Yesterday was the last day for the CTIA WIRELESS 2010® in Las Vegas, the president of the CTIA took the stage at the start of the day, he first reviewed previous days keynote stage speakers, he then went to discuss with Avatar’s director James Cameron and Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone, how mobile technology is transforming business, media, entertainment and the economy. The discussion was very interesting, make sure to check out the summary.
Now before we say goodbye to the CTIA 2010, I leave you with the two things that stood out in the show this year.
- The HTC EVO 4G, the true iPhone killer at last has come. Where do i start when talking about this thing…maybe I'd start by saying it has 4G support, yes you read it right; it’s the first mobile to be equipped with this super fast data connection, and it’s going to be provided by Sprint’s WiMAX network. The 4G support will mean that you can share and stream live videos from your mobile on the go, and enjoy high download rates. Other features are also super augmented, like the 4.3 inches TFT touch screen, the 1 GHZ Snapdragon processor, the 512MB of RAM, and the 8 megapixel camera. The operating system on the phone is the Android which is enhanced by HTC’s own intuitive UI called Sense. The Phone will be available in the summer, for the sprint network only.
- Well, if you read the first point, you’ll probably figure out the second thing that stood out this year, it is the 4G connection. I am not going to bore you with the technicalities, but here’s what you need to know:
- Most of today’s 3G networks offer up to 14 Mbps in download and 5.8 in upload, although in mobile and real life this is reduced.
- 4G is the fourth generation of cellular network standards and the successor of today’s 3G
- 4G means higher bandwidth:uploading and downloading. This means you can download big files wirelessly and upload live videos from a camera on the go. proposed data speeds can reach over 100 Mbps (and i am being conservative)
- 4G is still a work in progress, with very few network providers implementing it in select places only.
- There are currently two technologies that back the 4G transmission, the 802.16m, a.k.a WiMax, and the LTE Advanced.
One thing that bothers me about today's post is that we are still lagging in the 3G support here in Palestine. I have a 3G mobile phone that I only use for 2G communication, what’s the point? It’s really frustrating that the occupation has gone as far as to limit wireless frequencies and freedom!
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