Say what you want about T-Mobile’s less than ideal indoor wireless reception or their spotty 3G coverage, the fourth-largest US wireless carrier continues to prove that it really knows how to treat its customers. T-Mobile USA has, once again, topped a J.D. Power & Associates survey. This time around, the consumer survey firm is awarding…
Virgin Mobile’s prepaid broadband gets better
Virgin Mobile has improved its prepaid mobile broadband offerings and it’s now a legitimate option if you only need 3G data on occasion. The Broadband2Go service offers 3G connections without a long-term contract and the prices range from $10 to $60. The $60 plan now includes 5GB of data, up from 1GB, and every plan…
Tiered iPhone data pricing may be inevitable, says AT&T
Get ready to pay more if you use a lot of mobile data, as AT&T’s Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said the second largest U.S. carrier may have to implement tiered pricing in order to better manage its network. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference Tuesday, Stephenson said 40% of the company’s network capacity is being…
Virgin Mobile finally killing Helio service
As a former Helio Ocean owner, it’s a sad day for me because Virgin Mobile USA said it would be cutting off its postpaid services. The prepaid provider had purchased the tattered remains of Helio in 2008 because it was really cheap to do so, and it wanted to have more postpaid users. Sprint bought…
Verizon on track with LTE rollout
Get ready for 4G folks, as Verizon said it is on schedule to roll out its next-generation mobile broadband network using Long-Term Evolution technology. In an interview with Network World, Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone said the company has been “pleasantly surprised” by the readiness of the infrastructure, and that deployment is “looking better each…
Google: Nexus One raised the bar for smartphones
Google sure seems pleased with its Nexus One “superphone,” as the search giant’s Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette said the handset is the “benchmark setter” in the mobile world. During a Morgan Stanley conference Monday, Pichette said the Nexus One has raised the bar for the industry and showed consumers that there are legitimate alternatives…
Sprint opens damage insurance to all comers
If you’re nervous about your Pre, Hero any other Sprint phone you can now sign up for the Total Equipment Protection insurance no matter when you bought your phone. The TEP plan is essentially insurance for your device that costs $7 a month per line and covers your device if it’s lost, damaged or stolen.…
Great deals on Palm’s webOS devices
If you’ve been looking to grab yourself one of Palm’s webOS-powered devices, now’s your chance. There are great offers for both the Palm Pre and Pixi: Sprint is asking $49.99 (from $99.99) for the Pixi – after $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract Best Buy is offering Verizon’s Pixi Plus for free and…
Sprint Confirms webOS 1.4 Push Tonight, with Flash 10 Support!
Good news, everyone! Sprint has posted on their community forums that the webOS 1.4 update we’ve been hearing so much about lately “should happen late this evening“, and accidentally posted some of the features and bug fixes Palm Pre users will be able to enjoy – namely, Flash 10 support! The plug-in itself won’t be…
Sprint pushing WiMax to more markets
Sprint is moving along with its WiMax deployment and said the 4G service would be in major cities like Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. by the end of the year. The third-largest carrier is expected to blanket 120 million people by the end of 2010 and this should give it a sizable…