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Things just couldn’t look any worse for AT&T as Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas lambasted the carrier for its failure to perform at Super Bowl XLV. The charismatic pop star suggested that it might be cool to send real-time updates to his Twitter followers as the BEP are doing their thing at halftime. Will.I.Am…
The Verizon iPhone set new records for the carrier this week, and AT&T is undoubtedly feeling the heat. However, the original iPhone carrier has very little ammunition and firepower against Verizon and the CDMA model of the Apple smartphone, which earned a ton of praise this week as early testers gave it a go. AT&T…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has joined the ViewSonic G-Tablet and other devices with some Android 2.3 Gingerbread treatment courtesy of a CyanogenMod 7 build. The Galaxy Tab may not be as lucky as the Nook Color with its Android 3.0 Honeycomb ROM, but it’s quite a good start. Before you go flash your brains out,…
The Verizon iPhone is causing quite a stir, and AT&T is apparently scrambling to mitigate damage. Many of us are burned and jaded after years of inadequate service from AT&T, so the carrier has nothing left but to push its very few strengths – such as simultaneous voice calling and data usage – and add…
In a bit of news that doesn’t surprise me much, a new study from BillShrink finds that a quarter million U.S. users are paying too much for their wireless service because they miscalculate how much voice, data and text messages they use per month. The report found that people waste about $336 per year. Part…
If you can’t wait until Feb. 13 to get your hands on the HTC Inspire 4G you’ll be happy to know that The Shack has your back. You can preorder the Android device tomorrow from Radio Shack and you’ll even get a $30 accessory credit. The HTC Inspire 4G is a solid Android smartphone that…
When we first saw the Motorola Atrix 4G at CES 2011, we definitely wanted the Android superphone to be ours. Well, it looks like we won’t have to wait too long, as AT&T said the smartphone will hit the streets March 6 for $199 with a new, two-year contract. The Motorola Atrix 4G is being…
Verizon’s iPhone 4 should ship with Personal Hotspot capability out of box which is an advantage when compared to the version AT&T sells. Or at least, it will be an advantage until AT&T enables the same functionality, too. According to the first reviewers of Verizon’s iPhone 4 — Walt Mossberg and David Pogue — AT&T’s…
The iPhone is no longer an AT&T exclusive toy hence the carrier decided to dedicate some of its resources to the other elephant in the room – Android. As a result, those of you with smartphones running Google’s mobile OS will be able to keep up with the latest news from the world of college…
AT&T has laid out the plans for its mobile hotspot app and it said that the service will be available with the HTC Inspire 4G. That’s not all though, if you’re already using your iPhone or other device to tether, you’ll get an extra 2 GB of data for that plan for free. You still…