The wireless market in the US is one big game of copy-cat. When one or two of the big-dogs in the US market make a serious move to maximize their revenue, you can be sure that the other players will be making similar changes. With other carriers already limiting their “unlimited” data packages, we can…
White Palm Centro does GSM at CES 2008 Las Vegas
While Palm is working hard to keep their next Centro under wraps, a little-known accessory vendor at CES 2008 Las Vegas managed to let slip a White Palm Centro. The handset is GSM and most likely headed for AT&T, but doesn’t look like the other Palm Centro that we believed was headed to Big Blue.…
AT&T: Here are the best-selling ringtones of 2007
Wondering what your homies at AT&T are listening? To help you out and to get some media attention along the way, AT&T has released its top 10 best-selling ringtones of 2007. The music is a matter of personal preferences, hence I won’t comment it… Anyway, here’s the list: Shop Boyz – “Party Like a Rockstar”…
AT&T MediaFLO Mobile TV coming ASAP in 2008
So, the AT&T deal with Qualcomm to bring the mobile TV technology MediaFLO to its stable of mobile phones (including a few Nokia handsets) didn’t exactly help calm the Nokia-Qualcomm battle this year. In fact, the incessant quarreling was probably the reason that AT&T had to delay launching its MediaFLO service until next year. We’re…
Wired’s Editor-in-Chief gets slammed with huge iPhone bill – dimwit
You would think that the head-honcho of one of the US’s premier technology rags is fairly proficient with the latest gadgets and doo-hickeys. Especially those gadgets that he actually uses everyday. You would think that, and you’d be wrong. Kevin Allison, of the Financial Times, has reported that, “Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of Wired, the…
IntoMobile’s 3G vs EDGE webpage load-time shootout – just how slow is the iPhone?
Right, we all know just how much faster 3G data speeds are in comparison to EDGE speeds. Theoretical speeds are one thing, straight-up throughput numbers are impressive, but what about the most important aspect of any device’s wireless data connection – actual web-browsing performance? Unless you’re one of the harder-core mobile warriors that uses their…
AT&T brings iPhone, other handsets to former Cellular One markets – Alaska gets iPhone
They sure didn’t waste any time in putting their newly acquired markets to good use. Having just taken over all of Dobson Communications’ infrastructure and licenses, is bringing the iPhone to all former Cellular One (formerly owned by Dobson Communcations) markets. AT&T has started to convert 200 Cellular One stores across 16 states into the…
Apple bringing 3G iPhone to US market by late May, early June 2008!
We love us some juicy 3G iPhone rumors. As with most things Apple, there’s nothing from Cupertino that would indicate that this latest report from CNBC’s Jim Goldman has any more credibility than any other “report” that cites “inside sources.” But, Goldman believes that the 3G iPhone will hit the US market in late May,…
AT&T and Verizon agree to tap each other’s assets
Network carriers are notorious for slinging mud in their rivals’ direction at any opportunity. It’s a dog-eat-dog business world, after all. So, what’s the only thing that can get the two biggest rivals in the US wireless market to work together? Mutually beneficial business arrangements, of course. You see, the FCC laid down a couple…
AT&T busts doors wide open – announces open network to allow ‘any device, any app’
In the wireless industry, the best weapon any one carrier has against their rivals is the mighty pen. Well, it’s more like the “mighty keyboard,” but you get the point. Not to be outdone by the other big-dog in the play-pen, AT&T has announced that they’ll be opening up their network to “wireless phone, device…