AT&T To Launch Pantech Element with LTE on January 22nd (Updated)
AT&T stores have confirmed the forthcoming launch of AT&T’s next LTE enabled tablet in the Pantech Element. The tablet is being touted as the first water resistant Android tablet with sealed gaskets for all ports along with a drastically reduced pre contract and post contract price compared to the HTC Jetstream at $299.99 with two-year contract […]
Sprint CEO Confirms Throttling for Select Users, Web Ad Leaks Sprint Galaxy Nexus
Not long after this afternoon’s announcement of Sprint’s first four LTE markets that are intended to launch by the end of June this year, more details on the resurgent carrier’s plans have surfaced, first regarding its perpetually cloudy policies on data throttling and the first sighting of the forthcoming Sprint version of the Galaxy Nexus […]
Sprint Confirms First 4 LTE Markets
Within the last few minutes, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has announced the first four LTE markets that will roll out later this year as a part of Sprint’s planned LTE rollout. Customers in Atlanta, Dallas Houston & San Antonio will be the first to have Sprint’s LTE network available to them as a part of […]
MetroPCS To Launch First Mobile DTV Capable Phone This Year
Ahead of next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, MetroPCS and Samsung have issued a joint announcement confirming that both companies are working together to launch the first Android smartphone with support for the ATSC M/H terrestrial broadcast standard which was ratified in 2010. The phone will be the first phone in the US […]
Key US Windows Phone Launches Confirmed Ahead of CES
Noted Windows pundit Paul Thurrott has confirmed a few key details related to US Windows Phone launches planned for the coming year which center on AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Three LTE-based Windows Phone handsets–the Nokia ACE, HTC Radiant, and Samsung Mendel–will ship on AT&T Wireless before the middle of 2012. The ACE is due March […]
T-Mobile Says No Comment over iPhone 3G / HSPA+ Signals Hitting Devices
We were all set to close out the lights on PhoneNews.com to celebrate Christmas, but we got one piece of information that we had to push out to readers. Many in the mobile media had been covering that T-Mobile customers had suddenly noticed UMTS/HSPA receptivity on the unlocked iPhone models. This appears to be coming […]
Cricket Launches LTE in Arizona
Cricket has announced that its first market for its long-planned LTE network will be Tuscon, Arizona with 90% of the city currently covered based on current CDMA coverage and a further expansion to Nogales, Arizona beginning in 2012. Pricing for the service is set at $50 per month for 5GB of data at up to 3Mbps […]
What Sprint’s Network Vision will Mean for You
Sprint over the past week has dropped some tidbits on when to expect their innovative Network Vision cell site technology to begin going online, and when to begin expecting LTE-enabled devices. The embattled carrier created Network Vision as a way of mitigating the five current network platforms that it will power: iDEN, CDMA & EVDO, […]
Motorola to Push New Update to Improve PAYG Support on XOOM 4G
In an email to members of the Motorola Feedback Network, Motorola has confirmed that it is in the final stages of development for a new update meant for the Verizon Motorola Xoom 4G that improves pay as you go support for monthly data access. The update is intended as an invisible maintenance update and is […]
Clearwire Adds $35 Entry-Level WiMax Plan
Clearwire has added a new flat-rate access plan to their new contract-free service lineup with a new $35 monthly plan at 1.5Mbps down and 0.5 Mbps up that features no monthly caps, meant for mobile and home use. The new plan follows the move to WiMax only service and flat-rate unlimited service for $50 earlier […]