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The iPhone 3GS is an aging beast, but still a very capable handset nonetheless. AT&T and Apple are both selling the device for $49 with a new contract, and have been for some time now, but it doesn’t seem like folks are aware or perhaps they’re just bombarded with iPhone 4 news and ads. AT&T…
With all these new 4G networks being launched all over the world there’s one tiny detail that most usually glance over: LTE was made for data and does not support voice or SMS. The GSMA, the folks who invented the GSM standard and oversee each and every GSM network that’s running on planet Earth, invented…
HTC just introduced the Salsa and ChaCha at Mobile World Congress 2011 and these Facebook phones will be coming to AT&T soon, according to the carrier. The Salsa and ChaCha can be called Facebook phones because these Android-powered devices have a dedicated button for the social network. The idea is that whenever you’re looking at…
Just like the Nexus One, it looks like the Nexus S may find its way to AT&T in the future, as the handset has just passed through the FCC with the supporting bands. Soon AT&T customers will get a chance to have the sexy Nexus handset for themselves, but when is still yet to be…
At CES 2011, Motorola and AT&T announced the Atrix 4G, claiming it is the most powerful smartphone yet (at least on AT&T’s network, for now). The dual-core processor smartphone runs Android 2.2 Froyo and can be docked to power a laptop accessory. If you’re looking to grab one of these and want to make sure…
AT&T may offer a social gaming hub on its upcoming Android handsets. The carrier is rumored to be partnering with OpenFeint, a mobile gaming community that lets users play against one another regardless of platform. OpenFeint boasts of a gaming catalog of 4,500 applications, including high-profile titles such as Fruit Ninja. The gaming network has…
Chitika, the popular advertising network, is running an interesting little tracker that shows iPhone usage between AT&T and Verizon. The Verizon iPhone became available to everyone on February 10, and for months, speculation that AT&T would lose a good chunk of its subscribers to Verizon has run rampant. Chitika has decided to keep an eye…
It looks like AT&T is going all out to stop people from switching to Verizon, as the carrier is offering some iPhone users 1,000 free minutes on credit. According to 9to5Mac, some AT&T iPhone users are receiving text messages which say users can get 1,000 bonus rollover minutes at no cost. You simply have to…
AT&T announced that it is launching a new feature that lets customers make unlimited calls to other mobile numbers regardless of the wireless carrier. So yeah, all you AT&T iPhone owners can call your Verizon counterparts without using any of your metered minutes. The feature is available to AT&T customers with an unlimited messaging plan…
AT&T confirmed that the HTC Freestyle will debut on February 13th. The feature phone will be the first quick messaging phone to include HTC’s Sense interface. Similar to Samsung’s Touchwiz interface which appears on its smartphone and feature phones, a variant of HTC’s popular Sense UI will grace the user interface of the Freestyle. The…