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AT&T is playing a bit of musical chairs with its senior executive positions and the move seems more like a reshuffling of the deck than a cleaning house move. According to AT&T, CEO and Chairman Randall Stephenson will stay on top and will have multiple lieutenants. Most importantly for this publication, Ralph de la Vega…
The launch of the iPhone 4S in China earlier this month did not go as planned. Huge crowds of customers and scalpers lined up in front of Apple stores in both Shanghai and Beijing. A small riot broke out when the stores didn’t open on time. Rather than put its employees at risk, Apple closed its stores and sent customers to its…
Dish Network, the budget satellite television company, sits on 40 MHz worth of spectrum in the 2 GHz band. They’ve already stated that they want to build an LTE-Advanced network using that spectrum, and now they’re just waiting to get the thumbs up from the FCC to go ahead and start building. Now we all…
The state of 4G LTE in Europe is pretty dismal compared to the United States, but that’s not really a bad thing since most 4G LTE equipped smartphones can’t seem to last more than a few hours under heavy use; the Droid RAZR MAxx is an exception. Anyway, today we’d like to highlight Vodafone’s new…
Last time we talked about Amazon’s HTC Rezound offer, the online retailer asked for 150 bucks for HTC’s powerful smartphone. Like that’s not a good deal enough, Amazon decided to further slash the price to $79.99, making for an awesome purchase. However, this is the price for new customers only — if you’re upgrading or…
Good news for our Canadian readers who want the Samsung Galaxy Note. Three of the country’s major carriers — including TELUS, Bell and Rogers — will offer the big smartphone/tablet device starting at mid-February, with Best Buy already taking pre-orders in its stores. In order to secure your Galaxy Note unit, the retailer is asking…
Nokia is organizing a simple (yet global) contest on Facebook, giving away 5 Lumia 710 Windows Phones to randomly selected users. In order to participate, all you have to do is like Nokia’s Facebook page and then answer which of the 6 color options of the Lumia 710 you like the most. There’s Fuchsia on…
Here’s one for all of you looking to add extra storage to their smartphones and/or tablets. Newegg is selling the Patriot Class 10 16GB microSD card for $10 after a mail-in rebate. In other words, you’ll have to cash out $20 upfront, but $10 will be mailed back to you after a while. And that’s…
Here’s one for all of you partly living in the world of Telara. Now you can keep up with Rift even while you’re not sitting at a computer from — your Android smartphone/tablet will help you out. iOS version is also available in case you care to know… Available now as a free download to…
After the iOS app, Formspring is going for the Android users. Their new, free to download application, allows you to keep up with your buddies on the Q&A social network, see what other people are asking and respond promptly — all while on the go. Some of the Formspring stats include: iOS app users average…