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YouMail, the visual voicemail service that’s been described as “isn’t a business anymore” (more on that later,) has over 17.5 million monthly active users according to today’s announcement. The 17.5 million active user figure means that approximately 23 percent of anyone who’s ever used YouMail is using it on at least a monthly basis because…
Verizon is making a case to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in hopes of getting the FCC to approve Verizon’s purchasing of 20-30 MHz-worth of AWS spectrum to build out its LTE network. In a statement to the FCC, Verizon stated that refarming its PCS spectrum would not give it the capacity it needs to…
RIM is officially killing of the 16GB PlayBook, according to an N4BB report. Engadget suggests that low margins on the 16GB tablet are to blame for RIM’s choice to discontinue the tablet, though sluggish sales of any tablet that doesn’t have the Apple logo on it probably played a role as well. RIM and its distributors and retailers…
We knew it was in the works, but today Sprint has officially confirmed that the iPhone 4 and 4S will indeed be landing on Virgin Mobile on June 29th, making Virgin Mobile the second prepaid carrier to offer the iPhone. Cricket Wireless, a subsidiary of Leap Wireless, announced earlier this month that they would carry…
Anton Nagy from Pocketnow has produced an incredibly informative 18 minute video where he pits Nokia’s new Lumia 610 against the year and a half old LG Optimus 7. The Lumia 610 is the first device on the market to run Windows Phone Tango, which is a version of Windows Phone that supports devices with…
Announced back in February at Mobile World Congress, HTC’s One V is a “low end” Android 4.0 smartphone with a single core processor that’s targeted at people who want something that’s affordable, yet not a piece of junk. It’s already out in the UK and if you want it it’ll run you roughly $385. That’s…
Sprint, like every other operator around the world, owns a finite amount of spectrum. Some of that spectrum is currently being used for iDEN, which was briefly popular several years ago because it came with a “walkie-talkie” feature that annoying assholes loved to use so everyone could hear their conversations. Now that practically no one…
Samsung is eager to repeat the success it had with the previous Galaxy S smartphone and is therefore cornering mobile operators all around the world as we speak. Parts of Europe already got the Galaxy S III, while the U.S. citizens will get it later this month with 5 major carriers — including Verizon Wireless,…
Computex is taking place in Taiwan right now and it’s the mother of all trade shows when it comes to the PC industry. Intel, whose chips power four out of five personal computers, was at the event demoing several of their latest technologies, but one thing that caught our eye was their wireless charging enabled…
ASUS is showing off a docking monitor for the Padfone, allowing users to place their smartphone-turned-tablet into a dedicated place and access all of the apps on a big screen. The way I see it – that’s what the future holds, with majority of Office folks using their computers this way. After all, today’s smartphones…