Infographic: 4G LTE speeds, Verizon vs. AT&T: The infographic below shows each carrier’s average LTE speed in the cities we tested where both LTE services are offered. The cities are ranked according to a composite score of AT&T and Verizon LTE download speed. (Via Tech Hive) The problem with average speeds in tests like this is that they mean almost nothing compared to your real-world performance. Now that I’m carrying an AT&T phone and a Verizon iPad, I have to say, Verizon…

Apple’s new Verizon iPad can serve as LTE hotspot for more than 24 hours: The highly-technical Anand Lal Shimpi over atAnandTechrecently revealed that his tests of the new Verizon iPad found that it could act as a mobile hotspot by sharing its LTE connection with other devices — such as a notebook — forapproximately 25.3 hoursunder the proper conditions — namely that the device’s display remained turned off. That’s roughly 5 times longer than the 4 hours and change of popular LTE MiFi hotspots from Novatel and Samsung. (Via…

> Raney said that Verizon iPhone owners will be able to take advantage of the 3G wireless hotspot feature for an extra $20 per month on top of the iPhone’s required voice and data plans—that’s the same price that applies to current Verizon smartphone owners. via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/157402/2011/01/verizon_iphone_mobile_hotspot_plans.html?lsrc=rss_main)Some wishful thinkers will no-doubt be disappointed by this, but I have to say, it’s not at all surprising. And compared to…

Today is one of those magical days when an Apple rumor you thought you’d never hear the end of finally comes true. Like “Apple is making a phone” or “Macs are going to use Intel chips” or “The Beatles are coming to iTunes”, “Verizon will get the iPhone” has been around since about ten minutes after the original iPhone was announced. These rumors are special, because they are the kinds of rumors that are obviously going to come true eventually, but they are completely unlikely to happen at the…

> Still, that’s a compelling data point. Apple had been expanding the range of iPad retail outlets beyond Apple Stores and AT&T all this quarter; you can buy them at Wal*Mart, for instance. But Verizon is the first mobile wireless store that will have it…and barring another Interesting email, the online. > > So! Rumors of a “sooner rather than later” Verizon iPhone have just clicked one stop higher on the credibility scale. Mind you, it’s still firmly in the “I won’t believe it until I hear…