AT&T has teamed up with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM to develop the customized Cupid Goes Wireless campaign in time for the Valentine’s Day. The program enables the carrier’s subscribers to order flowers through MEdia Net and/or to send free animated floral bouquets from 1-800-FLOWERS.COM to friends and family. In addition, subscribers are also encouraged to enter for a…
Refurbished Palm Treo 750 available as GoPhone on AT&T
Call me crazy if you want, but I haven’t envisioned AT&T will be offering Palm smartphones with their “Pay As You Go” plans like ever. Apparently, I was wrong as the carrier is now selling the Windows Mobile powered Palm Treo 750 as a GoPhone. It’s the refurbished version, but still — we got used…
Nokia 6555 now available in Sand color
If you happen to like the Nokia 6555, but hate the default silver-black color combo, the Finish giant prepared something different for you. It’s the same device, only in the color of a sand — actually, that’s more of a sand-dark grey combo, which makes the device look more stylish, especially for those of you…
AT&T to raise SMS and MMS messaging rates
Weren’t we just talking about how wireless carriers are gouging customers on SMS text message and MMS picture/video messaging rates? Yea, well, it looks like AT&T’s turning up the heat and raising their messaging rates for the pay-per-use set…again. Customers without messaging bundles will be seeing their SMS text message-costs rise to $0.20 (20 cents)…
AT&T releases Pink Sony Ericsson W580i
Just in time for the commercially-crafted pseudo-holiday that is Valentine’s Day, AT&T has gone live with a chick-friendly Sony Ericsson W580i. We hear the ladies love that Pink-color, and AT&T is banking moving a handful of these Pink Sony Ericsson W580i music-centric handsets come Valentine’s Day. Actually, at $80, the Pink Sony Ericsson W580i is…
Update: AT&T to launch Broadcast Mobile TV in next couple of weeks?
Apparently AT&T is due to launch it’s own MediaFLO-based broadcast Mobile TV in the USA in the next few weeks, after Verizon’s launch last year. Now we’ve mentioned this story before (here and here), but this most recent update states the launch is immiment – exciting times indeed! There will be 8 linear 24hr channels,…
iPhone gives AT&T huge subscriber boost, Q4 earnings increase 61%
With the end of the fiscal year, companies are making public just how much they made or lost over the past year. One of the year’s clear winners is AT&T. They just released their yearly statements, outlining a 61.8% increase in Q4 2007 earnings to $3.14 billion, compared to Q4 2006. Sales were up 91%…
Samsung i607 BlackJack finally gets Windows Mobile 6.0 update – WinMo6 for BlackJack users today!
The wait is over! After watching just about every other Windows Mobile 5.0 user get the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.0, Samsung BlackJack users can finally expect to play in the same sandbox that their BlackJack II-toting counterparts have been enjoying for quite some time. Samsung has finally seen fit to endow the old-school BlackJack…
Red LG Shine now available on AT&T
Well folks the LG Shine in red now lives on AT&T. As expected, it is available for $99 after $50 mail-in rebate and with your signature on AT&T’s 2-year contract. The image on the right shows you how the device looks, and I like it… that’s actually I like it when it’s closed. Why oh…
Brief: Final LTE specifications approved by 3GPP
Following on successful LTE trials in Finland (which broke downlink speeds of 173MBps recently), the 3GPP has approved the final set of specifications for the Long Term Evolution (LTE) data standard. LTE’s approval by the 3GPP puts the next-gen (4G) mobile broadband standard on track for its commercial roll-out in 2010. As the evolution of…