I’ve just read from PC World that Verizon, with its big subscriber base, has tested its LTE (Long Term Evolution) / 4G network in Boston and Seattle. Looks like carriers are already looking into the 4th generation mobile technology these days. This is actually happening while AT&T is trying to cope up with it’s 3G bandwidth woes with Apple users.

Adoption of LTE/4G will allow mobile users to use devices that are truly IP based. This should also help bandwidth hogging applications such as video streaming to become mainstream since 4G will be able to support those requirements. What I’m excited about is the fact that once we start using LTE/4G we will now have mobile phones that are truly connected phones that totally removes the line between a mobile phone and a computer with a modem. Just imagine I will be able to watch movies, television, surf the web, do email, make voice calls, update my blog a whole lot of other stuff using a computer that I can put in my pocket!