4G Wireless Carriers Compared: Sprint vs. T-Mobile vs. Verizon

Competition among 4G wireless carriers is heating up, with Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all in the game. Wondering which 4G wireless carrier is for you? Check out our comparison of coverage, prices, speed and more.

Launched	September 2008	March 23, 2010	December 5, 2010
Coverage	Currently covers 74 cities. Claims it will cover 120 million people by the end of 2010.	Currently 80 cities. Claims it will cover 200 million people by the end of 2010.	As of Sunday, 38 metropolitan areas and 60 airports. Claims it will cover 110 million people by the end of 2010.
Technology	WiMax	HSPA+	LTE
Advertised Speeds	Downloads: Claims maximum of up to 10 Mbps; averages 3 to 6 Mbps Uploads: Up to 3.1 Mbps	Downloads: Claims speeds of up to 21 Mbps; averages 5 to 8 Mbps Uploads: Up to 5.7 Mbps	Downloads: Claims 5 to 12 Mbps (no average yet) Uploads: Claims 2 to 5 Mbps (no average yet)
Hardware	4G USB Device U1910 4G Desktop Modem CPEi25150 by Motorola Samsung Epic 4G, Galaxy S phone HTC EVO 4G Cradlepoint MBR-1000 4G Broadband Router (for business)	webConnect Rocket 2.0 laptop stick webConnect Rocket laptop stick myTouch 4G smartphone G2 smartphone Dell Inspiron Mini 10 4G netbook	LG VL600 (4G LTE USBmodem) Pantech UML290 (4G LTE USB modem)
Rates	Unlimited data plan (within the Sprint network) – (starts at)$49.99 month for USB modems, Evo 4G and Epic 4G users pay $10 monthly surcharge on top of existing data fees 5 GB/month – $50 10 GB/month – $80	Unlimited data plan, reduced speeds if exceeding 5GB/month –$49.99/month for new customers, $39.99 for existing 200 MB/month, 10-cent fee for each MB over –$29.99/month for new customers, $24.99 for existing Prepaid mobilebroadband plans: $10 week pass for 100MB;$30 month pass for 300MB; $50 month passfor 1GB 2.0 Laptop stick –$199.99 no contract,$49.99 (after mail-in rebate) with two year contract	5GB/month – $50 10GB/month – $80 (both plans include $10/GB overage fee) 4G USB modems – $49(after $50 mail-in rebate) and two year contract

Videocon Launches Ducati Series Mobile Phone, V6200 @ Rs. 9,500

BANGALORE: Videocon Mobiles along with superbike Major Ducati Motors Plc have introduces the concept of Mo-Biking in India with the launch of smartphone V6200. The phone would definitely appeal the bike aficionados in India with its looks and features. What more delightful for adventureenthusiasts is that the phone comes with a CD that contains pictures and videos of Ducati bikes!!

The Ducati mobile phone V6200 bestows unique features and comes with rugged and sporty design. It’s a rough and tough kinda phone with anti-slip grip, screw frame body chassis and dust resistant keys with side control.

Speaking at the occasion, Saurabh Dhoot, Director Videocon Group said, “We are extremely happy about the way Videocon has been accepted in the market. Videocon embarks on a new era with the unveiling of this phone. We at Videocon strive to get interesting new elements and try to set the bench marks in the industry. We are very positive that it will create the desired newness in the mobile phone industry; this is a revolutionary phone with some never seen before features and uses.”

The regular features of the phone are 2.4 inch display having a resolution of 240×320 pixels with 262K Colors, 2 MP camera with video recording and FM Radio on Loudspeaker and lot more. The screen of the phone features 3 modes namely Phone, Fun and Sports modes.

The features which make V6200 a unique and a sporty handset include barometer, altimeter, pedometer, e-compass, thermometer, LED pulse indicator, sunrise & sunset timings, UV sensor and global positioning system (GPS) for delighting the bike aficionados. It also packs in some more sports content with a Mo-biking user guide and a PC Suite.

V6200 comes with 4 GB micro SD card preloaded with lifetime validity of MapMyIndia. Other features include Dual LED torch, customizable back OLED screen, talk time of about 6 hours and standby time of 400 hours, mobile tracker, FM with FM recorder and lot more.

