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We have great news for those of you US Cellular customers rocking a Samsung Galaxy S III, as your long-awaited Jelly Bean Android 4.1.1 update is now available for download. The large regional carrier also provides the S III’s latest firmware, which is available for download here. The new update include the following Samsung features: Camera…
Great news for those of you on U.S. Cellular rocking a Samsung Galaxy S III. The large regional cellular provider has announced that you will be getting your long-awaited update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Updates will begin rolling out December 21. Galaxy S III owners can expect many improvements such as the camera, browser, user…
Not sure why this took so long, but as they say it – better late than never. U.S. Cellular and Samsung have finally started rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S II. To make things worse, it’s not an over-the-air affair, and you’ll rather have to connect your phone to a computer…
Two weeks ago we’ve mentioned that US Cellular will soon get a new Samsung Galaxy device – Axiom. And now it’s available from their website with carrier and Samsung failing to launch a single press release to announce it. The reason may be found in the fact that the Galaxy Axiom is a rather unimpressive…
US Cellular launched an unlimited 4G LTE data plan just in time for the holidays, allowing its customers living in the 4G LTE coverage areas to get unlimited data for just $40 per month. That money, however, doesn’t include tethering and you’ll rather have to add $20 more to be able to connect your computer…
Evleaks has done it again. This time, however, they don’t have an impressive device to leak (like the Droid DNA) — rather, it’s US Cellular-bound mid-ranger. The soon to be launched Samsung Galaxy Axiom, model number SCH-R830, will come with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (MSM8960), 4-inch WVGA LCD screen, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal…
US Cellular announced today that it will sell spectrum and 10 percent of its customer base to Sprint in a deal worth $480 million in cash. Sprint will acquire 20 MHz of PCS spectrum in the 1900 MHz band in Chicago, South Bend, Ind. and Champaign, Ill. It will also acquire 10 MHz of PCS…
Motorola announced a new Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone for US Cellular – ELECTRIFY M. Available on uscellular.com on November 8 and in the operator’s stores the next day, this Moto baby comes with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced qHD screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel front-facing one, 8GB…
Today US Cellular announced that it has increased expansion of its 4G LTE network. The company said it plans to have 58 percent of customers covered by the high-speed service by the end of 2012. Additional 4G LTE networks will sprout in Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Oklahoma. In addition, new 4G LTE markets will…
Few days ago we told you about the new entry-level smartphone in US Cellular’s portfolio, Alcatel One Touch Shockwave. Well, a similar device is heading in same direction, Huawei Ascend Y, offering comparable value for money. Specs wise, this little fella packs a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 800MHz processor, 3.2-megapixel camera on the back, Wi-Fi, GPS,…