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Apple and its carrier partners kicked off pre-orders for the iPhone 5 early this morning. Not surprisingly, there were a few glitches at first as customers descended upon Apple, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint to pre-order their iPhones. AT&T had the hardest time, with reports suggesting the carrier’s servers slowed to a crawl when the buying frenzy…
AT&T has decided to be a little less evil than usual today. It turns out that if you’re lucky enough to still have AT&T’s old unlimited data plan tied to your account, you’ll still be able to use that plan with the 4G LTE-compatible iPhone 5. “We offer customers the flexibility to keep the iPhone data…
The masters of leaked phone images, @evleaks, has done it again. This time the mysterious Twitter handle has revealed a photo that shows a mid-range Android device seemingly headed to AT&T. The LG P870 ‘Escape’ is rumored to be carrying a 4.3-inch qHD IPS display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor powered by Android 4.0 Ice…
AT&T is out with a nifty new smartphone from Pantech called the Flex. The entry-level device seems like a typical smartphone with average specifications, but it has one feature in particular that helps it stand out and targets a specific market: an “easy experience” mode. We’ll just call it easy mode for short. While easy…
Last week at the IFA 2012 event in Berlin, we all got to see Sony’s new flagship device known as the Xperia T. Of course, at the time, details were scarce when it came to what U.S. carrier the handset would land on. Now there’s speculation that the Xperia T may hit the second largest…
AT&T has announced the September 1st grand-opening of its flagship retail location in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. In addition to the customary showroom where AT&T displays the latest devices it has for sale, AT&T has added several themed rooms aimed at showing customers what they can do with AT&T technology and connected services. An “Apps room”…
AT&T has decided to back the wildly popular mobile payments service known as Square. The second largest cellular company in the United States announced it plans to carry Square’s card readers in 1,000 of its retail stores. This is another huge partnership landed by the top mobile payment leader, who recently inked a deal with…
Last week we reported that AT&T quietly changed it’s requirements for cellular data plans in preparation to allow FaceTime on iPad and iPhone to work over cellular in response to demand for consumers. It’s been possible for a long time to chat with your family and friends over the Skype app on your iPhone or…
Facing stiff criticism over its decision to limit FaceTime over 3G/4G to Mobile Share customers, AT&T took to its Public Policy Blog to defend the decision this morning. AT&T’s Senior Vice President-Federal Regulatory and Chief Privacy Officer Bob Quinn published a post this morning in response to claims that AT&T’s decision violated the FCC’s net…
Finally, AT&T has decided to do the right thing by getting rid of its subsidized pricing for tablets according to a couple of store representatives. This is great because customers who want to purchase a slate from the second largest wireless provider in the Unites States no longer has to get locked into a very…