Videocon V6200 Price in India:

The phone is available at a price of 11,900 and best buy price of 9,500 at all leading retailers in India. It also bundles Ducati branded sports bottle, an arm band and a carrying case.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X12 Completely Detailed By Mobile Review

Several weeks ago, Mobile Review wrote in depth piece about the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X12 (aka Anzu), which is the company’s next major flagship phone and the spiritual successor to the XPERIA X10. The review is so extensive, you would almost swear for a moment that the device is on sale now, but in reality it hasn’t been announced by SE yet! This is probably one of the most detailed leaks I’ve seen in all of my years of writing about Sony products.

Let’s talk about hardware first and foremost.

The phone obviously looks like the X10, but is thinner, lighter and has a bigger screen. The X12 will contain a Qualcomm MSM7230 (Scorpion) processor, which is a 800MHz ARMv7 that is capable of reaching 1GHz according to the processor spec sheet. The processor’s features include an embedded DSP(GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS/WCDMA, HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps baseband), Embedded gpsOne GPS module, gpsOneXTRA Assistance, Dedicated audio subsystem supporting 5.1 surround, 12-megapixel camera support, Integrated 2D/3D graphics GPUs with support for OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenVG 1.1.

XPERIA X10 owners may wonder why the next phone in this series may have less MHz, but it actually is an improvement, as Mobile Review states the phone “..offers a smoother and more optimized operation, with all the graphic elements of Android presented without any lagging of any kind. The chipsets multimedia capabilities are equal to the ones offered by the QSD8250 but with some improvements. The chipset can now encodes 720p video in H264 smoothly and offers increased playback times for both audio and video while being optimized for decoding DIVX and XVID videos.” It will also have HDMI output to enjoy HD video on your TV, etc.

The camera will most likely be a 12 megapixel sensor and capable of recording 720p video, which Mobile Review states will be much smoother and reliable than the X10. The screen is massive at 4.3″ (854×480) and will support multitouch technology, a feature that was painfully missing from the X10. It is believed that the X12 will not have an AMOLED nor a S-LCD, which is rather unfortunate. DPI is suggested to be around 240, at least in the pre-production unit that was tested.

As for software, the X12 will most likely launch with with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and will recieve a 2.3 update in the summer of 2011. This could frustrate potential owners of this device, but Mobile Review seems more optimistic as they say “for Sony Ericsson, being just one OS version behind the others on the release date of X12 is a step forward.” A rather sarcastic remark, considering the company had sold devices with Android 1.6 for way too long.

Unfortunately Mobile Review has a rather grim outlook for the company and the success of the XPERIA X12, and went on to say:

“So what’s left for Sony Ericsson and the X12? Some of the momentum created years ago in many markets still holds in some of them at least enough for the networks and local retail stores to trust Sony Ericsson and buy one of their devices. This momentum is slowing down in some markets and in others it has completely stopped. X12 will only help stopping in more of them and will leave Sony Ericsson lagging behind even more. A device that could easily have been a decent middle range solution (much like Desire Z is for HTC) is thrown into the market to be eaten at the top end and take down the company with it. Its price tag will not be justified with its features in any possible way and the software disadvantages will only disappoint the buyers of the device.”

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Top 5 High End Mobile Phones in the Telecom Industry

Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and HTC are some of the best mobile phone manufactures. Nokia is a leading player in the mobile phone industry. Now, let’s discuss about the top 5 latest phones in the industry. The Nokia N97 is one of the latest handsets in the present day market. The N97 is an elegant and sophisticated handset that comes with many easy-to-use multimedia functionalities like high quality camera, touchscreen and many more. This gadget comes with 32 GB of internal memory and its external memory can be expanded through a microSD (TransFlash) memory card up to 16 GB. It has a high quality 5 mega pixels camera which has further been enhanced with features such as autofocus, Carl Zeiss lens and flash to deliver superb still pictures even in dark environment. It also has some other great features like media player, web capabilities, GPS function, Bluetooth and many more.

The Sony Ericsson C510 is a great mobile phone in the market that comes with an easy-to-operate high resolution camera. This is a 2G as well as 3G enabled mobile phone which would permit you to make face-to-face video call with other compatible devices. It has a 3.2 mega pixels camera, which has the potential to capture and store images with high resolutions of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It has various amazing features such as large colourful screen, Bluetooth, media player, FM radio with RDS, GPRS and EDGE features, which makes it an extraordinary device in the market. In the queue of the top 5 latest phones in the industry, the Sony Ericsson W508 is another great mobile phone, that boasts of features like flip opening system, dual screen, Walkman music player and web accessing capabilities. This handset comes with a 3.2 mega pixels camera that delivers sharp and crystal clear images with an image resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It comes with 100 MB of internal memory and the users can expand its external memory via Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory card up to 16 GB.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is one of the latest handsets in the present day mobile phone market. This is a very sleek and wonderful looking device that comes with so many easy-to-use features like touchscreen, massive internal memory, Bluetooth, built-in games, high quality camera and media player. The 5800 XpressMusic is a complete music centric mobile phone that supports numerous popular audio and video formats. It has a 3.2 mega pixels camera with extra features such as Carl Zeiss optics, flash and autofocus.

