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ZTE N910 clears the FCC with LTE radio bands

By Michael Crider
on 20 Mar, 2012

Oh FCC, how we do appreciate you. Without your strict regulation of the airwaves in the Land of the Free, how would we know what wireless goodies are headed our way? Well, leaks, press releases, trade shows and presentation events, just to name a few, but that doesn't mean we aren't grateful. The latest goody to sneak out of the Federal Communications Commission is the ZTE N910, a phone last spotted at Mobile World Congress. It's running a combination of CDMA and LTE bands in its wireless radio, but not the standard ones that Verizon uses. This means it's probably headed for a smaller regional carrier.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 drops by the FCC

By Michael Crider
on 19 Mar, 2012

If it's taken you this long to purchase a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and you're not swayed by the Galaxy Note 10.1's fancy-pants stylus input, this one may interest you. The Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1-inch version - man, Sammy really needs to work on these names) passed through the hallowed halls of the FCC today. There was never any real doubt that the Galaxy Tab 2 was heading to the US, and will probably be available on one or more carriers as well as a WiFi-only version. That said, this looks like the advance guard international version that manufacturers tend to send through the FCC as a matter of course.

HTC One X clears the FCC, quad-core fun begins

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Mar, 2012

HTC and their new One series of smartphones are going to make a big splash in the Android market over the next couple of months. With excellent hardware, impressive specs, Android 4.0 ICS and a brand new Sense UI they are looking good. We already know the One X quad-core phone is slated for an April release but now that it's passed through the FCC it's only a matter of time.

HTC DROID Incredible 4G hits the FCC, coming to Verizon soon

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Mar, 2012

Another HTC smartphone passed through the FCC today rocking those Verizon bands. Most likely this is the recently rumored and leaked HTC DROID Incredible 4G that we've seen a few pictures of floating around. HTC recently announced the One series and this doesn't appear to be a part of it, or Verizon didn't want to join -- we can't know for sure. According to the FCC something is on the way.

Huawei Prism goes through the FCC

By Michael Crider
on 7 Mar, 2012

Huawei has been making waves with its super high-end phones from Mobile World Congress, the Ascend D Quad and Ascend D Quad XL. But the company has tears of experience serving the low end of the market as well, and it looks like they have no intention of letting it go to waste. The Prism just passed through the hallowed and extremely gray halls of the FCC, spotted by Blog of Mobile on its way to parts and carriers unknown - though its wireless bands indicate that it's headed for T-Mobile at some point.

GSM Motorola Droid 3 arrives at the FCC

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 5 Mar, 2012

Soon after the original Motorola Droid, we saw the Motorola Milestone - an international version of the device. The trend continued with the Droid 2/Milestone 2, and folks overseas have undoubtedly be waiting for their Milestone 3. Now, a GSM Motorola Droid 3 (XT682) has hit the FCC, but isn't said to be headed overseas just yet, rather to AT&T instead.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance arrives at the FCC

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 2 Mar, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy S Advance has just made an appearance at the FCC, and the device is shown supporting AT&T bands. Reports show that it has also been approved for WCDMA bands 850/1900, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC. Near the beginning of February an Advance was spotted in the wild, but before then we had heard a bit about the device's rumored specs.

Verizon tells the FCC that locked bootloaders are awesome

By Michael Crider
on 1 Mar, 2012

If there's one thing that's sure to tick off an advanced Android user... well, it's probably an iPhone user who thinks Siri is "innovative". But if there's another thing, it's a needlessly locked bootloader making root access and custom ROMs on an otherwise excellent device. Case in point: Verizon's stance on the DROID RAZR, and pretty much all of Motorola's devices and anything else they can get away with to boot. In a recent and seemingly unsolicited letter to the FCC, Verizon explained its position and reasoning behind requiring its OEM partners to lock their bootloader (in some cases). The reason? Why, it's all for you, of course!

Asus Transformer Pad 300 WiFi hits the FCC

By Michael Crider
on 1 Mar, 2012

We never had any real doubt that the Transformer Pad 300, a cheaper model of Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime and the erstwhile replacement for the original Transformer, would be making its way stateside. But Asus seems intent on bringing it sooner rather than later: the tablets has already appeared in the standard Federal Communication Commission's certification systems. Asus is only seeking certification for the WiFi version in the United States so far - it looks like it'll be a while before the LTE version makes it here, if ever.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 arrives at FCC

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 28 Feb, 2012

We just had some hands-on time with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 here at MWC, and it seems it just arrived over at the FCC just recently. This tablet has the same on-screen setup as the 5.3" version, yet isn't capable of making phone calls. It sports a 1.4GHz dual-core processor and will ship with Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).