The slim Samsung A747 clamshell that we spotted on the FCC’s website has finally come out of hiding and into AT&T’s stable handsets. We speculated that the Samsung A747 flip-phone would be the dual-band successor to the music-centric AT&T SYNC and it seems we were right. The Samsung A747 will be hitting AT&T’s network as…
FCC approves AT&T buyout of Dobson Communications
AT&T’s little acquisition deal to buyout Dobson Communications back in July has finally gotten the go-ahead from the FCC overlords. The $2.8 billion buyout will net AT&T all of Dobson’s wireless licenses and the carrier’s 1.6 million-or-so rural wireless subscribers – firmly securing AT&T Mobility’s position as the leading US wireless carrier. The FCC has…
Save some bucks – drop the iPhone data plan
If you just can’t justify the extra $20 a month that you’re spending for slow EDGE speeds, there’s good news. You can drop the data plan from your iPhone rate plan and save the $20. Of course, you’ll be paying through the nose for every kilobyte that you download from thereon, but if you’re almost…
Apple bringing 3G iPhone to Europe in May 2008?
Ah, the 3G iPhone. There’s been talk of an iPhone sporting high-speed wireless data speeds for some time now, and it seems there’s no end to the rumors. Word on the street has it that Apple could be bringing a 3G iPhone to Europe in May of next year. Spanish news rag, El Pais, is…
3’s Skypephone selling like hotcakes
So, it’s not just the iPhone that’s selling like fresh, delicious hotcakes in the UK. The other hot, new handset to hit the island is the 3 Skypephone. We were waiting on the 3 Skypephone launch to see how the hotly anticipated handset would fare in the UK market, and it’s doing damn well. The…
Carphone Warehouse sold 11,000 iPhone over the weekend
With more than 8,000 iPhones customers registering their devices on O2’s network on November 9, it’s safe to say that Apple’s UK iPhone launch went well. Now, Carphone Warehouse is reporting that they’ve pushed 11,000 iPhones out their door over the weekend. The largest mobile phone retailer in the world says that they have already…
T-Mobile halts sales of faulty Motorola Sidekick Slide handsets
Way to run damage control, T-Mobile. The exclusive carrier of the Motorola Sidekick Slide has decided to suspend sales of the hot new sidekick handset in light of numerous reports of a faulty sliding mechanism on the Sidekick Slide – the very mechanism after which the handset is named. As we mentioned previously, some Motorola-made…
700Mhz frequency spectrum primed to be worldwide standard for mobile broadband
The upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction has been a hotly anticipated event. The FCC auction is expected to usher in a new era of mobile broadband for the US, and as such, the US pushed for global adoption of the 700Mhz band as the home of future mobile broadband technologies. And, it seems that much…
J.D. Power ranks Sony Ericsson highest in Customer Satisfaction
With all their proprietary formats and hardware, we wouldn’t have thought that the Sony Ericsson experience would be at the top of the list. But, we would be wrong. J.D. Power has just named Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications as the US and Canadian leader in overall customer satisfaction in terms of handsets. The J.D. Power…
BenQ M7 brushes off dust and water
Water and dust. Two things you just don’t want to have getting inside your mobile phone. Weekend warriors will be happy to hear that the new BenQ M7 will put up with their water-borne and dust-filled hijinx in stride. The BenQ M7 features a 2 megapixel camera, forward-facing video-call camera, GPS, tri-band GSM radio with…