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Just as promised, Samsung has released its 90 second Galaxy Note ad during the Super Bowl. Following in the lines of its previous ads for the Galaxy S II (with a bit of a twist), this Galaxy Note ad pokes fun at iPhone users waiting in the long lines Apple loves to see outside its…
AT&T is adding another tablet to its portfolio – Huawei MediaPad, which is already available in the U.S. as T-Mobile Springboard. Unfortunately, the device AT&T is selling comes with Honeycomb (rather than Ice Cream Sandwich) on board, though we’re sure Android 4.0 update will be released shortly. Moreover, the press release doesn’t mention multiple color…
AT&T and Motorola released a new software update for the ATRIX 2 smartphone, fixing a number of bugs and improving the overall experience. No, it’s not the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, though we’re certain it’s in works as we speak. Here’s what software version 55.13.25 brings: Improvements in the camera app, delivering better…
AT&T is playing a bit of musical chairs with its senior executive positions and the move seems more like a reshuffling of the deck than a cleaning house move. According to AT&T, CEO and Chairman Randall Stephenson will stay on top and will have multiple lieutenants. Most importantly for this publication, Ralph de la Vega…
Dish Network, the budget satellite television company, sits on 40 MHz worth of spectrum in the 2 GHz band. They’ve already stated that they want to build an LTE-Advanced network using that spectrum, and now they’re just waiting to get the thumbs up from the FCC to go ahead and start building. Now we all…
Earlier this month at CES, AT&T announced that it would be carrying the Galaxy Note. In a timely manner, the carrier confirmed the tablet-sized phone will go on sale starting February 19th. Customers can pre-order the Android device both online and in-store starting February 5th and will receive their Galaxy Note by the 17th. The Galaxy Note is a monster of a phone…
Two smartphones with AT&T-compatible cellular radios have been caught at the FCC. The first one is Windows Phone-powered HTC Titan II, which rocks both HSPA and LTE connectivity. At the moment I’m writing this, the government paid engineers are still playing with this beast phone, trying out its 16-megapixel camera… The second device is the…
AT&T announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday and reported a banner quarter that was driven by strong iPhone sales. The carrier had its best-ever quarter for smartphones, selling a record-breaking number of iPhones and Android handsets. Overall, the carrier sold 9.4 million smartphones which almost doubles it Q3 2011 sales. Smartphones are the dominant handset…
AT&T is going to start its new year off with a bang, as the second largest wireless provider plans to release a slew of impressive handsets during its first quarter. Earlier it was speculated that Ma Bell would launch the Nokia Lumia 900 March 18 with a $99 price tag. Well, it turns out the…
AT&T’s Senior Vice President-Federal Regulatory and chief privacy officer (CPO) Bob Quinn took a shot at Sprint on the company’s blog over its roaming agreement. The second largest wireless carrier in the United States slammed The Now Network for deciding to use roaming agreements, and “disinvesting” in its own network where the company is based. Well, that…