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Clearwire To Get Another $1.5 Billion
Sprint is preparing to put another billion dollars into Clearwire, its 4G WiMAX partner. Their other partners, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel and Google (exclude Google) are collectively putting in another $500 million into the pot. There are also rumors that Clearwire has looked at T-Mobile as another possible partner. If Sprint is losing customers…
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Samsung Pays Qualcomm $1.3 Billion
Samsung and Qualcomm have reached a cross-licensing deal which will let Samsung continue producing 3G and 4G wireless phones for the next 15 years. Samsung is also letting Qualcomm 57 of its patents on mobile technology. The $1.3 Billion is a down payment and future loyalty payments will be involved, but aren’t detailed. It is…
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Apple App Store Requirements Not Up to Par
We just got a tip. About a invasion of your privacy. From a iPhone Game App. According to a reliable source, Storm8, maker of free iPhone games such as Racing Live!, World War, and iMobsters, is being sued. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco on behalf of Washington State resident Michael Turner after a…
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An iPhone? No way! On Verizon? Where?!?
There are several major different selling points of the iPhone. The biggest one in my opinion – IT JUST WORKS. No need to unlock and flash a custom ROM, no need to soft-reset, Just click your app and BOOM – it opens. Now I will admit that there are several major problems with the iPhone…
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Keep your arms and legs!
Several months back, I was looking into getting Boost. The reason being that they have unlimited talk (as well as everything else) for $50 a month. A price, that until now, has been exclusive to pre-paid mobile carriers. None of the big 4 (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile) have offered such a low price. Apparently,…
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FCC Approves At&t’s Purchase of Centennial Wireless
Today, the FCC gave their stamp of approval on At&t’s purchase of Centennial Wireless, a small US carrier of about 893,000 subscribers. The deal is for $944 million. Centennial Wireless had coverage in the midwest, southwest, and Puerto Rico. Centennial shareholders will get $8.50/share and At&t says the Centennial stores will be re-branded by January…
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So, you want Android? On your GSM Touch Pro/Fuze? With Working Data?
So with all the buzz about Droid, I have really started wanting one. Or at least a phone with Android OS and a physical keyboard. But I don’t have Verizon… Not to worry, XDA-Developers came to the rescue! Introducing Android on the Touch Pro! “What’s different than the android package that has been around for…
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LG Snapdragon Android Phone in Q2 2010?
Have you heard enough about the new high-end Android phones coming out? Well we have another one for you! LG has announced that it will have an Android phone with the almighty Snapdragon processor coming out in Q2 2010. Apparently it will be available in the Korean market at first, so it might be a…
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Verizon Data Goes Prepaid
Yeah, that’s right, Verizon Broadband Data has gone prepaid! Starting November 16th, the Verizon Wireless USB760 will be available with a $15 daily access rate (with a 75MB allowance). If that’s not good enough, they’re also offering a weekly rate of $30 for 250MB, or $50 per month for 500MB. The card has a memory…
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Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Available Friday
If the new Verizon DROID is too expensive for you, Verizon is also launching the DROID ERIS on Friday, for $100 less (although you also get less features). It is comparable to the Sprint Hero and will be available for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. It features a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2-inch capacitive display, WiFi,…
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Topless Women on T-Mobile Bill Pay Site?
We just received a tip from Mike who stumbled across an article which proves that bad things happen in 3’s, at least that’s the case with T-Mobile. As if the Sidekick outage, and the nationwide outage last night wasn’t enough, there’s now reports that people are getting images of topless women, or images of women…
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Verizon Increasing ETF For “Advanced Devices”
The folks over at BGR have confirmed that Verizon has plans to increase the Early Termination Fee on “advanced devices” from $175 to up to $350 starting November 15th. For every month of service completed, the fee will drop by $10. There’s been no definition of what they consider an “advanced device”, but we’re guessing…
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Can you hear me now? Not on T-Mobile!
I have been considering getting T-Mobile since it appears that they will be getting the HD2. Fortunately for Sprint, T-Mobile went ahead and had a nationwide outage. Signal is down all over the place (voice AND data). Not to worry, T-Mobile has issued the following statement: “T-Mobile customers may be experiencing service disruptions impacting voice…
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Has Droid been lost in the Exchange?
Do you use Microsoft Exchange for work related E-mails? If so, you will be slapped with an additional $15 charge per month by Verizon. Maximum PC is reporting that using integrated Microsoft Exchange will add $15 dollars to your data plan if you also use a Verizon Droid, the highly hyped “iPhone-killer”. The reasoning behind…
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Verizon Wireless Sued over “There’s a Map For That’ Ad Campaign
Recently, Big Red began to market against AT&T’s long running “Theres an App for That” marketing campaign for the Iphone. The campaign, using the phrase “There’s a Map for That’, intends to pun against AT&T’s sub par coverage in areas across the nation. Such ads showing the extensive coverage of Verizon have been done before, but…
