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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Chalk up another carrier in the "No" column when it comes to Carrier IQ, apparently. Regional carrier US Cellular, in an internal memo, USC says unequivocably, "None of our devices ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2011
Carrier IQ has issued a new press release defending its business and reminding us all that it works not unilaterally, but for the operator -- the carrier. The nut:
Carrier IQ acts as an agent fo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 16, 2011
T-Mobile today announced that it's launching its high-speed, 42Mbps network in 11 new markets today, and expanding its 21Mbps network in nine others.
Included in the HSPA+ 42 launch are: Bend, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 14, 2011
Sprint today is detailing new data plans for tablets and its mobile broadband (ie non-smartphone) devices, with several options for each. Here's the breakdown; all pricing includes 3G and 4G dat...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 08, 2011
Just a few days ago we saw the HTC Thunderbolt get a semi-functional MIUI port, and today we were graced with the good news that the data and SMS issues have been resolved. Developer DroidVicious tw...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 07, 2011
With the announcement of the Motorola Droid RAZR, Verizon also confirmed some new double data LTE plans to go along with it. More data is always a good thing, so we're gald to see it happening o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 07, 2011
Verizon's been teasing a Nov. 11 launch for the Motorola Droid RAZR, and this morning it's made it official. And, lining up with the news we broke last week, stores will open at 11:11 a.m. l...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 04, 2011
US Cellular this afternoon announced that it's launching a 4G LTE network in the first quarter of 2012, with select cities in six states getting the nod.
The markets that will initially have th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 27, 2011
Market research firm IDC has named Carrier IQ -- a name that provokes a cringe or two -- one of the "companies to watch" for analytics groups under $100 million in revenue. Because i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 21, 2011
We already knew that Sprint was killing off unlimited data for the hotspot plan, but today's news makes everything all official. Starting in November, users with a mobile broadband plan (t...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Oct 17, 2011
T-Mobile has announced a few new additions to its pay-as-you-go 4G plans, available beginning today. For $60/month customers will receive unlimited talk, text and web with up to 2 GB data at 4G spee...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 16, 2011
Yep, looks like Verizon's in the midst of a pretty widespread data issue tonight, if you folks on Twitter are any indication. Could be worse, we suppose, but any outage is a bad outage, even if ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 07, 2011
We're knee deep into Sprint's "Strategy/Network" update. The big (yet unsurprising) news is that, yes, it's moving to LTE. It'll be run on Sprint's 1900 MHz spectrum, w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2011
Well, that was quick. Just a couple days after a so-called "massive security vulnerability" was discovered in a few HTC phones, the Taiwanese manufacturer says a fix is on the way. Telling...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 02, 2011
(And it doesn't mean the sky is falling)
Update (Oct. 4): HTC says a fix is on the way. Original follows.
Another week, another bit of scary news that nobody is taking the time to properly ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 26, 2011
More in the Amaze 4G forums
T-Mobile today announced the HTC Amaze 4G, coming to its network on Oct. 12, with preorders starting Oct. 12. It'll cost $259 with a two-year contract and $50 mai...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2011
Verizon has unleashed a bevy of press releases -- 16 in all, if you count one market getting two releases -- announcing expansion of its 4G LTE network to some 22 markets, and the expansion of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2011
AT&T is throwing the switch on its LTE network this Sunday, according to CFO John Stephens. Only five cities -- Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio -- will be live at launc...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Aug 30, 2011
ComScore has released its latest round of data, which tracks the smartphone market during the months of May, June, and July of 2011. During this time period, 82.2 million Americans owned a smart...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 22, 2011
Sprint has some pretty awesome news for EVO View 4G owners, especially if you're concerned about data packages available to the device. Today, they announced they will be offering up À la cart...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 01, 2011
The joy of purchasing a device with no data plan requirement is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Sure, a lot of carriers out there will still allow you to do it. But come Aug. 8, T-Mobile will no...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 31, 2011
If you are one of the lucky AT&T users who were able to lock into that awesome unlimited data plan before they changed over to their tiered structure -- and also happen to use more data than ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2011
The rumors were true, folks. Sprint's going LTE with LightSquared in a 15-year deal. It sounds a little backward, but the gist is this: LightSquared's going to pay Sprint around $9 billion in cas...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2011
T-Mobile increased the theoretical speed of its 4G network in 56 markets throughout the United States to a blistering 42 Mbps, which TMo calls, appropriately enough, HSPA+ 42. That brings its 4G...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
One of the more interesting (if less publicized) additions to Google Maps 5.7 is the ability to download map data locally to your phone. That's a godsend if you're traveling somewhere...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 26, 2011
LulzSec, the anti-sec group that quickly rose to Internet infamy over the past month or so, has just as quickly disbanded and disappeared back into the ether -- but not without one last data dump. And...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 24, 2011
Thing 1 - Verizon's tiered data plans Verizon's new data plans broken down in complete detail Thing 2 - The EVO 3D cometh! Sprint HTC EVO 3D initial reviewSprint revises EVO 3D video capture specs ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2011
Having a hard time wrapping your head around the upcoming changes to Verizon's smartphone data plans? We just got all the dirty details dropped in our laps. Charts, e-mails, the whole kit and ka...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 21, 2011
July 7, 2011. A day that will live in infamy. OK, maybe not. But it's looking like it'll be the day that Verizon changes its data plans to a tiered structure, and there are plenty of rumors, half-tru...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 23, 2011
Your city miss out on Verizon's recent LTE push? No worries, as Big Red's getting ready to throw the switch on more come June 16. And the lucky locations are:Hartford, Conn.Flint, Grand Rapi...
