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Verizon Wireless 4G Fastest Among Carriers Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:24 PM PDT Sorry, this seems to be a little late. This information is roughly a month or two old, but still very relevant and accurate. According to an extensive study done by RootMetrics, Verizon Wireless' 4G data speeds far exceed that of any of its competitors. The major competitors with 4G are Sprint PCS, T-Mobile, and AT&T. This study found that Verizon Wireless had the fastest, most consistent speed out of any other 4G network. This study was performed using the HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon's LTE network, the HTC Inspire on AT&T's HSPA+ network, the HTC Evo on Sprint's WiMax network, and the Samsung Galaxy S on T-Mobile's HSPA+21 network. Since all of these relate to a "fourth-generation network" we will refer to all of them as just "4G". Like previously mentioned, RootMetrics found that Verizon Wireless delivered the fastest speeds by average between 4 and 14.5 times faster than competitors on download and between 4 and 49.7 times faster on upload speeds. Verizon was also capable of maintaining the high speeds for the duration of the study, unlike the competition. They discovered that the Verizon Wireless LTE network could maintain 10+ megabits per second 90% of the time for download and between 5 and 10 megabits per second 100% of the time for upload. Sprint & T-Mobile nearly tied for second place. T-Mobile offered download speeds of around 4.42MBPS over Sprint's 4.4MBPS. AT&T's speed lost at about 1.18MBPS download and upload speeds at just 123kbps. This is what each carrier "promises" to offer: Verizon: 5-12MBPS download; 2-5MBPS upload. AT&T: Up to 6MBPS upload/download Sprint: 3-6MBPS upload/download T-Mobile has no official promise, but current testing shows about 6MBPS. All of the devices in this test were using Android 2.2 powered smartphones and tested at specific locations in order to ensure accurate results. You can view the full report here (PDF).

Best in-ear headphones? Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:40 PM PDT Hi, I am looking for best in-ear headphones in $50 price range. Since I like music while doing workouts, Zagg Smartbuds seems to be the best choice. Maybe you can suggest something else or say your opinions about Smartbuds?

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