Verizon has said today that Samsung’s first LTE device, the Droid Charge, will be available on April 28th.
The Droid Charge runs Android 2.2, has a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1GHz processor, an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP front-side camera.
Samsung has pre-loaded Flash and the Samsung Media Hub, offering up movies and TV shows for rental or purchase.
Verizon says LTE users should have down speeds of 5-12Mbps and upload speeds of 2-5Mbps.
The Droid Charge will also feature mobile hotspot, allowing up to 10 devices to connect to the LTE. For now, Verizon is offering that feature for free.
Starting next week, the Charge will cost $300 with two-year contract, and it comes with free $25 credit to Samsung Media Hub.
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Topeka, Kansas mayor Bill Bunten has announced today that the city will temporarily be renamed Google, in an effort to get the search giant to bring their proposed 1000Mbit free Internet to the city, via the “Fiber for Communities” program.
“It’s just fun. We’re having a good time of it,” says Bunten. “There’s a lot of good things that are going on in our city.”
Cities were given a March 26th deadline to explain to Google why they are interested in the broadband, and Google will then choose a couple of cities for the pilot project, with no more than 500,000 in population total.
When asked if they would make the name permanent if Google invested in them, Bunten laughed.
“Oh, heavens no, Topeka? We are very proud of our city and Topeka is an Indian word which means ‘a good place to grow potatoes.’ We’re not going to change that.”
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Apple has announced that starting on December 26th they will be giving away a free song or popular application via iTunes, starting a “12 days of Christmas” promotion.
If you are a fan of free things and use iTunes, check back daily, says Apple.
12 days of Christmas promotion
