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RadioShack knocks $50 off the price of the iPhone 4S
In a me-too move, RadioShack has announced that they too will be offering a $50 discount on the iPhone. Yesterday, RadioShack started selling the iPhone 4 (8GB) for $49, and the iPhone 4S for $149 (16GB), $249 (32GB), and $349 (64GB). The move comes after multiple smaller, regional retailers started selling Apple’s iPhones at these lower rates, and after Target announced they would be cutting $50 off the iPhone prices as well. The $50 price reduction ends June 30th, so you’ll want to act soon if you want to save a cool … Read more
Anthony Domanico
AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD shelved to make room for Galaxy S III
The Verge is saying that AT&T has abandoned its plans to release the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD and leave room for the brand new Galaxy S III. Samsung’s Ryan Bidan explained that it simply didn’t make sense in light of the Galaxy S III announcement — it’s hard to justify an updated 720p version of the existing Skyrocket with the new (improved) product on the horizon. Samsung announced that Galaxy S III will hit the U.S. in June and as far as we can tell this is the … Read more
Dusan Belic
PCWorld details 3G/4G test results for US mobile networks
PCWorld went on a bit of an adventure recently to put AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon’s 3G and 4G networks to the test. They traveled to 13 cities across the United States — Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. – and tested data speeds in a total of 127 different locations. The tests between the carriers are broken down into four categories: 3G download speed, 3G upload speed, 4G download speed, and 4G upload speed. The … Read more
George Tinari
AT&T family data plans are coming soon
Months of waiting and listening to vague public remarks from AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega have led us to this moment. Finally we have confirmation that AT&T family data plans are coming soon — still vague, but something is better than nothing. Such a plan would allow families already living in an all-smartphone world to grab their monthly data from one big pool. “I’m very comfortable with the plan that will be offered to our customers,” said de la Vega at an event during the CTIA Wireless trade show. … Read more
George Tinari
AT&T One X priced at $150 from Amazon Wireless
If want to save some money on an HTC One X, look no further than Amazon. The online retailer is offering the One X for $149, which is $50 less expensive than carrier AT&T. You might have to wait 8 to 9 days for the handset to arrive, but it’s worth the wait. Even if the bootloader is locked, the One X is still one of the top Android handsets available in the US. The One X includes a unibody design, 4.7-inch, Super LCD2 display (720 x 1280), 1.5GHz, dual-core … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Google and AT&T trade barbs over Android updates
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has been on a roll as of late. First, he flat out admitted that customers should expect to see their wireless services prices go up thanks to the company’s botched acquisition of T-Mobile. Second, the AT&T boss expressed his regret of not getting rid of unlimited data plans a lot sooner. Boy, you got to love that good old Death Star. Just when you thought these disturbing confessions weren’t grim enough, Stephenson, has now blamed Google for delayed updates to its Android smartphones. Yes, you heard … Read more
Charles West
CTIA: AT&T home automation demonstration [Video]
One of the things that really makes it seem like we’re living in the future is being able to control all of your appliances from a smartphone or tablet and during CTIA 2012, AT&T gave us a glimpse of that future with its home automation demo. It’s pretty cool. The home automation demonstration was done with an iPad that could control lamps, alarms and the thermostat via a combination of WiFi and 3G. You have to hook up appliances to a connected adapter which then connects to a 3G enabled … Read more
Marin Perez
HTC releases source code for One X, US variant not included
Hackers rejoice … HTC has released the source code for the wildly popular One X. Yesterday, we wrote how MoDaCo noticed that the AT&T version of the HTC One X ships with a locked bootloader that isn’t unlocked by HTC’s bootloader unlock tool, a revelation that was later confirmed to The Verge by HTC. The Death Star strikes again! Well, thanks to some diligent developers and angry customers, HTC has now offered up the One X source code for several countries (including Australia, France, New Zealand, Europe, Taiwan, UK, and … Read more
Charles West
CTIA 2012: Samsung Focus 2 hands-on [Video]
We’re here in New Orleans and getting ready for the CTIA show to officially kick off. Today Samsung announced the follow-up to the original Focus with the Focus 2. The handset is definite made for the budget conscious user and will come in at a very low $50 on a new contract. Rocking a 4 inch Super AMOLED WVGA display, 1.4GHz single-core processor, 5 megapixel camera, 8GB storage, VGA front-facing camera, and a 1750 mAh battery, the Focus 2 is a well-rounded Windows Phone that may not be the best … Read more
Blake Stimac
AT&T to start testing home automation system for mobile devices
AT&T revealed additional details about its Digital Life home automation and security platform. The second largest wireless provider in the United States plans to test the new service sometime during the summer, with trials set to go out in Dallas and Atlanta before it launches nationwide. If the company manages to avoid any hiccups along the way, consumers can expect to use this later this year. What the hell is AT&T Digit Life, you ask? Well, it’s a variety of sensors that are being installed in the user’s home or … Read more
Charles West
HTC One X for AT&T not eligible for bootloader unlocking
MoDaCo noticed that the AT&T version of the HTC One X ships with a locked bootloader that isn’t unlocked by HTC’s bootloader unlock tool. The Verge picked up on this story and reached out to HTC, which confirmed that the One X for AT&T is not participating in the bootloader unlocking program. “HTC is committed to listening to users and delivering customer satisfaction. Since announcing our commitment to unlockable bootloaders, HTC has worked to enable our customers to unlock the bootloader on more than 45 devices over the past six … Read more