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U.S. Cellular’s roadmap for the rest of the year has been revealed in all its glory, and for a little regional carrier, they’ve got some solid hardware on the way. The Motorola Photon, which just got its Sprint release date yesterday, will be landing on U.S. Cellular as the Electrify in October. The LG Optimus…
U.S. Cellular, one of the smaller operators with just over 6.1 million customers, has announced that they’re now offering customers the HTC 7 Pro. It’s the first Windows Phone that does CDMA, and when we reviewed it back in April we weren’t really convinced it was the right device for us. Since then however we’ve…
U.S. Cellular customers are in for a treat as the carrier plans to launch seven Android smartphones by 2012, including its first 4G LTE device. Additionally, the carrier will launch two tablets and a Windows Phone 7 device. U.S. Cellular is definitely looking forward to a healthy portfolio of devices this year, which is great…
HTC Merge is now available on U.S. Cellular for $149.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and requires purchase of a data plan. The device, which is basically a version of the T-Mobile G2/HTC Desire Z, comes with a 3.8-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera, GPS and other “standard for Android” goodies. Perhaps…
The HTC Merge was announced a few months ago, and released quietly to Verizon resellers, and soon it will be available on regional carrier U.S. Cellular for $149.99 on a two-year contract after rebates. Launch day is set for May 31, but units are being shipped to U.S. Cellular stores presently. It’s looking like a…
In an effort to make its messaging phones more appealing to the users, U.S. Cellular launched a new social mobile app that doesn’t require a smartphone. Available as a free download for postpaid customers with a data plan, Social Scene works on the carrier’s most popular messaging phones like the Samsung Messager Touch and LG…
Good news for those of you with the LG Apex – now you can finally upgrade it to Android 2.2 Froyo. As you probably already know, this version of Google’s mobile OS gets you faster download speeds, updated Android Market, portable hot-spot capability (requires a tethering plan), Adobe Flash 10.1 support and fully integrated support…
Regional carrier U.S. Cellular said it would be rolling out 4G LTE to more than 25 percent of its network by the holiday season. The company didn’t give exact figures on what types of speeds we can expect but the Verizon 4G LTE network on devices like the Droid Charge routinely get 5 Mbps down,…
Over the years we’ve seen mobile phones come in various form factors as handset makers try their hardest to think up a gimmick that can drive up sales. LG, back in 2006, released a device called the EnV. It had a full QWERTY keyboard and two screens, one on the outside of the device, right…
Two Android-powered LG smartphones from US Cellular — LG Optimus U and LG Apex — are now available for the prepaid users, as well. Previously, the CDMA-based carrier required contract signing, but that’s no longer the case. The Optimus U, which as you may know is US Cellular’s version of the Optimus One, is now…