Samsung’s LTE-equipped cameras, MIDs, and photo frames shill for Verizon

By and large, LTE is LTE — it’s just fast wireless, really, and there’s not a lot to see. You know you want it, and you really don’t need to be convinced. Amazingly, though, Samsung managed to impress us at Verizon’s 4G demonstration area today with its three-pack of LTE-enabled devices, including a modified photo frame, ST1000 digicam, and a MID called “Pioneer” which we’re told is little more than a Mondi with LTE swapped in place of WiMAX. Unlike some of the other demos we saw in the booth, Samsung was using actual integrated LTE chipsets — the real deal, not a concept of what kind of stuff you could see in an LTE-connected world — and if it weren’t for the conspicuous “LTE” logo atop the ST1000, we would’ve been none the wiser. With the camera, you could instantly beam photos straight to the frame, and the Pioneer allowed you to shoot live video displayed immediately on the frame, all using an LTE base station as an intermediary. This stuff isn’t as fanciful as it seems — Verizon intends to have a couple dozen markets operating in 2010, and these are all examples of the kinds of things we could see if only Big Red decides to make it financially reasonable for us. Check out some pictures of the system in action in our gallery below, because let’s be honest: unless you’re lucky, odds are good this is the closest you’re getting to a live 4G network in the next few months.

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LG’s LTE-packing M13 spied in the flesh, we still can’t tell what it is

It’s totally understandable that we couldn’t figure out what this LTE / EV-DO dual-mode thingy from LG was when it cleared the FCC; they had the choicest documentation under lockdown and we couldn’t make heads or tails of what we were reading apart from a cryptic line-art diagram of the bottom and a few RF tests. What’s odd, though, is that we still can’t figure out what it is — and this time, we’re looking right at the blasted thing. It supports Band XIII LTE, which would be Verizon’s 700MHz spectrum (wink, wink), but seriously, we have no idea what it’s supposed to do. It looks kind of like a tiny netbook with a Viewty embedded in the top, but it doesn’t look like the phone pops out; we suppose it could be the fanciest external modem ever made, and the 3.5mm jack suggests that it’d probably have some media functionality when it’s disconnected from your PC. Any other guesses?

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LG to demo LTE USB modem and phones, show much love to video-streaming addicts

It’s not the first time that LG‘s shown its commitment to bringing LTE to us mere mortals — after all, it does hold the title for the world’s first LTE chip back in December 2008. This time round they’re demoing an LTE USB modem and a few handsets at CES, gunning for the theoretical maximum speeds (100Mbps down and 50Mbps up) and promising to let us “download an entire movie to your mobile phone in only one minute.” That said, until we’ve seen the real stats or even the products in the shops, we’ll just hang tight to see what the other party‘s got to offer.

LG to demo LTE USB modem and phones, show much love to video-streaming addicts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gateway brings Atom N450 to LT21 line of 10.1-inch netbooks

Gateway got official with its 15.6- and 11.6-inch EC laptops back in October, and now it’s time for the netbooks to get their shine on. Hot on the heels of Intel’s Atom N450 release, the aforementioned company is rolling out its LT21 series here in Vegas, complete with 6-cell 5,600mAh battery options (for up to ten hours of usage), 802.11n WiFi, an N450 under the hood and Intel’s GMA 3150 handling the pixel duties. You’ll also get a chassis that weighs just 2.76 pounds along with an integrated webcam, Ethernet, a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display (1,024 x 600), a 93 percent full-size keyboard and a multi-gesture touchpad to boot. The rest is pretty vanilla: 1GB of RAM, a 160GB or 250GB hard drive, three USB 2.0 sockets, VGA and a multicard reader. The LT21 range will arrive in red, black and white hues, with Windows 7 Starter or Windows XP Home runnin’ the show; check ’em later this month starting at $299.99. Or don’t, whatevs.

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Verizon Announces New LTE Specs

LTE_4G.jpgVerizon Wireless has updated its LTE specs and released them to developers ahead of the carrier’s 4G rollout beginning next year, according to FierceWireless. The specs cover network access, SMS requirements, and data retry test plans, plus the carrier’s device approval process.

