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Monumental events inspire monumental amounts of communication, and in today’s age of eternal close proximity, that communication is done at a much quicker and more active rate. This was, of course, the case on Tuesday night when America elected their next president. With a race as heated and exciting...
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We’ve reported on this in the past, and it seems that AT&T has flipped the on/off “free Wifi at Starbucks” switch a number of times. Well, today AT&T is sending out text messages to iPhone users telling them that they can now enjoy free WiFi at thousands of hotspots nationwide...
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AT&T has announced that the long wait is over for the BlackBerry Bold and that it will be available in the United States on Tuesday, November 4th. The price starts as low as $299.99 with a two-year contract and you will be able to purchase it in-store as well as online.
We had a chance [...]
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AT&T reported a slight boost in profits this morning, and the carrier has quite a bit to boast about, especially on the wireless side. iPhone activations reached 2.4 million during the third quarter, and 40 percent of those iPhones were sold to new subscribers who activated on the AT&T network...
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AT&T and Samsung have announced the launch of a new smartphone called the Samsung Epix. The Epix will be offered exclusively to AT&T subscribers and is the first smartphone in the U.S. to include an integrated optical mouse.
The optical mouse gives users a new way to control their smartphone...
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As consumers increasingly pick up smartphones rather than feature phones, carriers are investing more cash in startups in the hopes of making such devices more useful — and their networks more profitable. The uptick in carrier investments has been particularly pronounced over the last few months...
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AT&T has released the findings of a study which looked at the relationship between texting and the dating scene. It seems that text messaging has become a way to not only keep in touch with loved ones, but to to also keep the fire in the romance alive as well. A number of findings shed [...]
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A few weeks ago we wrote about ways to get cheap wireless broadband, including an ingenious tip from Pocketables on how to use AT&T’s prepaid GoPhone service to get unlimited access for $20 a month. Well, Phone News tells us that option will be cut off as of Nov. 12th, which is a damn shame...
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Of those people that purchased the new Apple 3G iPhone this summer, some 30 percent of them defected to AT&T from other networks, according to a report out today from analysis firm The NPD Group.
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It seems that Research In Motion may have Apple to thank for the delay of its new BlackBerry Bold handheld to be released by AT&T. AT&T has become understandably gunshy when it comes to product releases after the 3G problems with the latest iPhone. As a result, the Associated Press is reporting...
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An article in BusinessWeek today claims that wireless data demand is exceeding capacity, which is causing carriers to limit services and charge higher rates. But that just doesn’t jibe with what carriers — or applications developers — are telling me. The real reason carriers are limiting...
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GigaOM Mobilize conference -- Carriers panel
Without carriers and their data networks, mobile applications wouldn’t be possible. So let’s show them some love, says Chetan Sharma, of Chetan Sharma Consulting, the moderator of the panel. The consensus is that mobile data is becoming more important...