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Verizon preferred by 23 percent of iPhone owners as exclusivity with AT&T ends

Published on: 25th September, 2010

About 23 percent of the iPhone owners in the United States would prefer to switch to Verizon if this opportunity arose, says a survey that was conducted by Credit Suisse. AT&T would keep the majority of the subscribers, while a small part of them would want to sign contracts with other carriers like T-Mobile and [...]

Pay-as-you-go data, 3G portables unveiled by AT&T

Published on: 25th September, 2010

AT&T has expanded its mobile data plans with the first options related to prepaid data. People having built-in 3G in their notebooks will benefit from the DatConnect Pass, which offers the option of paying for only a small amount of data, without needing a contract. Prices are $15 for 100MB of data used over the [...]

Motorola’s Flipout for AT&T may be cancelled at last minute

Published on: 25th September, 2010

According to a certain source, Motorola’s Flipout, which was scheduled to arrive at AT&T on September 25-26, 2010, could be cancelled. The contact declared for Engadget that corporate-owned AT&T retail stores were even told to destroy any product literature associated with the new handset. While this could only be a key spec that has changed [...]

Comprehensive iPhone insurance offered by Worth Ave Group

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Worth Ave Group is undoubtedly a top competitor among companies that offer insurance as well as warranty coverage for Apple’s iPhones. It offers, at only a fraction of the prices AT&T and Best Buy charge for extended warranties, a very comprehensive and flexible insurance, one of the most appreciated. While traveling, enrolees benefit from full [...]

Cities chosen by Verizon and AT&T for tests of the phone payment system

Published on: 13th August, 2010

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have developed a smartphone payment system for the United States, according to unofficial information. The system is believed to be tested in Austin, Salt Lake City and Minneapolis. The coded name of the project is Mercury and a pilot is expected to start in the middle of the next year. The [...]

Apple says to have Verizon cell sites on its campus

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

During a session dedicated to questions and answers at a recent event, Apple gave a strong clue that it may be testing Verizon devices connected to its network. CEO Steve Jobs was asked why it was impossible to replicate the “death grip” of the iPhone 4 on Apple’s campus and he answered that 1 Infinite [...]

AT&T may release the Dell Streak on July 19

Published on: 18th July, 2010

According to an unnamed source who talked for the Boy Genius Report, AT&T seems to be preparing the release of the Dell Streak on July 19. This unconfirmed report does not provide, though, any other details regarding subsidized pricing, for example. It is known that the new device will be sold for $500 as an [...]

Voice over LTE to have 3G support and emergency calls

Published on: 16th July, 2010

Updated specifications of VoLGA Forum for its standard for Voice Over LTE have been released. The new specifications include mobile voice as well as SMS services over 4G and is different from the current standard which supports only data. The changes in the standard will bring VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) which uses [...]

AT&T motivates banning of non-Market Android applications is for security

Published on: 7th July, 2010

Banning of non-Market Android applications has been defended by AT&T on the Android promo page of the company. The carrier’s argument was that the policy would make developers accountable and this way the applications proved to be malicious or presenting other risks could be easily pulled. It argued that the environment dedicated to development was [...]

AT&T and T-Mobile Nexus Ones get the final version of Android 2.2

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

On June 28, 2010, Google started releasing the promised Android 2.2 final version to all the American Nexus One models, available at AT&T and T-Mobile. The FRF85B build seems to be the first version to reach phones before the early test releases; moreover, it will be the first widely available variant able to handle Flash [...]

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