Posts tagged Cell Phones
AT&T Changes Their Text Messaging Plans
0August 19, 2011
If you don’t want an unlimited text message plan and are planning to join the AT&T family, then you should get used to spending $.20 per text (or more for MMS). Starting this upcoming Sunday, August 21st, new AT&T customers will only have two options for their texting plans: unlimited texting, which starts or $20 per month or pay per text.
AT&T representatives confirmed the change this morning, telling me that the new plans shouldn’t shake up too many folks, particularly since the majority of new customers opt for the unlimited plans regardless. The vast sea of critics who believe mobile More >
Apple’s iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Starting Sept. 30th, Launch October 7
1August 16, 2011
by TechHead
in Apple, Cell Phones, Development, Electronics, iPhone, News, Rumors, SmartPhones, Tech
We heard that Apple had plans to begin selling the next-generation iPhone on Friday, October 7th; the date which was first reported by TiPB. According to our sources, Apple has deciding whether to launch the new iPhone on October 7th or October 14th but with the product’s latest stages of pre-mass-production moving along nicely, Apple is trying to shoot towards a launch on the 7th. On top of all that, Apple plans to offer pre-orders for the new iPhone.
Apple is currently planning to begin pre-orders for their next-generation smartphone in the final days of September. The company has still More >
Google Buys Out Motorola Mobility Mainly For Patent Portfolio
0August 15, 2011
On Google’s company blog, the CEO, Larry Page explains why Google decided to drop $12.5 billion to purchase the smartphone vendor, Motorola Mobility. Page had plenty to say regarding Motorola’s extensive history and how Motorola has played a leading role in the Android platform’s explosive growth, he also pointed out how the company has one of the leading factors behind the deal: patents. “We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android,” the CEO wrote on Google’s blog. “The U.S. Department of Justice More >
AT&T To Sell $8 Billion In Assets To Win Merger Approval
0August 13, 2011
by TechHead
in 3G, ATT, Cell Phones, Development, News, SmartPhones, Tech, TMobile, Wireless Phone Companies
The wireless service provider, AT&T has recently hired Bank of America’s Merril Lynch to help advise the company on the sale of as much as $8 billion in assets in an effort to gain the government’s approval of its planned T-Mobile acquisition. The Wall Street Journal is saying that AT&T is trying to sell off its network assets in an attempt to water down its market power, but most of the assets could actually be T-Mobile’s holdings.”As we said on the day we announced the marger with T-Mobile USA, we anticipate there will be some divestitures, as we had in past mergers, but any speculation More >
FCC Plans To Implement SMS/MMS To Emergency Call Operators
0August 11, 2011
Being the 911 operator probably requires the ability to put up with a lot of stress as you have to answer calls from screaming, injured, angry, crazy, dying people all day. Their job is just about to get worse as they will soon be able to receive texts, photos, and videos of the misery. The FCC just recently announced a plan to catch 911 emergency services up with current technology as they aim for standardization across U.S emergency networks which are not controlled by any one governing body. The update will allow the public to send text, photos, and videos to 911. The plan also callls More >
Apple To Launch Low-Cost iPhone Soon
0August 5, 2011
Mike Abramsky, an RBC Capital analyst recently sat down in a meeting with Peter Oppenheimer (Apple’s Chief Financial Officer) and Tim Cook (Chief Operating Officer) to discuss a range of topics from Apple’s patent battles to the possibility of a budget-priced iPhone. “Apple’s primary criterion for launching a lower-end iPhone is an innovative, category-killer experience,” Abramsky wrote in a recent note to investors. The executives said that the components sector is currently a “buyers market,” which means it has the upper hand when it comes to negotiating for parts. In addition, Abramsky More >
Clearwire Plans To Adopt 4G LTE
0August 4, 2011
by TechHead
in 4G, Cell Phones, Clearwire, Development, LTE, SmartPhones, WiMAX, Wireless Phone Companies
Clearwire recently announced its intent to adopt LTE across its network. The 4G wholesaler is saying that it may add LTE Advanced-ready technology to its network that will provide up to 120 Mbps download speeds according to network technology trials. “Clearwire plans to raise the bar again for mobile broadband service in the United States,” said John Stanton, Clearwire’s Chairman and interim CEO, in a statement. “Our leadership in launching 4G services forced a major change in the competitive mobile data landscape. Now, we plan to bring our considerable spectrum portfolio to bear to More >
iPhone 5 Launching Second Week of September According To Rumors
0July 28, 2011
So by now, everyone is expecting that the iPhone will be released in September and rumors are flying out left and right. That being said, given all the news and rumors that are being released, we can already guess that the next generation iPhone isn’t too far from our reach.
A Chinese-based publication, better known as China Times is indicating that Apple’s internal plans for the iPhone 5 launch place the device on a path for release somewhere between September 6th and September 15th, roughly considered as the second week of the month. As you probably already knew, the speculation about a More >
Android Market Gets Redone With A Complete Overhaul
0July 14, 2011
Google is rolling out a new version of Android Market to all handsets running Android 2.2 or higher (which now makes up a vast majority of Android users). It’s bringing a new UI, performance improvements, and a variety of features designed to help with app discovery, including lists such as “Top Grossing,” and recently trending applications. Google showed these additions off at the Google I/O press conference but hasn’t rolled them out to the mobile client until now.
Everyone in the US is going to get their hands on the long-awaited Videos application, which was showcased at Google’s I/O More >
Redsn0w 0.9.8b2 Released; Offers Tethered Jailbreak For iOS 5.0b3
0July 12, 2011
by _GadgetNews
in Apple, Applications, Cell Phones, Hacks, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTouch, News, OS, SmartPhones, Software, Tech
Users who were updating to iOS 5 beta 3 and jailbreaking with Redsn0w previously reported experiencing AppStore application issues where these apps just didn’t work. iOS developer and hacker ih8sn0w mentioned the following to clarify why this bug was occuring:
redsn0w seems to be having sandbox errors due to it using the old b1 kernel. I and many others have not seen any issues with sn0wbreeze related to AppStore apps. If you prefer to use redsn0w, I am sure @MuscleNerd is working on a fix.
MuscleNerd recently tweeted that Redsn0w was updated as well to fix the sandboxing issue More >
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