Not that this will make any difference whatsoever to conspiracy theorists, but by this time next year, you won't hardly be able to find a new PC without a USB 3.0 port. Yes, we've heard all about how Intel is intentionally delaying adding native USB 3.0 support in its chipsets in order to promote its own Light Peak/Thunderbolt interface, but if even if that were true, it doesn't matter because as of right now, OEMs are content with USB.
Conspiracy theorists contend that the reason it's taking Intel so long to natively support the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface is because the Santa Clara chip maker is invested in its Thunderbolt (formerly known as Light Peak) interconnect. If that's the case, the plan isn't working, because at least one major OEM is having trouble finding value in Thunderbolt.
For those of you who celebrate the holiday, have a happy Easter going into the weekend. And whether you celebrate it or not, almost everyone is welcome to reduced pricing on HTC's Thunderbolt 4G smartphone for Verizon, courtesy of Amazon. The e-tailer has marked the Thunderbolt down from its usual selling price of $250 to $130, which is valid for new customers who sign a two-year service agreement. Existing customers hoping to upgrade have to fork over $200.
I’ve seen the light, and it’s dark. Intel’s new Thunderbolt technology, formerly code-named Light Peak, is making its debut as something more like Copper Peak. Instead of the futuristic fiber-optic cables we were promised, we’re getting plain old copper cables that would be passably familiar to Thomas Edison.
Verizon has just gotten its very first 4G LTE handset out the door, and the reception for the HTC Thunderbolt has been good so far. Though one major gripe users are complaining about is that that new LTE radio really gulps down power. PC Mag reports that their own testing only resulted in 2.5 hours of LTE streaming. The solution? A big honking battery apparently.
Starting tomorrow, March 17th, you'll be able to pick up HTC's much anticipated ThunderBolt smartphone through Verizon for $250 with a two-year service agreement. The ThunderBolt is the first smartphone able to take full advantage of Verizon's 4G LTE network, and you can expect download speeds of 5-12Mbps and upload speeds of 2-5Mbps, Verizon says.
If Intel thought that launching Light Peak would help tamp down the nervousness over its new I/O technology, it certainly isn’t playing out that way.
Intel's hoping Thunderbolt, the spec formerly known as Light Peak, will change the world. So is Apple, which introduced Thunderbolt with its recently retooled MacBook Pro computers. That's fine and dandy, but AMD doesn't get what all the hoopla is about. After all, what's the point of Thunderbolt if we can get this whole USB 3.0 thing rolling? That's basically how AMD put it, CrunchGear reports.
You've probably heard of Light Peak, Intel's new high-speed data transfer I/O, but unless you follow the Apple scene, you probably never heard of Thunderbolt. They're one in the same, with Intel and Apple introducing Thunderbolt today on an updated line of MacBook Pro laptops. But don't worry, though Thunderbolt strikes the Apple platform first, it's also coming to PCs.
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