Sprint HD voice service coming from EVRC-NW–not LTE

Press reports out of the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE event say the company will first deliver HD voice over its enhanced/advanced 3G network over CDMA 1X Advanced technology using Qualcomm’s EVRC-NW’s codec – not via LTE.  Ain’t that a kick in the pants?

Last year, Sprint indicated it would be upgrading its 3G [...]

Sprint boasts HD voice in 2012, HTC 4G LTE as “First HD Voice-capable” smartphone in U.S.

Sprint is playing up HD voice – both in its network and phone “capabilities” in the roll out of its latest HTC Evo.  The HTC EVO 4G LTE will be available in “the second quarter” for $199.99, with pre-orders starting on May 7.

The HTC EVO 4G LTE has Android 4.0 with HTC [...]

Sprint has two paths to HD voice–1X Advanced and LTE

Sprint is turning up the volume on its upcoming LTE rollout, dropping hints that the iPhone 5 will be an LTE device.  However, the company also has a CDMA HD voice play as it upgrades its 3G network using Qualcomm chips and the 1X Advanced standard.

The path to HD voice through LTE is [...]

Comcast enables SMS text messaging – CAT-iq and HD voice to follow soon?

Comcast has been busy this week with new voice services. The company has enabled unlimited free text messaging on its customers’ home phone numbers.   Currently supported via web portal, iThings app, and Android app, the new service may hint at the forthcoming arrival of CAT-iq 2.0 devices and HD voice. Or not.

When [...]

Grandstream announces yet another HD voice enterprise handset

Over in Germany for CeBIT, Grandstream Networks announced the GXP212 Enterprise HD IP phone. The new phone includes electronic hook switch (EHS) support for Plantronics headsets.

Users can dial using only the buttons on the handset, so one doesn’t need to touch the desktop keypad. Other features include 4 line keys with up to [...]

Glensound Electronics mobile HD voice presentation at BVE UK broadcaster show

UK-based Glensound Electronics recently touted the wonders of HD voice for broadcasters at the BVE show (www.bvexpo.com) in London.  The company has passed along a copy of its Powerpoint presentation in Adobe Acrobat format  for review and sharing.

You can find the file here, and Glensound provides the following description–

HD Voice Presentation by [...]

Acer introduces CloudMobile HD voice smartphone

Acer is a name more associated with PCs and laptops and the dead netbook in my office. At Mobile World Congress (MWC), the company showed off a pair of fancy new Android phones, the CloudMobile S500 and Liquid Glow S330.  

The CloudMobile has a 4.3 inch 1280×720 touchscreen display, 1.5 GHz Qualcomm dual-core [...]

IDG News spots HD voice at Mobile World Congress

“More Phones Are Getting HD Voice,” by Mikael Ricknas of IDG News is now making the top of the search engines this moment.

The story notes the proliferation of HD voice support across a range of GSM networks around the world and handsets – plus  some annoyance at Apple for not getting on board [...]

Orange announces Intel-based Santa Clara HD voice phone

Bucking the ARM trend, France Telecom/Orange has announced it will roll out an Intel Atom-based phone to customers in the UK and France.

The currently code-named “Santa Clara” will run Android and is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design.  It includes an Intel Atom Z2460 processor, plus an Intel XMM 6260 platform for [...]

Huawei forgets to mention HD voice with new phones, tablets at Mobile World Congress

Huawei’s (www.huaweidevice.com) new phones and tablets boast quad-core processors, Dolby sound and hot video, but do they support AMR-WB and HD voice? It’s not in the press releases.

The Huawei Ascend D quad “Pegasus” clames to be the fastest quad-core smartphone in the world and it certainly has the hardware to support HD [...]