As part of its initial LTE deployment, Verizon is expected to launch USB modems and other connected devices in 25 to 30 markets sometime in the second half of 2010. It’s likely we won’t see LTE-capable smartphones until 2011, the report said.

So far, TeliaSonera is the only 4G provider to have powered up a commercial LTE network. (It’s in Stockholm.) LTE is expected to deliver average real-world data speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps for downloads, and 2 to 5 Mbps for uploads. There’s no word yet on pricing plans or data caps, according to the report.

Industry rifts remain over certain LTE-related specs, such as the transmission of voice and text messages over LTE. Verizon and AT&T are supporting One Voice, while T-Mobile has pledged support for VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access).

TeliaSonera’s new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps downloads

Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps over a wireless data card! Not just any card, mind you, it’s presumably the new Samsung 4G card running on TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, the world’s first commercial LTE network launched on Monday. TeliaSonera bundles the 4G service with 30GB of data for just 599kr (85$) per month. That 5.3Mbps upload and 37ms ping aren’t too shabby either. Not exactly the theoretical 100Mbps down / 50Mbps up provided by the LTE spec, but not AT&T either.

TeliaSonera’s new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps downloads originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total

Since it’ll be eons until we enjoy the kind of 4G coverage that we’ve grown used to on 2G (and to a lesser extent, 3G), manufacturers and carriers are hard at work making sure that we’ve got a reliable way to interoperate for the foreseeable future — TeliaSonera, for instance, wants to swap out its customers’ modems for LTE / HSPA dual-mode versions once they’re available next year. To that end, Ericsson and ST-Ericsson are trumpeting that they’ve become the first to establish “LTE and HSPA mobility” in accordance with 3GPP’s Release 8 specification, which dictates this sort of stuff in a way everyone can agree on (that’s a good thing). Verizon’s naturally more interested in the CDMA handoffs that have already gone down, but for AT&T and most of the rest of the world, this is exciting news indeed.

Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TeliaSonera Launches 4G LTE Network in Stockholm

TeliaSonera_4G.jpgSwedish cell phone carrier TeliaSonera has powered up what it calls the world’s first commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G network in Stockholm, accessible via Samsung cellular USB modems.

The Ericsson-supplied network supposedly can run up to 100 Mbps when maxed out, though real-world speeds will be nowhere near that number.

Last month, several major telecoms around the world–including TeliaSonera, Orange, AT&T, Telefonica, Verizon, and others–finally agreed on a standard for voice and SMS communication over LTE 4G networks, in an effort to ensure that they’re used for more than just faster Web browsing and other data services.

Verizon is still expected to be first out of the gate with LTE in the U.S. sometime in the second half of 2010.

TeliaSonera launches world’s first LTE network, awaits phones eagerly

TeliaSonera has today flicked on the green light for its LTE networks in Stockholm and Oslo, officially starting the countdown for LTE-enabled phones. For the moment, keen mobile webstronauts will only be able to hook up their laptop or other USB-equipped device via the Samsung-provided 4G modem, but 100Mbps download speeds on the world’s first commercial LTE network are still nothing to sniff at. This rollout is in fact slightly ahead of schedule, and the other major cities in Sweden and Norway are likely to soon get treated similarly well, while TeliaSonera makes a point to mention it has a license to do similar damage to Finland’s 3G operators. The US might not be too far behind, either, given that the modem in use in Scandinavia recently cleared the FCC. Now if only we had phones that could ride these massive waves we’d be all set.

TeliaSonera launches world’s first LTE network, awaits phones eagerly originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ZyXEL to debut ‘world’s first’ LTE router at CES 2010

If we’re able to avert this looming “spectrum apocalypse” we’ve heard so much about, it looks like 2010 will be the year that many of you get to partake in LTE. What better way to indulge your lust for airborne data than ZyXEL’s newest, the ZLR-2070S LTE CPE/SOHO router? Apparently “the world’s first,” this guy features two VoIP ports, a four port 802.11n wireless switch, a USB port for storage or printer sharing, and data rates up to 50Mbps. Not bad, eh? We expect to hear more about this one in short order — it will make its society debut at next year’s CES. In the meantime, peep the PR for more info — it’s after the break.

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