Mobiles reviews - cingular/at&t

AT&T selling iPhone 3G online

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:43:57 +0000

Why wait in those long lines to get your hands on the iPhone 3G when you could just put in an online order for one of the year’s hottest handsets? AT&T has kicked off online sales of the iPhone 3G through its online storefront, but only to their business suit wearing customers. While the rest of [...]

AT&T iPhone 3G contract obligation and canceling your iPhone 3G contract

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:28:05 +0000

We’re going to go out on a limb here and assume that there are a lot of you legit iPhone 3G owners out there lamenting your contract obligation to AT&T and their iPhone-only rate plans. Unlimited iPhone data plans are now $30, as opposed to the original iPhone’s $20 unlimited data plan. Monthly rate plans [...]

Boeing taps AT&T to restructure communications infrastructure

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:39:03 +0000

If there’s one thing that AT&T knows how to do well, it’s building and maintaining telecommunications infrastructure. Boeing, the airplane manufacturer, has tapped AT&T to help enhance Boeing’s business productivity through a more efficient communications system. AT&T will be overhauling Boeing’s wireless and wireline services with an IP-based system that includes wide area network services, voice [...]

Live NASCAR Racing coming to AT&T and Verizon Wireless mobile TV

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:39:20 +0000

ESPN and MediaFLO USA have announced that they will bring NASCAR live to the users of AT&T’s and Verizon Wireless’ mobile TV services. Under the agreement, MediaFLO USA and ESPN will air live race coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as six Sprint Cup Series races on ESPN Mobile TV. Upcoming Sprint Cup races include [...]

Sony Ericsson W760a coming to AT&T?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:56:10 +0000

We know Sony Ericsson is pushing its phones to U.S.A. through AT&T and we do hope they will bring the W760 to the country. However, the image on left is everything but a reliable indicator that will actually happen. I would say the bare fact that the W760a model (where “a” stands for America) exists [...]

BlackBerry Bold 9000 hitting Rogers on August 19th?

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:08:10 +0000

If the latest rumors filtering down the various intertubes prove to be on point, Canadian fans of the RIM’s push-emailing smartphones could see Rogers launching the heralded BlackBerry Bold 9000 on August 19th. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 has already gone live in Chile, Germany, and Austria, but North American releases are still rumored to be at [...]

RIM’s staggered Bold launch vs. Apple’s “all at once” approach

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:52:10 +0000

BlackberryNews.com has recently commented on the Blackberry Bold release dates - and the keyword we are looking at here is staggered… to recap, here are the supposed dates: July 29 - Rogers business customers August 1 - Vodafone UK August 4 - T-Mobile Germany August 8 - Rogers for general availability September 1 or later - AT&T In September - O2 [...]

RIM renames BlackBerry KickStart 8220 - Meet the BlackBerry Pearl 8220

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:25:26 +0000

RIM apparently didn’t think the BlackBerry KickStart moniker was going to vibe too well with the general public, and has decided to rebrand their first foray in to clamshell designs. The first BlackBerry flip-phone, the BlackBerry KickStart, as it has been known, will hence forth be referred to as the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8220. The [...]

Feds approve Verizon Unicel merger - AT&T headed to Vermont wth iPhone 3G in tow

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:29:05 +0000

Vermont natives have been missing out on AT&T’s service for years now. The Vermont wireless market was apparently not appealing enough for AT&T to setup shop in the small state, keeping residents from enjoying the latest and greatest hardware that only a GSM carrier like AT&T can provide. And, as the exclusive (until 2010) iPhone [...]

iPhone 3G SIM unlock gets real - Hardware SIM unlock to ship for iPhone 3G

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:24:19 +0000

AT&T might have the exclusive rights to hock iPhones, specifically iPhone 3Gs, in the US, but that doesn’t mean the iPhone 3G has to be tied down a specific carrier (although, to be fair, AT&T is arguably the best GSM carrier in the US). iPhone 3G customers looking to use their new toy on GSM [...]

AT&T secures iPhone exclusivity through 2010

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:46:11 +0000

There’s no doubt that AT&T has been milking its iPhone cash-cow for the past year or so. The iPhone has single-handedly broadened many consumers’ perspectives on what kind of user experience to expect from a smartphone, not to mention sparking a world-wide touchscreen revolution that no touchy-feely handset before it has managed to inspire. In that [...]

Analyst predicts RIM to reign in growth and lose AT&T’s favor

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:27:47 +0000

Research In Motion (RIM) has seen impressive growth in the enterprise-oriented smartphone market during recent quarters. The BlackBerry maker’s bullish performance on Wall Street underpins the firm’s 70% smartphone share on AT&T and 107% year-on-year growth as of Q1 2008. But, Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha believes RIM’s stock price is significantly over-valued. Why? RIM [...]

AT&T rolls out Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) for iPhone 3G

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:30:30 +0000

It’s happening all over again. Just as we saw with the original iPhone, AT&T is offering their hard-of-hearing customers the option to use their new iPhone 3G as a text-messaging communications device with none of the voice-call costs. The Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) has come to the iPhone 3G. AT&T isn’t going to make their hearing-impaired [...]

NTT DOCOMO, AT&T extend 3G network throughout Hawaii; Japanese tourists rejoice!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:33:28 +0000

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and AT&T announced that the extension of a 3G network to all principal islands in Hawaii has been completed. Using AT&T’s 3G network, DoCoMo customers now have access to data and voice roaming services in the main populated areas of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai and Kauai. NTT DoCoMo began providing 3G roaming [...]

Official AT&T Motorola Q9h Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM leaked!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:23:25 +0000

Feeling a bit down about having to deal with your already-old Motorola Q9h on AT&T’s network? Buck-up, sport. At least you can update your aging AT&T Motorola Q9h (codename: Norman) to the freshest Windows Mobile OS available. As far as being frustrated at the maddening pace of handset development (and subsequent obsolescence), you’ll just have [...]