Review » Verizon Wireless to switch from unlimited to tiered data plans on July 7th

Verizon has confirmed to FierceWireless that it will move to tiered data plans on July 7th, and the new plans are in line with earlier reports for the most part. If you’re worried about losing your existing unlimited plan, fear not; only new customers will be required to subscribe to one of three new data plans: $30 for 2GB of data per month, $50 for 5GB, or $80 for 10GB. Verizon Wireless will then charge $10 per GB of data past the monthly allotment.

Mobile hotspot users will need to start paying a monthly fee starting on July 7th, too. Current 4G hotspot owners will be charged $30 for unlimited use and new customers will have to pay $20 per 2GB of data consumed. The good news? Verizon confirmed that existing customers can upgrade on or after July 7th and still hang on to their unlimited data plans — for now, at least.

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Review » HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO View 4G tablet will be announced at the CTIA

 

Today in the U.S. begins CTIA Wireless 2011 event, on which the operator Sprint has announced several new products, including HTC EVO 3D smartphone.

Device, the first information on which appeared a few days ago, is built on dual-core processor 8660 Qualcomm Snapdragon, clocked at 1.2 GHz. It is equipped with 4.3-inch screen size and qHD resolution (960 x 450 pixels). One of the main features of its display is the ability to display three-dimensional images, and you do not need special glasses to watch them.

The new smartphone features 1 GB of RAM (according to other sources - 4 GB), 5 megapixel main camera with photo and video and 1.3 megapixel front camera. It is capable of playing HD video in 1080p or 720p in 3D output and is equipped with HDMI. The device running Android Gingerbread 2.3, and has a 1730 mA/h battery.


The second major premiere is the HTC EVO View 4G tablet with seven-inch capacitive touch screen having a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. HTC EVO View 4G mobile computer is running Android 2.3 and has aluminum body. The tablet also has a 5 megapixel main camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera, and output HDMI. Its battery capacity is 4000 mA/h.

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Review » Wireless Bluetooth headset with camera built-in Looxcie

If you ever wanted to have very unusual gadgets this one is for you. This headset has 4 GB of internal memory can record video with a resolution HVGA 480x320. As well the device performs the usual functions of Bluetooth-headset and allows you to answer the phone.

It has two applications - LooxcieMoments and LooxcieCam. The first allows you to shoot video in 360p, second 480p. It is still a question why they didn't combine those into one. There are no applications for editing and uploading reordered videos. Both applications are pretty buggy in the viewfinder mode. There are versions for Android and iOS, but the second one made ​​a very sad impression on its testers because it was very raw.

It is also a bit tricky to make it face the right direction to shoot on go. However, it is worth it if you want to record your trip to work or walk in the park. It also works great as a headset. The sound is crisp and loud without any interference. It is priced at $ 199 in Amazon store.

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Review » One Gbps 802.16m WiMAX standard is approved

Congratulations to you, our fellow reader, with the approval of the next-gen WiMAX wireless standard. IEEE Standards Association has just plowed through and approved all the specifications WiMAX engineers could thow at them. The new 802.16m promises 1 Gbps in bright but yet very distant future. 300 Mbps however are more realistic to be available soon. People behind the project say the 802.16m WiMAX was designed with cool new web-based services and apps in mind and supports multi-user MIMO, simultanious operation on multiple carriers... more stuff than most poeple will ever make a good use of. Anyway, again, congratulations!

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