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Verizon confirmed that it will launch its LTE network on December 5th. The wireless carrier will kick off its 4G campaign by rolling out the high-speed mobile broadband service in 38 cities and 60 airports this Sunday. The service will blanket 110 million people at launch. Southern California will be its largest launch market with coverage…
Text messaging, arguably the best way to get in touch with people since it’s cheap, instant, ubiquitous, and doesn’t require the immediate attention that a phone call demands, will soon be a lot cheaper for T-Mobile customers who have friends and family overseas. For some strange reason, probably due to back room deals, every operator…
Good news for our Samsung Galaxy S ownin’ readers on a T-Mobile UK contract. The carrier has started rolling out Android 2.2 Froyo updates and you should be able to make your device up to date either over the air or using Samsung’s Kies software. If you opt for the former, make sure you’re in…
A good thing can happen when government intervenes. Take roaming in Europe for instance. Before European Commission interfered, customers were paying hefty prices for calls and messages when travelling to another country. Market forces are not as efficient in an environment with 3-5 players holding a majority of the market. That said, we’re glad to…
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to enter US military bases in Oahu, Hawaii. No the two are neither terrorists nor Wikileaks volunteers (as far as we know), but T-Mobile USA contractors who were just trying to fine-tune the carrier’s HSPA network. Their foolishness comes from the fact they wanted to enter…
German divisions of T-Mobile and Vodafone unveiled their LTE plans and prices — actually German division of T-Mobile is their main/home office. First comes the Big Red carrier which plans to offer a Samsung dongle with tiered monthly plans costing between 42.50 and 72.50 EUR. The top rate provides users with up to 30GB of…
Hello everybody! Hopefully by now you’ve all recuperated from your Thanksgiving feasts and are currently recovering from any bruises, broken bones, or loss of a family member due to Black Friday. Now that we’re all back in our cozy offices counting down the days until our holiday vacations start, we thought we’d help you pass…
Held in high esteem due to its BlackBerry-like portrait QWERTY keyboard, the Dell Venue Pro has had a rather inglorious launch when it went on sale with Microsoft on November 8th. The handset hit the wild in early November and was quickly plagued with reports of poor WiFi connectivity, units shipping with engineering sample batteries,…
Verizon must have been in a rush to bring its holiday marketing materials to the masses and skipped the oh-so-important step of proofing each graphic for accuracy. In two recent holiday marketing campaigns, the wireless carrier has made some glaringly obvious and roaring hilarious mistakes with its cell phone mock-ups. In a recent online holiday…
Verizon announced today that it will be holding a press conference on December 1st to discuss its LTE rollout plans. The press conference will begin at 12:00 noon EST and is available via teleconference and on twitter (@VerizonWireless #VZW4G). The carrier is expected to blanket 38 major metropolitan areas and more than 110 million Americans…