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Retailers may have the corner on crowds, lines, and crazed shoppers but carriers are no slouch when it comes to pre-Thanksgiving Day sales Black Friday deals. Most of the major carriers in the U.S. are slashing prices on handsets and offering tantalizing voice and data plans to encourage shoppers to kick off the holiday shopping…
Amazon is launching another one of its infamous 1¢ sales and the promotion this time focuses on Verizon’s DROID lineup of Android-powered handsets. Starting today and running through Monday 11/22, all current DROID-branded handsets will be available for a penny from Amazon’s Wireless storefront. This penny promotion includes the following: DROID Incredible – $0.01 With two-year…
It looks like Verizon will be taking it to AT&T with the upcoming 4G LTE network, as the nation’s largest carrier will be sticking it to AT&T for not having a 4G network. According to some leaked promotional campaign material leaked to Engadget, Verizon will be bringing back its familiar map motif. “Verizon now has…
As expected, Cox Communications is offering its own wireless service and it will even have some Android devices. Will Cox be able to go toe to toe with the likes of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon? Cox calls its wireless plans “Unbelievably Fair,” as users will get money back for unused minutes. I think the…
Here’s one for those of you who want to join the Windows Phone 7 game. Amazon is offering the Samsung Focus for 50 bucks, which honestly is a bargain. Of course, a two-year contract with AT&T is required, but that’s like a given these days. As you probably already know by now, $49.99 gets you…
Are you pining for Android 2.3 Gingerbread? Well, Motorola Backflip owners would probably tell you to shut up because they’ve been stuck on 1.5 but these users will finally get Android 2.1 through an official software update. It doesn’t look like this is an over-the-air upgrade yet, but you can follow these simple instructions to…
A little late to the game, AT&T now has its very own MiFi Mobile Hotspot. It’s perfect timing for AT&T who recently announced that eighty percent of its network now has HSPA+ coverage. Verizon, Sprint and Virgin Mobile aren’t the only ones with these pocketable data cards now, so if you’re on AT&T and you…
When asked earlier this year about its 4G or LTE efforts, AT&T said that it would first focus on building out its HSPA+ network, or its fastest high-speed broadband option. So far it seems to have paid off as I’m seeing up to 5Mbps download speeds in certain cities. It’s not too shabby when I’ll…
Have you been considering a Dell Streak in the U.S. but were a little unsure of how to snag one? Perhaps you did want but the black color didn’t match your white shades, white kicks and basically all white everything. If you find yourself in both camps, you’re in luck as Best Buy is now…
This is a rumor so take this with a giant grain of salt – I’m talking boulder size here – but there are some photos circulating of the almost-mythical white iPhone on the Verizon network. The purported shot shows that the white iPhone doesn’t have a SIM card, features a slightly redesigned body to counter…