AT&T has a new service in its portfolio. The so called FamilyMap is designed to allow AT&T subscribers to track their kids and loved ones from a mobile phone or PC. The service relies either on cell tower triangulation or built-in GPS to locate a phone, and BGR reports that it can even active the…
SoundID 300 Bluetooth headset – THE most comfortable headset
No matter how small or lightweight your Bluetooth headset might be, there’s a limit to just how long you can wear it on your ear before becoming uncomfortable. The problem lies in the ear-plug design. That little piece of awkwardly-shaped plastic squeezed inside your ear canal isn’t going to sit there long-term without some irritation…
Samsung Propel Pro Lands on AT&T
The sequel to the Propel was spotted first in January, and given an official nod on video a few weeks ago, and now the Samsung Propel Pro is ready for the masses. The Pro follows in daddy’s footsteps by offering a full QWERTY keyboard in a compact form factor, but departs sharply by packing Windows…
AT&T launches LG GR500 Xenon for messaging fans
If you’re into the new-fangled text messaging and mobile social networking craze, AT&T’s wants to make all that tap-tapping a little easier on your thumbs. AT&T is continuing its push to expand its messaging-oriented handset lineup with the new LG GR500 Xenon. With a 2.8-inch touchscreen that slides sideways to reveal a QWERTY keyboard, a…
AT&T launches rugged candybar Samsung a657
Whether you’re the outdoorsy, adventurous type or an accident-prone corporate employee, there’s nothing like a little military-grade rugged cellphone to do your bidding. It’s nice knowing that your mobile phone meets military-spec standards for dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and temperature extremes. The latest military-touch handset to hit AT&T is the new…
AT&T Twitters its network downtime woes
You know Twitter is getting big when a huge telecom giant resorts to using the micro-blogging service to keep customers informed during service blackouts. Following a cable-cut situation that left Santa Clara, CA. and San Jose, CA. residents without their daily YouTube and NSFW-fix on Thursday, AT&T used their Twitter account to send out updates…
Analyst: Apple readying two new iPhones for mid-Summer, tiered data from AT&T
As we wait for Apple to drop new iPhone hardware on us come this Summer, we can’t help but to try and make sense of the scraps of info we’ve gathered on the next-generation iPhone. The iPhone 3.0 OS betas have already yielded some juicy hints of two new iPhone variants coming down Apple’s product…
Samsung OmniaHD i8910 hits FCC
Samsung’s upcoming Samsung OmniaHD, er, we mean Samsung i8910 is well on its way to the US. The FCC has just approved the Samsung i8910 for duty in the US. We have confirmation that the Samsung i8910 will hit our shores with full 3G compatibility on the 1900Mhz band – which is the specific frequency…
AT&T kicking off AT&T 3G MicroCell trials
It looks like AT&T is finally starting to ramp up their efforts to roll-out their own femtocell solution to market. Following on an iPhone firmware update that made the iPhone and iPhone 3G compatible with AT&T’s femtocell, AT&T is reportedly looking to kick of trials of their AT&T 3G MicroCell this week. The AT&T 3G…
AT&T launches Samsung Impression
Well that sure didn’t take too long. Just days after Samsung launched their AMOLED-equipped Samsung Impression, AT&T has announced that the new messaging-oriented QWERTY-slider is available on the No. 2 US wireless network. The Samsung Impression sports a class-leading AMOLED touchscreen that measures 3.2-inches (400 x 240), a 3-megapixel camera, 3G data (HSDPA), microSD card…