AT&T Upgrading to HSPA 7.2, Toshiba TG01 Shipping and More

AT&T  has announced their plans to upgrade to High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology. The network upgrades will begin soon and should be completed by 2011. AT&T plans to begin LTE trials in 2010, with deployment beginning in 2011.




The Toshiba TG01 smartphone is now shipping with a full suite of ArcSoft’s applications, including MMS composer, photo viewer and editor. Running on Windows Mobile 6.1, the smartphone features a 4.1-inch WVGA, 800 x 480 pixel resistive touch screen, and 1 GHz GPU. It also supports 3G HSPA, WiFi, GPS and A-GPS.

[Via Business Wire]





The much anticipated HTC Touch Pro2 is now available online. The unlocked phone can be purchased from a number of European based online sellers like Devicewire.com. The Quad-band GPRS / EDGE / HSPA features a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera; GPS and FM radio with RDS.

[Via Cool Smart Phone]



Skyfire’s beta mobile browser has hit version 1.0 for Windows Mobile and S60 devices. Version 1.0 improves the overall functionality, allows access to Youtube and Hulu videos and a new search function.

[Via Phone Scoop]



Nokia has announced the open availability of its MVC source code implementing H.264/MPEG-4 MVC. The video codec provide enhanced 2D and 3D performance in mobile devices. The software is available for download at: http://research.nokia.com/research/mobile3D.