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One month ago, on May 3rd, Samsung announced their 2012 Android flagship device, the Galaxy S III. Three weeks later it hit store shelves in Europe, and now it’s time for it to cross the pond and land in the United States. The South Korean handset vendor just issued a press release saying that their…
Instead of making its own app store for Android users, U.S. Cellular has turned to Amazon for help. As a result, it got a customized application menu in the Amazon Appstore for Android, marking the first time some carrier has teamed-up with the online retailer this way. When U.S. Cellular customers open the Amazon Appstore…
New on the list of cell phones US Cellular offers is the Pantech Verse, a green little mobile phone with a good price and decent features. The fact that its named with a word in the English dictionary instead of a random mix of letters and numbers might suggest this is a smartphone, but it’s…
The FCC is getting serious about providing high-speed mobile broadband connections to rural areas. The agency has begun accepting bids to bring 3G and 4G services to parts of the country that have been ignored by major carriers, and is offering as much as $300 million to assist in the development costs of these networks.…
U.S. Cellular and Alltel are teaming-up over “U Prepaid,” a no contract wireless service that will be offered in select Walmart Stores across 18 states beginning in May. The alliance, which is said to be the first of its kind in the industry, offers customers flexible payment options without signing a contract. Customers on their…
Are smaller carriers on the rise? One analyst seems to think so. Iain Gillott is the president and founder of iGR, a mobile industry consultancy group, and a study from his firm suggests that smaller carriers will make key gains in the mobile industry over the next few years. Regional carriers such as U.S. Cellular,…
US Cellular is moving up in prestige with its announcement that it has begun selling its first 4G LTE smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The carrier promised back in February that its first LTE phone would be released in April and has clearly stuck by its word. The Galaxy S Aviator is a mid-range…
In early February of this year US Cellular announced that it would be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE in tow and today is that day. US Cellular customers can now grab the tablet on a new two-year contract and get to living the LTE life. While the hardware of Android tablets have…
The HTC One V that launched earlier this week, it’s going to come to three American operators according to an HTC spokesperson who spoke to PhoneScoop. Metro PCS, U.S. Cellular, and Virgin Mobile will carry HTC’s budget Android device, though we have no idea when it’ll launch, nor how much it’ll cost. Here’s what we…
U.S. Cellular is finally joining the party when it comes to offering one of the most popular Android handsets on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S II. The regional cellular provider announced that the Galaxy S II will run on its nationwide 3G network. It will be available for $229.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate…