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CES officially starts today and before the fun begans CES Unveiled took place Sunday, January 8th in Las Vegas at the Venetian. CES Unveiled was a pre-show media event that allowed us to take a look at the new products that are being introduced throughout 2012. There were 73 companies that made an appearance and [...]
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CES Unveiled And Startup Debut Pre-Shows Before CES
Posted by Paul Barraza on January 10th, 2012
Posted in Mobile News 
Tags: Accessories, Applications, CES, CES Unveiled, Operating Systems, Private Events, Smartphones, Startup Debut 
Comments OffT-Mobile “New Year, New Phone Sale” This Weekend
Posted by Paul Barraza on January 3rd, 2012
T-Mobile is having a “New Year, New Phone Sale” that will take place this weekend starting January 6th and ending January 8th. T-Mobile will be discounting During smartphones, tablets and mobile hotspots. “Some people join a gym as a New Year’s resolution while others vow to stay in better touch with friends and loved ones, [...]
Posted in Android, Featured, Mobile News, T-Mobile, Tablets Tags: Android, Android OS, Mobile Hotspots, New Phone Sale, New Year, Smartphones, T-Mobile, Tablets Comments OffThe Nokia Lumia 710 To Be Carried By T-Mobile
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 17th, 2011
T-Mobile and Nokia have announced that they will be bringing the Nokia Lumia 710 to the United States. The Lumia 710 will be the first Nokia branded Windows Phone to hit the states. The 710 is set to arrive January 11th for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement. The [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Nokia, T-Mobile, Windows Phone Tags: 7.5, Lumia 710, Mango, Nokia, smartphone, T-Mobile, Windows Phone Comments OffAT&T Officially Throttling Unlimited Data Users
Posted by Lisa Bancroft on December 12th, 2011
AT&T has kept to their word and are cracking down on their heavy unlimited data users as the company started sending out text messages warning data speeds have been reduced. The days of fast unlimited data is over. The message sent out to customers states “Your data usage is among the top 5% of [...]
Motorola DROID XYBOARD Tablets Available Starting Today
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 12th, 2011
The Motorola DROID XYBOARD 10.1 inch and 8.2 inch are available starting today through Verizon. Customers will be able to purchase either tablet through Verizon’s website or Verizon Wireless stores. Both tablets ship with Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and will have upgrades for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in the not too distant future. Pricing: The [...]
Posted in Android, Mobile News, Motorola, Tablets, Verizon Tags: 10.1, 3.2, 8.2, Android, Android OS, DROID XYBOARD, Honeycomb, Motorola, Tablets, Verizon, Verizon Wireless Comments OffAT&T Ranks At The Bottom Again In Customer Satisfaction Survey
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 7th, 2011
AT&T can’t seem to get anything right lately, their merge with T-Mobile is all but dead and once again they are the lowest rated carrier in customer satisfaction against T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon. The survey involved over 66,000 subscribers and asked about their service and customer-support experience. AT&T remained in their dead last position. Verizon [...]
Posted in AT&T, Mobile News Tags: AT&T, Consumer Reports, Customer Satisfaction Survey, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Comments OffT-Mobile Takes Over Woodfield Mall In Chicago
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 6th, 2011
There’s no place like home for the Holidays sings T-Mobile! T-Mobile along with Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and Musical Director Paul Mirkovich put together a spinoff of “There’s No Place like Home for Holidays” with a group of ladies in magenta dresses walking and dancing around through Woodfield Mall in the Chicagoland area. T-Mobile makes great [...]
Posted in Mobile News, T-Mobile, Video Tags: Chicago, Music Video, T-Mobile, There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays, Video, Woodfield Mall Comments OffVerizon Celebrates One Year Of LTE And Announces DROID XYBOARD Tablet Is On Its Way
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 5th, 2011
Today is the one-year anniversary of Verizon’s 4G LTE network launch. When the company first launched its LTE service it hit 39 markets which included New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Atlanta covering more than 110 million users. Come December 15th Verizon’s LTE network will be available in 190 markets covering 200 million people. [...]
Posted in 4G / LTE, Android, Mobile News, Motorola, Tablets, Verizon Tags: 3.2, Android, Android OS, DROID XYBOARD, Honeycomb, Motorola, Tablet, Verizon, Verizon Wireless Comments OffWhat’s Up With Carrier IQ
Posted by Troy D. Brown on December 1st, 2011
There has been a lot of concern the last few days as a deeply embedded program was discovered on Android that potentially could go as far as harvesting keystrokes and report them to a third party. What does all this really mean to you as a smartphone user, nothing. Carriers use this software to monitor [...]
Posted in Apple, BlackBerry, Featured, Mobile News Tags: Carrier IQ, Keystroke, Location, Tracking Comments OffCEO of Verizon Lowell McAdam To Become Chairman
Posted by Troy D. Brown on December 1st, 2011
Verizon Wireless confirmed today in a press release that current CEO, Lowell McAdam will become Chairman when current Chairman Ivan Seidenberg retires on December 31. This really was no surprise as Mr. Seidenberg stepped down as CEO in July to begin preparing for retirement. Full press release after the break.
Sprint Insures WiMax Through 2015
Posted by Troy D. Brown on December 1st, 2011
Sprint helped ClearWire out by giving them $1.6 billion to keep the WiMax network running through at least 2015, as Sprint plays catch-up deploying their LTE network. This is not a surprising move as Sprint is a majority holder of ClearWire and relies on the WiMax service for their “4G” devices. [via]
AT&T Attempting to Rescue T-Mobile Acquisition in Last-Minute Deal
Posted by Nicholas Anderson on November 30th, 2011
AT&T is continuing the fight to save their merger with T-Mobile. The company has made the decision to try to sell a portion of T-Mobile’s assets to a much smaller wireless provider. The $39 billion merger announced in March, will unite the second and fourth-largest mobile carriers in the U.S. The U.S. Justice Department and [...]
