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U.S. Cellular gets its menu at Amazon Appstore for Android
Instead of making its own app store for Android users, U.S. Cellular has turned to Amazon for help. As a result, it got a customized application menu in the Amazon Appstore for Android, marking the first time some carrier has teamed-up with the online retailer this way. When U.S. Cellular customers open the Amazon Appstore on most Android-powered devices, they will see a new U.S. Cellular tab, which suggests apps that are pre-selected and approved by U.S. Cellular. Among the applications users will be able to grab from here are … Read more
Dusan Belic
US Cellular now selling the Pantech Verse
New on the list of cell phones US Cellular offers is the Pantech Verse, a green little mobile phone with a good price and decent features. The fact that its named with a word in the English dictionary instead of a random mix of letters and numbers might suggest this is a smartphone, but it’s not. The Verse is a regular phone with a slide-up QWERTY keyboard. While it’s mostly black, it can probably be characterized as green since the color appears on almost every edge of the phone and … Read more
George Tinari
FCC gives carriers $300 million to roll out 3G and 4G in rural areas
The FCC is getting serious about providing high-speed mobile broadband connections to rural areas. The agency has begun accepting bids to bring 3G and 4G services to parts of the country that have been ignored by major carriers, and is offering as much as $300 million to assist in the development costs of these networks. To provide a picture of the types of areas that would be impacted by such a move, the FCC has released a Phase 1 eligibility map that shows locations currently in the dark, which you … Read more
Anthony Domanico
U.S. Cellular, Alltel join forces to offer prepaid service in select Walmart stores
U.S. Cellular and Alltel are teaming-up over “U Prepaid,” a no contract wireless service that will be offered in select Walmart Stores across 18 states beginning in May. The alliance, which is said to be the first of its kind in the industry, offers customers flexible payment options without signing a contract. Customers on their end get an easy-to-understand plan choices, with U Prepaid running on either U.S. Cellular’s or Alltel’s network depending on where they live. Moreover, there will be multiple data options and plans that include unlimited talk … Read more
Dusan Belic
Analyst: smaller carriers to grab 19 percent of smartphone sales by 2016
Are smaller carriers on the rise? One analyst seems to think so. Iain Gillott is the president and founder of iGR, a mobile industry consultancy group, and a study from his firm suggests that smaller carriers will make key gains in the mobile industry over the next few years. Regional carriers such as U.S. Cellular, MetroPCS, Leap Wireless, nTelos, and others currently represent less than 10% of U.S. smartphone sales. According to Gillott, as consumer demand for smartphones increases, the number of smartphone owners on these smaller second-tier networks will … Read more
Anthony Domanico
US Cellular starts selling its first LTE phone, the Galaxy S Aviator
US Cellular is moving up in prestige with its announcement that it has begun selling its first 4G LTE smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The carrier promised back in February that its first LTE phone would be released in April and has clearly stuck by its word. The Galaxy S Aviator is a mid-range handset running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. (No word on if it will get the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.) It’s graced by a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and a 1 … Read more
George Tinari
Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE now available at US Cellular
In early February of this year US Cellular announced that it would be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE in tow and today is that day. US Cellular customers can now grab the tablet on a new two-year contract and get to living the LTE life. While the hardware of Android tablets have changed quite a bit since the Galaxy Tab 10.1, for a long time it was really the only tablet to consider if you were going the Android route. Fast forward to today and the 10.1 … Read more
Blake Stimac
HTC One V to land in the US on MetroPCS, U.S. Cellular, and Virgin Mobile
The HTC One V that launched earlier this week, it’s going to come to three American operators according to an HTC spokesperson who spoke to PhoneScoop. Metro PCS, U.S. Cellular, and Virgin Mobile will carry HTC’s budget Android device, though we have no idea when it’ll launch, nor how much it’ll cost. Here’s what we do know: the One V is the direct successor to the two year old HTC Legend. It has the exact same look and feel, but under the hood there’s quite a few number of improvements. … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
U.S. Cellular launches the Samsung Galaxy S II
U.S. Cellular is finally joining the party when it comes to offering one of the most popular Android handsets on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S II. The regional cellular provider announced that the Galaxy S II will run on its nationwide 3G network. It will be available for $229.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and 2-year commitment. The GSII will pack almost identical features you’d find in every U.S. variant, such as 1.2 GHz dual-core processor (Samsung Exynos C210), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED Flash, Swype … Read more
