In June
Last year's Galaxy S II US launch was . . . complicated. In addition to waiting for months after the International launch, US carriers saw fit to vary their...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 6/4/2012Galaxy Nexus CDMA/LTE 4.0.4 IMM76K Update Rolling Out
It has been nearly four months since I originally wrote about the CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 update, which changed the signal to bars mapping, improves stability, and brought other...
13 by Brian Klug on 6/2/2012Nvidia Icera 410 LTE Modem Passes AT&T Network Validation
Since acquiring Icera, Nvidia has been busy readying itself for the next level of integration - selling baseband in addition to APs (Application Processors), and further down the road...
8 by Brian Klug on 5/24/2012Clearwire Announces Initial TDD-LTE Network Launch Early 2013
Clearwire has been talking about deploying TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplexing, as opposed to FDD) on its 2.5 GHz spectrum for some time now, and has announced some more launch...
14 by Brian Klug on 4/26/2012Sprint makes its Galaxy Nexus Variant Official - $199 with $40 Google Wallet Credit
In a move that shouldn't be surprising to anyone, Sprint has made a Galaxy Nexus variant tailored for its own CDMA2000 and LTE network official in an announcement today...
12 by Brian Klug on 4/16/2012Lumia 900 Memory Management and Data Fix Now Available
A short time after the Lumia 900 went on sale, users started reporting data connectivity issues affecting both 3G HSPA+ and 4G LTE on AT&T. Although I didn't encounter...
12 by Brian Klug on 4/13/2012Nokia Acknowledges Lumia 900 Data Issue, Offers Fix and $100 Credit
In the short time I spent with our Nokia Lumia 900 review unit, I never encountered any loss of data connectivity issues either on AT&T LTE, AT&T HSPA+. Nevertheless...
13 by Brian Klug on 4/11/2012HTC And Sprint Announce The EVO 4G LTE: Krait and LTE, on Sprint for $199 [Updated w/ Hands-on]
HTC and Sprint teamed up today to announce the latest in the EVO line: the EVO 4G LTE. So, not the most novel name, but it gets to the...
22 by Jason Inofuentes on 4/4/2012Novatel MiFi 4620L Jetpack Available on April 12th for $49.99
We got a chance to check out Novatel's next generation MiFi at CES this past January, and came away impressed with the update. Officially titled the Novatel Wireless MiFi...
12 by Vivek Gowri on 3/28/2012ST-Ericsson's NovaThor L8540: 28nm Cortex A9 SoC with Integrated LTE
ST-E is currently laying out its strategy for the company going forward, having suffered a tremendous reduction in revenue as the mobile market has changed dramatically over the past...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/28/2012Nvidia Announces LTE Partnership with Renesas Mobile and GCT Semiconductor
Nvidia's announcement today is a bit interesting, as it seems to head-off one of the most commonly perpetuated rumors that I read online in the SoC space. Namely, that...
2 by Brian Klug on 2/23/2012T-Mobile Makes 2013 LTE on AWS plans official in Earnings Report
In T-Mobile USA's fourth quarter 2011 earnings report, the magenta-branded carrier made official its plans to deliver LTE in 2013 on its AWS spectrum holdings, which were recently bolstered...
6 by Brian Klug on 2/23/2012LG's Optimus Vu Takes On Samsung's Galaxy Note: Are You Ready For A 5.x" Phone?
When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note at IFA, we were excited, but a bit perplexed. The Galaxy Note's 1280x800 HD Super AMOLED display could be a big winner, but...
32 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/20/2012Droid 4 Available February 10th for $199
It feels like we first saw images of the Droid 4 just a few days after our review went live. And so seven months later, looks like Verizon customers...
20 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/7/2012CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 Update Changes Signal Reporting
Back when the Verizon CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus released, there was much talk of a signal related issue, which we investigated. The findings back then were that there was nothing...
6 by Brian Klug on 2/6/2012Motorola Droid RAZR, RAZR MAXX Update Enables CDRX for Better LTE Battery Life
While we don't usually cover every software update on every platform, I thought it worth noting something special about the new update which will begin going out shortly to...
7 by Brian Klug on 2/3/2012