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“When I got to the scene, her face was disfigured from sliding down the roadway.” That is Officer Grant Hendricks of the Missouri State Highway Patrol on the death of Mariah, a teenage girl who was just a day away from graduation when she answered a text message while driving and collided with a bridge…
T-Mobile is always cracking me up. In a recent commercial, the carrier pokes fun at the iPhone 4 and AT&T. Apparently, FaceTime – a video calling feature available only on the iPhone 4 – can’t be fully supported by AT&T’s network, hence its Wi-Fi only limitation. Fair enough, but wasn’t T-Mobile the one whining last…
We’re still in the gift-giving season and AT&T decided to surprise its existing and potential customers with an even better iDeal. The carrier is slashing the prices on refurbished iPhone 4 by $50, while keeping the good ol’ free shipping. To find these new deals, visit this page on AT&T’s website and click on the…
Let’s face it: these smartphones are less phones and are becoming mini-computers in our pockets. But with that computing power also comes the threat of viruses and it an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal which shows how the carriers and handset makers are beefing up mobile security. “Right now it is a daily…
Nothing stops the impulse purchase of a mobile application faster than being asked to whip out your credit card and enter the long strong of text that appears on that chunk of plastic into a tiny textbox using a virtual keyboard. Apple solved this problem with iTunes, and it’s why people can sometimes be surprised…
The Dell Streak continues to drop in price with the 5-inch tablet now available for $399 unlocked from Dell. This new low price applies only to the 16 GB model in Carbon black. Before you snub your nose at this Android 1.6-powered tablet, remember the Streak may ship with Android but 1.6, but it will…
The Federal Communications Commission just introduced six core guidelines regarding net neutrality and it’s causing an uproar. Some businesses are saying these are overly intrusive and can hamper innovation while consumer advocacy groups say these don’t go far enough to protect a free and open Internet. Being that we’re IntoMobile we decided to break down how…
It has been a wild ride in the mobile world this year, as the pace of innovation has been going along at blistering speeds. Just think, at the beginning of the year, we were still drooling over the Motorola Droid, Microsoft was dead in the water with Windows Mobile, Palm was still puttering along as…
A few months ago Qualcomm’s foray into mobile TV was axed, and now they’re offloading spectrum in the lower 700 MHz range that they were using for Flo TV to AT&T for a cool $1.9 billion. What does AT&T plan to do with it? 4G, of course. Apparently this spectrum has the capability to cover…
Best Buy is offering a sweet deal on the iPad for the holidays by throwing in a free MiFi or mobile hotspot from your carrier of choice (excluding T-Mobile). With the bundles, you’ll be getting a Wi-Fi only iPad at its listed price, but the MiFi will get thrown in free with a two-year contract.…