By: Clint Boulton, eWeek
Media who proclaimed carriers were keeping a low profile at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas were sorely mistaken. AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint all announced major handsets, most of which are based on Google’s Android operating system. AT&T arguably made the loudest noise, unveiling five handsets and a 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) tablet as part of its 2012 Developer Summit. Perhaps the most high-profile handset was the Samsung Galaxy Note “phablet,” a phone with a 5.3-inch, HD Super AMOLED screen that provides some tablet-type real estate to work with for consumers and business types alike. The handset, which AT&T has not priced but will launch in the coming weeks, boasts the S Pen digital pen input technology and software to let users draw, sketch or just write. Two more Samsung Android handsets are coming from AT&T in the coming months.
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