AT&T emailed customers Monday night and posted a notice on its website about the upcoming release of 4G data service — no dates have been announced, however.
“The nation’s fastest mobile broadband network is getting faster with 4G,” the company said in a statement. “Stronger connections. Faster access to your favorite content. The AT&T mobile broadband experience is evolving. 4G is coming soon to several areas around the country and will provide innovative solutions to deliver a smoother, more consistent mobile broadband experience.”
The company says that HSPA+ is available now and faster LTE service, which Verizon already has, is “coming soon.”
AT&T also announced three launch phones, the HTC Inspire 4G, a beautiful looking Android phone; the Motorola ATRIX 4G, complete with a dual-core processor; the Samsung Infuse 4G and its massive 4.5-inch screen; and the AT&T USBConnect Shockwave meant to connect your laptop to the 4G network.
On the AT&T website, the company also touts its “talk and surf” multitasking capabilities, which Verizon lacks.
No details were released on any iPhone 4G model.
They’d better do something big before Verizon starts selling iphones and I hope they’re smart enough not to charge extra for the 4G network access.
When I bought my IPhone 2 years ago, ATT told me 4G was around the corner. I guess I waited at the wrong corner.