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Apple announced its plans to provide insurance for all iPad’s going forward, with the debut of AppleCare+ for the iPad . This new coverage will cost $99, and it gives users a $49 deductible for those who need a replacement iPad starting today. The catch is, you must purchase this coverage once you buy your…
A Philadelphia man drew some attention after he used a device acting as a kill switch on a public bus, nuking cell phone service for every rider. The best part about this story is the man’s explanation behind his usage of the cell phone jammer. He simply told the local news, that he didn’t want to…
Apple’s new tablet won’t be called iPad 3 after all, but instead, the iPad HD according to VentureBeat. The tech site got the drop on the name change from a “reliable source,” that claims the Cupertino-based company plan to make a huge effaces on its rumored high-resolution display running at 2,048 by 1,536 pixels. If…
As the legal battles continue, Google and Motorola Mobility have been ordered U.S. judge to hand over information about the development of its Android operating system to Apple. MMI and the Cupertino-based tech giant have been going back and forth suing each other over infringing ones patents, which led to small victories for Apple in Motorola’s…
Well, unless Samsung has a sick April fools joke in-store for us, the company has made it known that it doesn’t plan on releasing the latest iteration of its flagship phone, the Samsung Galaxy S III next month. The Korean-based manufacturer set the record straight on Twitter, putting an end to all speculation of the…
A rumor is spreading that Verizon has canceled plans to offer a Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 device. This handset, codenamed Om, was shelved by Big Red following concerns over Windows Phone’s lack of LTE support. Speculation of an imminent launch of a Verizon Windows Phone has been swirling for weeks, with the company rumored to…
AT&T has announced its plans to phase out the obsolete 2G network to improve its 3G service with a speedier technology known as HSPA+. The second largest cell phone company in the United States has worked at a rapid pace when it comes to bolstering its cell phone service on the 3G and 4G LTE…
As we all await Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola to close, Motorola remains stern on the belief that nothing will change on its product strategy for the forseeable future. Well, in an interview conducted by FierceWireless, Alain Mutricy, Motorola’s senior vice president of portfolio and product management uttered those same sentiments. In the interview, the Moto…
Well, what do you know, AT&T today announced that it’s making some changes to its smartphone data throttling policy, which stands to impact users who have grandfathered-in unlimited smartphone data plans. The second largest wireless provider in the United States stated in a press release that the top 5 percent of smartphone users would experience slowed…
T-Mobile announced that it will suspend all development of HSPA+ after 42 Mbps, as the company plans to focus on its LTE deployment instead. This plan to build a 4G LTE network using the AWS spectrum came about right after the United States government told AT&T to kick rocks. T-Mo decided to smartly use the…