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Analysis: Will we ever see a mobile superbazaar?
The mobile revolution has failed: Carriers still decide which apps you run on your phone. They now pitch mobile apps supermarket with web-based mobile apps that run on multiple handsets. Are we seeing…
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It used to be that you had to go overseas to see and enjoy the latest in mobile phone technology. The playing field has certainly leveled, but there are still some practices that…
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Google starts blocking access to Android tethering apps
Device tethering is a feature we would all like the option to use on our smartphones, but the network operators want to limit and control. The reason? There’s money to be made in…
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T-Mobile becomes first major US carrier to add Caller ID feature
Remember way back when when Caller ID was new and exciting? It became a common feature on landlines that many of us got very used to, very quickly. Then, along came cell phones.…
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Apple 4G LTE iPhone being tested by carriers?
The big item on everyone’s iPhone 5 wish list is LTE (Long Term Evolution, otherwise known as 4G). However, it’s been widely discussed that the next-gen iPhone won’t be getting LTE. But, today,…
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Republic Wireless unveiled: an interview with GM Brian Dally
The mobile market in the United States has been engineered over the past 10-15 years to keep new players from entering the game. Companies that do not already own their own spectrum…
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AT&T blocks Google Play Movies over LTE and 3G
It feels like, out of all the carriers in the US, AT&T has been the most restrictive. They blocked FaceTime on the iPhone over 3G to save bandwidth, they disabled NFC on several…
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Understanding the T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger
It’s no secret that T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom has been trying to sell the US arm of their company. There’s been a lot of speculation as to what was going to happen…
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Will the Nexus 4 drive users to pre-paid carriers?
Google’s new line of Android devices, the Nexus line, have brought a whole new wave of technology to the mobile ecosystem. The screen on the Nexus 10 offers the same resolution as the…
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T-Mobile to carry Apple products starting next year
Pretty soon Apple fans that are stuck on T-Mobile won’t have to deal with unlocking their phones. During a Deutsche Telekom shareholder meeting it was announced that the US arm of the company…
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Something rotten in Denmark: The price of the Nexus 4 doubles for Danes
One of the more appealing features to the Nexus 4 its price. If you order the phone from the Google Play Store, you can get a top-of-the-line smartphone for nor much more than…
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White House and FCC want to legalize unlocking phones
In an impressively noncommittal statement in response to a petition on White House petition website We The People, White House representatives and the chairman of the FCC have released separate...
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AT&T announced highcapacity data tiers up to 50GB and data-only plans
Users may be crying out for the return of unlimited data plans, but unless you’re on Sprint they aren’t coming back anytime soon. For those of you on AT&T with greater than average…
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How much does an iPhone really cost?
Apple releases a new iPhone every year, but this past year was the first time in the US that the phone was available on three of the four major carriers at launch. If…
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iPhone 5 on T-Mobile Uncarrier is $99
After months of guessing, leaks, hints, and no doubt late night prayers from the hopeful, T-Mobile finally clarified the details of their new relationship with Apple. The iPhone 5 will be the first…
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Lazy USPS carrier drives truck over garden instead of walking down path
Some people employed to deliver packages to our homes really aren’t fit for the job, and an increasing number of them are caught on camera abusing their position or being down right uncaring […]
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South Korean carriers ignore Samsung, start selling the Galaxy S5 early
It would appear as though Samsung has lost control of their launch window for the Galaxy S5 in South Korea, as SK Telecom begins to sell the new phone two whole weeks before […]
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Download Booster stripped from Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T...
US carriers are back to doing what they do best – removing features from phones that might actually use the data you pay for. In previous versions of Android, several US carriers saw […]
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Boost Mobile scraps Shrinking Payments for all new service plans
Sprint subsidiary Boost Mobile has completely overhauled their service plans this week in response to the resurrection of MetroPCS by T-Mobile and the impending introduction of Leap Wireless by...
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T-Mobile just announced rollover data for almost every user
Remember back when rollover minutes were a cool new thing we could get on mobile phones? Thanks to what he says was an overwhelming number of requests from users, T-Mobile’s John Legere has […]
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