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The iPhone has kind of been a double-edged sword for carriers, as you need it to attract customers but the subsidies can really eat into margins. Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse recently took a pay cut to offset the iPhone costs but he’s confident it will pay off. It may take a little while though. In…
Featured at CES 2012, the SpareOne has officially hit the market as a simple mobile phone that can last for 15 years — yes you read that right — on a single charge. No, unfortunately the SpareOne is not a smartphone, and in fact it can’t even really be considered a feature phone. All you…
Today, our deal partner, LogicBUY, has told us that the HTC One S through T-Mobile can be had on contract for only $150. The One S is T-Mobile’s version of the HTC One X. Although they are similar, there are some significant differences in the two, which you can learn about here. Check out our full review…
It looks like people are starting to hold back from purchasing the latest phone to hit the market. Gartner today dropped some figures that detail the worldwide sales of mobile phones were down by 2 percent this quarter. This is the first time the market has declined since the second quarter of 2009. The way…
I can’t say it’s surprising but it looks like Verizon Wireless will be killing its unlimited data plan option – even for grandfathered customers – in favor of a data-shared plan, according to comments Verizon executives said. Verizon had already killed off unlimited data plans last year for tiered data or “usage-based model” but those…
Good news if you’ve got an Amaze 4G or an HTC Sensation, you can now go and download Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Interestingly enough, these phones don’t appear to be getting the Sense 4 that debuted on the One X. Instead, the documentation says that the Amaze 4G and the Sensation will get Android…
China Mobile is in talks with Apple to carry the iPhone, according to a report from Bloomberg. No agreement has yet been reached between the two companies, and China Mobile can’t predict whether the companies will be able to come to agreement in 2012, making it likely the company would start carrying the next iPhone…
In just a short time, smartphones will undoubtedly change the way we interact with the world, even moreso than they already have. One of the biggest potential impacts of this trend is on the medical industry, as more and more doctors and nurses are turning to phones and tablets from Apple and Android to help…
Fotopedia is out with another free product in the AppStore. The Fotopedia Morocco app sings along the new iPad’s Retina Display from the day one, while also boasting a standard set of features Fotopedia app users learned to love, including the ability to share everything you read with friends across social networks, use select photos…
Everyone’s favorite hedgehog is back on Android with Sonic 4: Episode II and the speed demon has been optimized for the quad-core Tegra 3 chipset including HD gameplay. We’d previously heard that Sonic would be able to collect rings with the Tegra 3 chip and now that it’s available, it’s easy to say that it…