Cell Phone News
Cable operator Cox to launch cellphone service
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-27 09:20:23
Cox Communications plans to rock the wireless phone business Monday by unveiling plans to launch cellphone service in the second half of 2009 that ultimately will make the No. 3 cable operator a rival of AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon....
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AT&T Says Blackberry Bold Will Launch Nov. 4 For $300
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-22 12:06:25
AT&T Inc. and Research In Motion announced today that the highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in the United States for as low as $299.99 on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in AT&T retail stores nationwide, through www.att.com and select national retailers, as well as through AT&T's business-to-business sales teams. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which is being introduced in the United States only for AT&T customers, can be used in the most countries abroad, including more than 60 with 3G networks. AT&T is the world's leading provider of BlackBerry services....
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Samsung announces the Epix for AT&T
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-21 12:18:11
The BlackJack series was a turning point for Samsung and solidified their place in the smartphone market among the major players until RIM got all fussy about the name and today they announced the Epix, which is basically the BJ III....
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AT&T to boost 3G speeds more than fivefold by 2009
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-14 15:50:01
AT&T said Wednesday it plans to boost the speed of its 3G wireless network to speeds of 20 megabits per second in 2009, paving the way for over-the-air downloads that are more than five times faster than what customers can achieve today. ...
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Putting WiMax on the Fast Track
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-07 12:31:56
Google, Intel, and the nation's biggest cable providers together will invest more than $3 billion in a technology called WiMAX that aims to deliver high-speed Web connections more cheaply and efficiently those now offered by the top two cellular carriers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless....
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TV Comes to Your AT&T Phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-02 08:56:41
AT&T's service will be available starting Sunday in 58 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle (but not San Francisco). To use the service, you'll need one of the carrier's spiffy new handsets: Either the LG Vu ($300 after rebate, with a 2-year contract) or the Samsung Access ($200 after rebate, with 2-year contract). The service will cost $13 to $30 per month....
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AT&T to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-30 08:55:47
When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S. iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the price by as much as $200, according to a person familiar with the strategy. AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two versions of the new iPhone, an 8-gigabyte-memory and a 16-gigabyte-memory model with price tags widely expected to be $399 and $499....
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