Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas. We also saw Straight [...]
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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 14th, 2012
Posted: 20th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Best Of The Rest, Front Page, Galaxy, Miscellany, Mobile News, Nbsp, Rogers, Samsung, Sat, Verizon, Verizon Wireless
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Dish warns the FCC its 4G LTE might come in earnest as late as 2016
Posted: 19th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 60 Million, Amp, Cellular Standards, Dish, Extra Time, Fcc, Frequency Band, Giant, Gigaom, Lte, Metropcs, Nbsp, Pdf, Satellite Tv, Six Years, Spectrum, Speculation, Standards Group, Switches, Verizon
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Dish has been tranquil about facing a longer FCC review period for its planned LTE-based 4G network, and now we might have an idea as to why. The satellite TV giant is telling the FCC that it only expects coverage to reach up to 60 million potential customers “within four years,” or about 2016 — [...]
Sprint’s Android users get carrier billing in Google Play
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Amp, Android, Billing Option, Book Music, Carrier Billing, Email, Engadget, Galaxy, Google, Leaves, Nbsp, Nexus, Regional Carriers, Roadmap, Sprint, T Mobile, Verizon, Video Purchase
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American Android users started getting carrier billing in Google Play early this month through T-Mobile (and later AT&T), and now Sprint can join the party. Any app, book, music or video purchase can be tacked on to the monthly bill for your EVO 4G LTE instead of going through Google. The move leaves Verizon as [...]
Verizon CFO says grandfathered unlimited plans on the way out
Posted: 16th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 3g Phones, Caps, Carrier, Cfo, Debut, Engadget, Feathers, Fiercewireless, Fran Shammo, Hopes And Dreams, J P Morgan, Leap, Morgan Technology, Nbsp, Source Link, Technology Media, Telecom Conference, Verizon, Verizon Communications, Verizon Email
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Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo shattered many a hopes and dreams today speaking at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference. During his address, Shammo indicated that customers who have been grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan may soon find themselves pushed into tiered territory, with the debut of the carrier’s shared data [...]
Cox and Verizon Wireless join forces, launch service bundles in Oklahoma
Posted: 15th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Cox Communications, Cox Email, Debit Cards, Engadget, Internet Services, Launch, Nbsp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoman, Partnership, Retail Outlets, Service Bundles, Verizon, Verizon Email, Verizon Wireless, Video Internet, Voice Services, Vzw, Wireless Email, Wireless Subscribers
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It’s a moderately good day to be an Oklahoman. Wireless subscribers living near Oklahoma City or Tulsa will be among the first to reap the benefits of a new partnership between Cox Communications and Verizon Wireless that bundles services from both companies, letting customers sign up for packages that include video, internet and voice services [...]
Mystery Samsung phone with Snapdragon S4 pops up in benchmarks, may or may not be Verizon’s Galaxy S III
Posted: 15th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Benchmarks, Blog, Chips, Compromise, Dual Core, Engadget, Eyebrows, Galaxy, Great Leap, Logic, Mystery, Nbsp, Nexus, North American Networks, S4, Samsung, Samsung Phone, Samsung Sch, Snapdragons, Verizon
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While pre-release benchmarks have a very hit or miss record for clues as to what future devices will bring, they almost always raise eyebrows. Nowhere is that more true than in a round of NenaMark2 testing uncovered this weekend: a previously unknown Samsung SCH-i535 for Verizon has tipped up sporting a 1.5GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 [...]
Mobile Miscellany: week of May 7th, 2012
Posted: 13th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Acquisition, Aws, Best Of The Rest, Ceo, Front Page, Miscellany, Mobile News, Nbsp, New Partner, Optimism, Sat, Sprint, T Mobile, Verizon, Windows Phone
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Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Sprint reassured us with optimism for Windows Phone 8, and T-Mobile’s CEO found a new partner to continue the fight against Verizon’s [...]
Jersey Shore getting Verizon LTE on May 17th…
Posted: 10th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Cape Cod, Craig, Delaware Beach Communities, Engadget, Getty Images, Jersey Shore, Long Island, Lte, Nbsp, Northern Vermont, Outer Banks Of North Carolina, Photo Credit, Photos, Verizon
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…just in time for photos of Snooki’s kid to be whisked around the world at 4G speeds. (P.S. – Northern Vermont, Long Island, Cape Cod, Delaware beach communities and the gorgeous Outer Banks of North Carolina are going live soon as well, sans drama.) [Photo credit: Craig Barritt, Getty Images] Continue reading Jersey Shore getting [...]
Blue Droid RAZR heading to Verizon on May 17th, Ice Cream Sandwich nowhere to be found
Posted: 10th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 1mm, Brick And Mortar, Droid, Dual Core Cpu, Engadget, Favorite Color, Ice Cream, Ics, Lucky Day, Mortar Shops, Nbsp, Paint Job, Phone Scoop, Sandwich, Thin Slabs, Verizon, Verizon Email, Virtual Shelves, Wee Bit
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Blue your favorite color? Have a thing for 7.1mm thin slabs? Then today’s your lucky day. Verizon just announced an azure flavor of its exquisite Droid RAZR is set to hit its physical and virtual shelves next week — though, it could show up at brick and mortar shops a wee bit earlier than that. [...]
Sprint Galaxy Nexus review
Posted: 10th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Crowd, Engadget, Galaxy, Lady Nexus, Magic Number, Nbsp, Paces, Siblings, Sprint, Stacks, Third Time, Three Times, Threes, Verizon
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Third time’s a charm… Three’s a crowd… She’s once, twice, three times a lady Nexus… Three’s a magic number… Good things come in threes… or is that sneezes? Okay, so maybe there isn’t anything clever we can say to get you hooked, but do we really need to lure you in at this point? The [...]