4G

A year after taking over the CEO job from Clearwire co-founder Ben Wolff, Bill Morrow is confident the company is on the right track with its 4G wireless network despite continued financial losses.

Morrow, 50, said he is confident about Clearwire's prospects even as competitors, such as Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, begin to deploy their own faster networks. The company, which has been building a nationwide 4G wireless network using a technology called Wimax, is also considering other technology options to ensure it stays competitive in the future.

Even though the company lost $94.1 million in the … Read more

Anticipation is building as a handful of leaks recently have all but confirmed that HTC will release its Evo 4 in June.

AndroidCentral posted literature appears to be for The Shack sales representatives. From what we can tell, these documents are part of a planned four-week ramp up designed to educate employees on the handset's features. If we count this as week one, then the previously rumored June 6 launch falls right into place.

Another image that made its way around a couple of blogs this week shows the handset as being available for preorder from The Shack in … Read more

Bonnie finally reviews the Microsoft Kin phones, and let's just say it isn't too positive. We also discuss the recently announced Android phones--the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide and the LG Ally--plus a few other cell phone news items this week.

News T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide makes official debut LG Ally officially announced with May 20 release Samsung goes simple with the Stride Aliph adds A2DP to the Jawbone Icon Boost Mobile introduces free 411 calls 4G coverage expands

Reviews Kin One (Verizon Wireless) … Read more

Clearwire is adding new customers to its 4G wireless service, as the company announces a 72 percent growth in quarterly revenue.

The company reported a loss or $94.1 million, or 47 cents per basic share. In the same quarter last year, it reported a loss of $71 million, or 37 cents per share. But the loss still managed to beat Wall Street expectations, which was expecting the company to lose 51 cents per share.

Revenues were also up to $106.7 million, compared with $62.1 million during the same quarter the year earlier. And the company beat revenue … Read more

An attorney for the 21-year-old Silicon Valley resident who found what appears to be Apple's prototype iPhone in a bar is expected to oppose a request by CNET and other media organizations to unseal court records relating to the investigation.

A coalition also including the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, the Los Angeles Times, and Wired.com has prepared a 7-page legal brief that will ask a court to unseal the detective's affidavit used to obtain a search warrant nearly two weeks ago. A hearing has been tentatively scheduled in the San Mateo County courthouse for 2 p.m. … Read more

4G is slowly gaining traction--that is if Sprint, Clearwire, and Comcast have their way. The companies have announced that all three will expand their 4G coverage to several more markets this summer. They include Jacksonville and Daytona, Fla; Kansas City, Kan.; Nashville; St. Louis; Salt Lake City; Merced, Modesto, Stockton, and Visalia, Calif.; Wilmington, Del.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Eugene, Ore.; and Yakima and Tri-Cities, Wash. All three will market their 4G services under their own brands, of course.

If you don't see your city on the list, don't fret--the companies have promised to further their expand 4G coverage … Read more

People living in some of the nation's biggest cities in the U.S. will have to wait a little longer to get 4G wireless broadband service from providers using the new Clearwire network.

Clearwire, which is building a nationwide 4G wireless network using a technology called WiMax, announced Wednesday that it will be adding 18 additional cities to the list of markets getting the speedy wireless service this summer. But major cities, such as New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. will still have to wait.

Previously, the company said it would offer 4G service starting this summer … Read more

The justifications police gave for searching the home of a Gizmodo editor in the criminal investigation of an iPhone prototype should be public, CNET is preparing to tell a judge this week.

A group that also includes the California-based First Amendment Coalition and prominent news organizations is drafting a legal brief that will ask a court to unseal the detective's affidavit used to obtain a search warrant nearly two weeks ago. San Mateo County prosecutors have persuaded a judge to seal all the records of the case.

Making those documents public could reveal whether prosecutors and Superior Court Judge … Read more

T-Mobile USA is considering leasing network capacity from the private equity firm Harbinger Capital to build its 4G wireless network, according to a report by the Financial Times.

The news agency cited unnamed sources who said that T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is in early talks with Harbinger about the deal.

In March, Harbinger said it would build a 4G wireless network using LTE, or Long Term Evolution technology, that will cover most of the U.S. by 2015. The company is using spectrum it owns through investments in satellite company SkyTerra. The FCC gave the green light on … Read more