Samsung Galaxy Note Coming To AT&T Feb. 19th

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While am sure a lot of people in the US are wanting to know how they can get the Samsung Galaxy Note with out having to import it, will be happy to know that AT&T will carry it.

The Samsung Galaxy Note will have a 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED touch screen, a 1.5-GHz dual-core processor, an 8.0-megpixel rear-facing camera, 2.0-front-facing camera, 16GB of internal memory, support for 32GB microSD cards, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

The handset will run Android 2.3 at the moment the Samsung Galaxy Note has not been announced to receive Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).   Samsung is trying to bring back stylus pens with their “S pen” which allows users to draw, play games or take notes. The handset comes with the Amazon Kindle application pre-installed that allows consumers to download E-books and read them on the go. The Samsung Galaxy Note has a lot to offer business consumers with full support for Microsoft Exchange Active Sync, and on-device encryption. The handset also comes with Polaris Office that allows consumers to open, view and edit Microsoft Office files and Google documents.  If productivity is not your thing the Samsung Galaxy Note does allow users to share HD video to their HD TV with the HDTV Smart Adapter.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is currently available for pre-order and will be available in stores on Feb. 19^th for $299.99 with a two-year contract. 

Sony Xperia Ion Coming To AT&T's 4G LTE Network

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During CES Sony announced their latest Xperia handset the Sony Xperia Ion for AT&T.

The Sony Xperia Ion is the first handset from Sony to support AT&T’s 4G LTE network. By having support for AT&T’s 4G LTE network this will give consumers faster data speeds when downloading applications or browsing the web. The handset will also have a 4.6-inch HD touch screen, a 12.0-megapixel rear-facing camera, and HD rear-facing camcorder at 1080p, HD front-facing camcorder at 720p, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 16GB of flash memory.

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AT&T Expands Their 4G LTE Network

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Seems like every cellular carrier is working on their LTE network, and AT&T is no exception. AT&T announced yesterday that they would launch their 4G LTE network in more markets. Their 4G LTE network will be available in New York City, Austin, Chapel Hill , Los Angeles, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh , San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose.  The cellular company already launched their 4G LTE in 15 markets over 2011, and currently offers customers five 4G LTE devices which are the HTC Vivid, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the LG Nitro HD smartphone as well as the HTC Jetstream and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablets.  AT&T current uses both HSPA+ and LTE cellular technologies. The cellular company’s network currently cover 284 million people, and are expected to fully roll out their 4G LTE network by the end of 2013. 

AT&T Is Looking For HTML 5 Developers For Their HTML5 Beta Program

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If you’re a application developer than AT&T is looking for you to join their HTML 5 Beta Program.  For those of you that don’t know what HTML 5 is. It’s the fifth generation of the Hypertext Markup Language, which is the standard for building websites. HTML 5 gives the websites the ability to play video with out needing Flash. HTML 5 is also much more widely accepted on multiple mobile platforms. AT&T’s program will give developers access to new set of API’s   for carrier based billing, SMS, MMS, WaPush which will allow you to message from your native or web based mobile application.  AT&T’s cross platform SDK that has the new API’s will allow developers to build HTML5 applications to be hosted on your own domain. AT&T’s developer program also give developers access to an “ AT&T Developer Support Buddy” this will give developers help with questions they may have.  If developers sign up before the end of 2011 the fee for the program will be waived for the first year.  So if you want to learn more about AT&T HTML 5 Beta program go to AT&T’s Developer website. 

LG Nitro HD Coming To AT&T December 4th.

AT&T has been building out there 4G LTE network, and their 4GLTE smartphone portfolio. The cellular company and LG announced last week the details and availability of the LG Nitro HD.

The LG Nitro HD will support AT&T’s 4GLTE network which will allows consumers faster data speeds in areas where AT&T’s 4G LTE network is available. The handset will have a 4.5-inch HD touch screen, a 1.5-GHz dual-core processor, an 8.0-megapixel camera, HD camcorder, 4GB of internal memory, 16GB pre-installed micro SD card supports up to 32GB cards, Bluetooth Wi-Fi and GPS.

The LG Nitro HD will run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and will support AT&T’s HSPA+ and 4GLTE networks. This will allow for faster data speeds when downloading applications and web browsing. The handset will have DNLA technology, which will allow users to wirelessly stream high-definition video and photos.  If you enjoy gaming on your smartphone than you will be happy to know that the handset does come with Gameloft HD game store and Zynga Poker HD.

The LG Nitro HD will cost $249.99 with a two-year contract, and will be available on December 4^th from AT&T.