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New Apps Seek to Help Phone Users Track Data Use

As unlimited data plans fade away, services and applications are being designed to help users manage their consumption.

 

Verizon, AT&T to Sell 4G iPad

Verizon and AT&T will sell a version of the upcoming iPad that runs on their newest fourth-generation wireless networks, as the battle to cash in on big investments in mobile broadband heats up.

 

4G, the tech no one understands

You want it. You want it desperately. You want it desperately, but you don't even know what it is. Such is consumer desire for 4G data connectivity in mobile handsets. Call it proof positive that the phone carriers' marketing efforts have paid off -- this despite slow 4G infrastructure roll-outs, and actual 4G data rates that fall far, far below the promise of the 4G spec.

Senh: All people know is that it's supposed to be faster than 3G, that includes me. My wife has a 4G phone, but I've have yet to experience 4G connectivity.

 

Putting 4G to the speed test

We got the chance to test T-Mobile's newest, fastest phone, the Galaxy S 4G, and decided to see how fast some other top 4G-labeled phones were. It turns out, not all 4G is equal.

 

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