Deal: Virgin Mobile Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 – $19.99 Shipped
Virgin Mobile puts its first, and only 3G mobile hotspot on clearance.
Walmart Carves a Prepaid Broadband Niche with New 4 GB Data Plan
Walmart makes an old plan relevant, by turning a bad deal into a good niche offering.
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, […]
Verizon Network Extenders Experiencing Outage Nationwide
If you have a Verizon Network Extender, you might be asking the infamous ‘Can you hear me now?’ Verizon has confirmed to PhoneNews.com that all Network Extenders nationwide are down, due to an outage. Representatives for Verizon could not provide an estimate as to when the service would be restored. Verizon may be preparing to […]
Verizon Samsung Reality Launching on April 22nd
Following confirmation from a Best Buy flyer this week, Verizon internal employee documentation has further confirmed the launch of the Samsung Reality messaging and multimedia phone for April 22nd. As previously reported the phone features the TouchWiz user interface along with a QWERTY keyboard, 3.0 inch WQVGA resolution touch display, HTML browser and a 3.2 […]
Boost Mobile Updates Sanyo Incognito, Adds Full Screen YouTube
Boost Mobile has updated the Sanyo Incognito with a new firmware update. Most notably, the update adds full screen 3GPP video playback, enabling sites like m.youtube.com to play video in full screen on the phone’s large flip display. The company’s switch to resuming sales of CDMA phones has led to some of the most attractive […]
Sprint Issues PRL 50562 & 60662
Sprint has issued two new PRLs for modern Sprint phones; PRL 50562 and 60662. The PRL, or Preferred Roaming List is a file inside of CDMA phones that manages roaming and data network authentication. Originally intended for improving the acquisition time of tower signals, the file now also handles EVDO and data roaming functionality as […]
MyTether Update to Support Verizon Pre Plus
The increasingly popular MyTether application for the Palm Pre which allows for tethering over USB or Wi-Fi has now been updated to support Verizon’s Pre Plus with the same aforementioned tethering options without needing to pay for Verizon’s Mobile Hotspot monthly fee by utilizing the built-in API calls for the aforementioned service, according to the […]
CES: Samsung Verizon Network Extender EV-DO Prototype Shown
Samsung isn’t normally too welcoming of photos at their booth. But, they did let us take a few of something… we’re not sure they realized it wasn’t on the market just yet. Titled as the “Combo FemtoCell”, the device is a CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO femtocell, and is clearly labeled with Both Verizon and Network […]
Sprint Offers $40 Mobile Broadband Plan… To Some
Sprint today has announced a new Mobile Broadband plan, aimed at lighter data users. The plan aims to match the $39.99 plan recently released by Verizon Wireless. Verizon offers a $39.99 plan that was at 50 MB, but increased that to 250 MB upon the launch of their variant of the HP Mini netbook. The […]