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Verizon LTE To Arrive To Southern Connecticut May 19
Remember the other day we talked about how Verizon was expanding its LTE coverage? Well it seems that come May 19th, those living in Southern Connecticut will be one of the first to be enjoying Verizon’s LTE coverage.
Read the press release after the break.
NEW HAVEN, CT — Starting Thursday, Verizon Wireless customers in over 30 Connecticut communities across Fairfield and New Haven Counties will be able to surf the web, download files and share music and photos up to 10 times faster than before with Verizon Wireless’ 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Verizon Wireless’ first large-scale 4G LTE deployment in Connecticut will launch May 19 and will be available to customers in the following cities and towns:
Fairfield County
- Bridgeport
- Darien
- Fairfield
- Greenwich
- New Canaan
- North Stamford
- Norwalk
- Shelton
- Stamford
- Stratford
- Trumbull
- Weston
- Westport
New Haven County
- Ansonia
- Beacon Falls
- Bethany
- Cheshire
- Derby
- Hamden
- Meriden
- Middlebury
- Milford
- Naugatuck
- New Haven
- Orange
- Prospect
- Southbury
- Wallingford
- Waterbury
- West Haven
- Woodbridge
In addition, Verizon Wireless has already activated 4G LTE coverage inside Bradley International Airport to serve the travelling public. Customers in the above Connecticut communities are among the first to have access to the nation’s fastest 4G mobile technology; by the end of 2011, they will be joined by customers in Hartford, CT, Springfield and Worcester, MA, as announced earlier this year.
“We are proud to help Connecticut residents, small businesses and local government connect faster and more fully with the introduction of our 4G LTE network,” said Christine Berberich, New England Region President for Verizon Wireless. “Our 4G LTE network is revolutionizing the way people communicate, and we know this connectivity will be a key technology enabler for many years to come.”
It looks like the folks over at Verizon have stepped up to the plate by offering a brand new tablet for the masses which will follow up from their 2013 offering, which was the 7” Ellipsis. This time around, the tablet on offering would be known as the Ellipsis 10, and based on the name alone, it is rather obvious that this is a 10” device.
It will run on Android 5.1 Lollipop however, so forget about Marshmallow at the moment. It will also be accompanied by the likes of 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, where it sports a 5MP camera at the back, with a 2MP front-facing shooter, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, “angular firing stereo speakers”, 16GB of internal memory, 4G LTE connectivity and a beefy 9,100 mAh battery. It will retail for $199.99 a pop with a new two-year contract, or you can pick it up or $299.99 all-in. [Press Release]
Now here is a handset from the folks over at ZTE which intends to provide a sense of continuity, although this time around you will not be able to pick up the Zmax 2 from T-Mobile, as ZTE has decided on AT&T to be their US partner and mobile carrier for their latest phone. In fact, this device falls under the mid-range segment of things, where it will just cost $149.99 unlocked, now how about that for affordability?
That kind of pricing would see you end up with a 5.5” 720p touchscreen display, an 8MP camera with LED flash at the back, a 2MP front-facing shooter, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable memory, a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 4G LTE connectivity, Dolby Digital Plus Audio, and a 3,000 mAh removable battery, and Android 5.1 Lollipop as the mobile operating system of choice. [Press Release]
Patience is a virtue, or so it seems. If you have been rocking with T-Mobile all this while, and are in possession of the HTC One M9, then you would be pleased to know that this particular handset is starting to receive the Android 5.1 Lollipop update. Better late than never, especially when you take into consideration how the unlocked HTC One M9, its developer edition, and the AT&T model has already picked up this update.
The update will come in the form of build 2.7.531.6 via Over The Air (OTA), and it will be a rather hefty 833MB download, which means you would be better off connected to a fast Wi-Fi network to get the job done as opposed to relying on your data. If you haven’t yet received Android 5.1 Lollipop, just head on to the About > Software updates menu from time to time until you pick up the download prompt.