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Verizon Wireless has agreed to send refunds to more than 15 million customers which were wrongly charged for Internet access. The total could end up being over $90 million, Verizon said. The beef was that many Verizon customers would accidentally hit some buttons on their phone which would access the Internet of the Verizon V…
Apple has finally updated its MobileMe Gallery app and the new version has full support for the iPad. The 1.2 version of the MobileMe Gallery iOS app is a universal one, so it will work on the iPad, iPhone and the iPod touch. It has also been optimized for the Apple iPhone 4 and that…
U.S. Senator Tom Udall is trying to help customers avoid a huge bill – as well as pander to some voters during election season – by introducing legislation which would require carriers to notify users when they are near their monthly allotment of minutes, text or data. That’s right folks, he wants to reduce cell…
Microsoft announced today a series of executive promotions and Andy Lees will be the company’s mobile chief as it is about to go to battle with Windows Phone 7. Lees will officially become the President of the Mobile Communications Business and he was integral in helping to create Windows Phone 7. “Today’s promotions underscore the…
Microsoft is suing Motorola over alleged patent infringements on its Android phones like the Droid X. Microsoft said Motorola is infringing on multiple patents “that are essential to the smartphone user experience, including synchronizing email, calendars and contacts, scheduling meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength and battery power.” In a blog post,…
We’ve heard a lot about the rapid ascension of Android, as Google’s mobile operating system recently outsold Apple iPhone and BlackBerry in the United States and many are predicting Android will be the second-largest mobile OS in the world. But part of this growth is because it was coming from no market share and a…
Well, that didn’t take long. The Apple TV has been jailbroken and you can look forward to getting around some of Apple’s restrictions. That’s right folks, we should see some apps on the device soon. Prior to the introduction of the Apple TV, there was speculation that it would be a full iOS device which…
India said that it now has manual access to the BlackBerry messenger service and it wants more hooks into the system. “We have manual access to the messenger services. We want automated access and we are hopeful of getting that from January 1,” G.K. Pillai, India’s home secretary, told Reuters. India is just one of…
Sprint has spoken up about its future network plans and this includes migrating iDEN customers to CDMA, improving in-building coverage and maybe deploying Long-Term Evolution 4G networks. In an interview with Fierce Wireless, Sprint senior VP Bob Azzi said it will aim to replace some of its equipments with equipment that is more powerful and…
It looks like Sprint and Clearwire could be heading for a divorce, as three Sprint executives have resigned from the Clearwire board. The real question is: who gets the 4G kids? The Wall Street Journal said this could pave the way for Clearwire to pursue new options. Sprint owns about 54% of Clearwire right now…