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BlackBerry Bold 2 to be announced October 21 for T-Mobile, AT&T
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-10-08 06:47:57
We have it on good authority that T-Mobile and AT&T both currently plan on announcing the Bold 2 -- also known as the Onyx -- on October 21. ...
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AT&T Reverses Policy on iPhone Internet Calls
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-10-06 17:03:58
AT&T said on Tuesday that it would no longer prevent customers with the iPhone from using Internet telephone services that bypass its own voice network. ...
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Some iPhone users finally get MMS enabled
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-09-15 07:08:34
According to a new Arstechnica report, a few iPhone users have had their MMS enabled via AT&T, a couple of weeks prior to the expected rollout launch date of September 25th. ...
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AT&T eyes sale of Palm Pre in future
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-28 06:45:24
AT&T Inc's (T.N) Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said on Wednesday that the No. 2 U.S. mobile service would be keen to sell Palm Inc's (PALM.O) high-profile Pre phone at some point in the future....
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AT&T to Deliver 3G Mobile Broadband Speed Boost
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-27 11:57:01
AT&T today announced plans to upgrade the nation's fastest 3G network to deliver considerably faster mobile broadband speeds. The network upgrades are slated to begin later this year, with completion expected in 2011....
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AT&T issues official statement on SlingPlayer's 3G blackout for iPhone
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-13 08:55:08
AT&T's obviously taking a good helping of heat today over Sling's rock-and-a-hard-place decision to remove 3G streaming capability from its SlingPlayer Mobile build for the iPhone -- a decision that gets at the very heart of several hot-button issues plaguing AT&T and Apple alike -- and the carrier understandably felt the need to release an official statement to address the situation....
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Apple and Verizon consider iPhone deal
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-04-27 08:42:43
Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say. It would mark the first time Apple has produced a version of the iPhone for a CDMA wireless network, which is different from AT&T's GSM technology. Vodafone, co-owner of Verizon Wireless, already sells the iPhone in Europe....
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Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-12-26 11:40:46
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it will start selling Apple Inc's iPhone on Sunday, but the popular cell phones that can surf the web will not be priced as low as some anticipated....
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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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