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Softbank is digging in its heels and won’t raise its $20.1B offer for Sprint after Dish upped the anted by offering $25.5B for the US wireless carrier. SoftBank President Masayoshi Son called Dish’s offer “incomplete and illusory” and said his company’s offer is far better for the long term value of the Sprint, according to…
According to a report in Bloomberg, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is not too keen on the tablet market. Speaking during an interview yesterday at the Milken Institute conference in Los Angeles, Heins said, “In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore. Maybe a big screen in your workspace,…
Known for his inside leaks, twitter member @evleaks is back again with a rumor that suggests Sprint-subsidiary Boost Mobile is getting the iPhone later this year. His simple tweet says “iPhone to Boost Mobile in Q3.” If true, Boost would become one of several prepaid carriers offering the iPhone, joining carriers like Virgin Mobile, which…
Twitter is likely testing a client for Google Glass that’ll let you send a tweet using only the device and a few key facial movements. A hint that the app is under development sneaked onto Twitter recently when user @MogroothMuddler tweeted a photo using the “Twitter for Glass” client and the hashtag #throughglass, which has…
Samsung is known for the elaborate shows that it uses to introduce a new device, and the Galaxy S4 is no exception. The Korean manufacturer put on a Broadway show in the US for the S4, and now the manufacturer is reviving Psy and his Gangnam style hit for the Galaxy S4 launch in India.…
Samsung added another tablet to its Android lineup today — the Galaxy Tab 3. The latest in the Galaxy Tab series is a mid-range offering with a 7-inch WSVGA display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and storage options of 8GB or 16GB with microSD expansion up to 64GB. On the back is a 3-megapixel main camera and…
Sprint is in the enviable position of being courted by not one, but two companies for a potential merger. Sprint already agreed to a deal that would give control over the company to Japanese wireless carrier Softbank. This Softbank deal was expected to close this summer, but a sweeter offer from Dish puts that merger…
T-Mobile is looking to shake up the mobile marketplace as the uncarrier. It’s first challenge isn’t going to be customer adoption, but an overeager attorney general looking to challenge the carrier’s no-contract marketing. According to a report in the Seattle Times, Bob Ferguson, Attorney General for the state of Washington, filed a complaint against the…
If you were relaxing today with the hopes of getting a ticket to WWDC shortly after they went on sale, you are likely disappointed right now. Tickets, which were on sale for about two hours last year, were gone within minutes today. Watching it unfold on Twitter was surreal — back and forth bantering about…
Nokia is possibly ramping up for another mobile phone launch. The Finnish manufacturer announced today that it is holding a press event on May 14th in London. The invitation gives us a hint about the topic of the event by teasing “The Nokia Lumia Story Continues.” No other details were revealed, but we assume Nokia may…