Samsung is also a leading mobile phone company across the world. Recently, it has released the Samsung Omnia. The Omnia is an ultra-stylish handset, which comes with a fully touchscreen interface. It has a large 3.2 inches TFT touchscreen and provides a screen resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. Communicate and groove with this high-tech business phone that boasts of features such as huge internal memory, web access capabilities, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, 3G network, high quality camera, Pocket Office functionality and easy-to-operate music player.We mentioned above, the top 5 latest phones in the industry that boast of many futuristic features. Furthermore, all these mobile phones are very good for all kinds of people like business professionals, music lovers and mobile phone enthusiasts.

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Features

– 3.0″ IPS Screen
– 3.2 MP Camera with Flash
– G-Sensor
– Micro SD Card support up to 16 GB
– Privacy lock
– 3.5mm Audio Jack
– Edge Support
– Java Enabled
– Social networking

Camera : 3.2 MP

3G Support : No

Pros : Great Screen , Great looks , Great Price, Dual Sim

Cons : 3G is missing

Bottom line : A great looking touch screen phone with great set of features to complement the looks, and at a very attractive price point. Must say its a bargain deal.

UnwireIndia Rating: 4.2-

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Latest Price: Around 5,400 INR (25 Nov ’10)

Two new affordable mobile phones being launched by Nokia

The famous mobile manufacturer, Nokia, launched its two low cost mobile phones, Nokia C2-01 and Nokia X2-01. The company has been the ever famous of the Indian customers with its most enhanced and stylish products. Nokia, keeping in view the requirements of the working class has decided to lunch these new affordable cell phones.

Some of the specifications of Nokia C2-01 :

The new mobile phone from the famous company comes with the series 40 operating system and is made able to support 3G networks. The handset is been equipped with an efficient camera of 3.2 Mega Pixel that surely generates clear images and also supports video recording. The display screen of the all new Nokia C2-01 measures to be 2.0 inches. The phone supports bluetooth connectivity for easy transferring of data.

Also a music player and FM Radio is attached to the handset. The phone is to support an extension of memory up to 16 GB with card slot. The single Sim mobile weighs 89 grams and the dimensions of Nokia C2-01 measures to be 109.8*46.9*15.3 mm. Nokia discloses that the phone would come with Ovi stores and Ovi Life Tool services. The handset is to be made available to the Indian customers by the early months of the approaching year and a price tag of Rs. 4500 is to be fixed for it.

Following is a brief description of the features inculcated to the Nokia X2-01 :

Another affordable phone of the company is equipped with a QWERTY keypad and costs Rs 5000 approximately. New community Applications like the Facebook, Orkut, etc are also accommodated to the handset. With a view to keep the users entertained, a music player, a Mp3 media player, FM Radio and Ovi Music services are inculcated to the Nokia X2-01.

The QVGA display screen of the handset measures to be 2.4 inches and a VGA camera is also attached to it. The dimensions of Nokia X2-01 accounts to be 119.4*59.8*14.3 mm. An expandable memory of 8 GB is also supported by the 107.5 grams handset. The new handset does not support the features like GPRS and EDGE.

Lemon- W100 3G Cheapest handset in India

The much awaited 3G handset from Lemon has been finally launched by the company and it is known as Lemon W100 3G which works on GSM 900/1800 WCDMA frequency. This latest mobile phone is considered to be the cheapest 3G handset in the country with a price tag of Rs. 3500 only.

This fully 3G enabled handset will allow the users to enjoy variety of services including video calls, Live mobile TV, access to high speed internet and many others. There is dual camera in this handset which includes primary back 1.3 MP camera and secondary front camera of 0.3 MP.

For all those users who love to stay connected to their buddies through social networking, Lemon W100 3G will be a good choice as it features Lemon Twist which allows access to Twitter, Facebook, Nimbuzz and other sites.

Other specifications that comes packed in Lemon W100 3G include 2 inches display, multiformat music player, Bluetooth, FM radio, expandable memory up to 16GB and others