Most smartphone owners do not understand the current state of 4G (fourth generation) mobile phone technology. Although 4G smartphones are available in most global markets, including US carrier Sprint who will introduce a 4G smartphone called HTC EVO in the US, currently no US smartphone provider offers 4G technology. The only 4G technology of any kind currently available in the US is the Sprint WiMax service for laptop and PC internet access, which is limited to certain cities, according research by Compete.

Newspapers' circulation losses have stopped growing, but the industry still has a ways to go before it finds a new equilibrium. Newspapers' average daily paid circulation over the six months ending in March declined just 8.7% from the equivalent six-month period a year earlier, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said as it issued its biannual circulation report, factoring in just the 602 papers reporting comparable figures for both periods and excluding papers that, for example, shut down in the interim.