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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 [...]

Sprint and Clearwire defend merger against AT&T’s objections

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:17:31 +0000

With Sprint struggling to turnaround their business and working hard to bring their high-speed WiMAX-based XOHM wireless data network online, some big-dogs in the wireless industry are opposing the Sprint and Clearwire merger deal currently under consideration by the Feds. AT&T has voiced their opposition to the merger, claiming that both companies were misrepresenting their [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Verizon posts 12% increase in Q2 revenue - Takes lead with $12.1 billion in revenue

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:16:22 +0000

Talk about taking the lead. Verizon has just posted the industry’s highest Q2 revenue numbers. At $12.1 billion, Verizon has increased their earnings by 11.8%. While still technically the No. 2 US wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless’ quarterly earnings easily outpaced those of the leading US wireless carrier, AT&T. Big Blue lagged behind Verizon by about [...]

AT&T moves to block Sprint merger with Clearwire for WiMAX network

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:52:36 +0000

Sprint has been working hard to redefine themselves as a data-centric provider with the premier high-speed wireless broadband network in the US. And, with good reason. Sprint’s losing customers left and right and bleeding money even faster. They clearly can’t compete in the voice-call business that is dominated by AT&T and Verizon, so Sprint is [...]

BlackBerry Bold 9000 gets launch dates

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:24:33 +0000

So, it’s the 25th day of July, and we’ve still not heard a peep regarding the Blackberry Bold 9000’s release. Previous reports indicating that July 25 was the date to look forward to for an official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold’s launch were obviously off the mark. Where does that leave BlackBerry fanatics chompin’ at the [...]

AT&T preparing to bring MMS to iPhone 3G?

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:54:57 +0000

Apple and AT&T's omission of MMS (picture messaging) messaging on the original iPhone was a point of contention for many. While the rest of us were more than happy to email our photos through the iPhone's highly-integrated and intuitive email application, there were those out there that felt burned by Apple's decision to keep MMS [...]