Feeling a bit down about having to deal with your already-old Motorola Q9h on AT&T’s network? Buck-up, sport. At least you can update your aging AT&T Motorola Q9h (codename: Norman) to the freshest Windows Mobile OS available. As far as being frustrated at the maddening pace of handset development (and subsequent obsolescence), you’ll just have…
Verizon posts 12% increase in Q2 revenue – Takes lead with $12.1 billion in revenue
Talk about taking the lead. Verizon has just posted the industry’s highest Q2 revenue numbers. At $12.1 billion, Verizon has increased their earnings by 11.8%. While still technically the No. 2 US wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless’ quarterly earnings easily outpaced those of the leading US wireless carrier, AT&T. Big Blue lagged behind Verizon by about…
AT&T moves to block Sprint merger with Clearwire for WiMAX network
Sprint has been working hard to redefine themselves as a data-centric provider with the premier high-speed wireless broadband network in the US. And, with good reason. Sprint’s losing customers left and right and bleeding money even faster. They clearly can’t compete in the voice-call business that is dominated by AT&T and Verizon, so Sprint is…
BlackBerry Bold 9000 gets launch dates
So, it’s the 25th day of July, and we’ve still not heard a peep regarding the Blackberry Bold 9000’s release. Previous reports indicating that July 25 was the date to look forward to for an official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold’s launch were obviously off the mark. Where does that leave BlackBerry fanatics chompin’ at…
Nokia 2600 coming to AT&T?
The low-end Nokia 2600 is apparently coming to AT&T. Specs wise, there’s nothing too exciting, but this is Nokia we’re talking about and they do want to grab a serious chunk of market. North America is the only place where they’re far from the leading player, but it’s the phones like the 2600 model that…
AT&T looking towards web-based voice-recognition application for handsets, iPhone
Voice-recognition applications aren’t exactly high on our list of gotta-have features for our myriad mobile phones, but it sure is a cool idea – especially when the steering wheel gets in the way of tapping on a mobile phone’s keyboard. So, it’s good to hear that AT&T is looking to bring true voice-activated text-entry to…
AT&T: Apple iPhone 3G launch sales double that of iPhone
Regardless of iPhone 3G activation woes and product shortages that has Apple backlogging iPhone 3G’s at its retail stores for weeks, AT&T has announced that they’ve sold almost twice as many iPhone 3G’s in the first week and a half of sales than during the same period last year. AT&T posted a healthy $0.63 per…
AT&T Navigator going global
AT&T Navigator, the carrier’s navigation service, is going global. Using AT&T Navigator Global Edition, users of AT&T smartphones with built-in GPS receivers can get spoken or text-based turn-by-turn directions in English, German, Italian or Spanish in 20 countries. The coverage area includes most countries in western Europe, North America and the U.S. Caribbean, as well…
Fix your iPhone 3G GPS problems – 3G network issues with iPhone GPS
The new GPS hardware in the iPhone 3G seems to be having some trouble when not connected to the AT&T 3G network. iPhone Atlas reports that some users are complaining of inaccurate GPS positioning when the 3G data setting (Settings>General>Network>Enable 3G) option is switched to “ON.” The iPhone 3G uses aGPS (assisted GPS), which means…
Samsung graces home-country with Samsung BlackJack III
Following on the Samsung i788 BlackJack III’s pre-release showing yesterday, Samsung has graced its home-market of South Korea with the Samsung BlackJack III. The South Korean Samsung BlackJack III should be available to eager Windows Mobile fans around mid-July on SK Telecom. But, this particular variant of the BlackJack III isn’t the Samsung i780 or…