Wireless


  • iPhone 3G S Launch Comparatively Tepid
    Smaller lines and less fuss than earlier launches characterized the debut of the iPhone 3G S on Friday. The sales process was by all accounts smooth, with no round-the-block lines and only a few reports of sell-outs, unlike the iPhone launches in 2007 and 2008, where ...More
    June 20, 2009
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  • FCC to Review Exclusive Handset Deals
    The FCC will take up the Senate Commerce Committee’s suggestion that it review wireless operators’ practice of signing exclusive handset contracts."I agree that we should open a proceeding to closely examine wireless handset exclusivity arrangements that have ...More
    June 19, 2009 By Tara Seals
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  • TCM Mobile to Enter Dual Band Phone Market
    TCM Mobile has announced a next-generation, dual band handset capable of operating on both the TCM Mobile Cellular VOIP Network and on traditional GSM cellular networks when outside of TCM’s coverage area. The new handset, which is scheduled for release in the next ...More
    June 18, 2009
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  • Prediction: iPhone 3G S Sales to Kick Palm Pre Booty
    The numbers are in! – well, actually, they’re not, because the Apple iPhone 3G S hasn’t even gone on sale yet – but forecasters are predicting sales to blow sales of the Palm Pre out of the water.A Piper Jaffray analyst believes that Apple and ...More
    June 18, 2009
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  • Rural America: I Want My High-End Smartphone
    During this week’s Senate Commerce Committee hearings on exclusive handset deals and their impact on competition, organizations advocating for rural America came to the table with one simple message: Such deals shut out rural consumers.Among them, Verizon Wireless, ...More
    June 18, 2009
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  • Failure Looming for Apple, AT&T Partnership?
    With the rabid popularity of the iPhone and the latest version – the 3G S – already sold out, things appear to be going quite well for Apple and AT&T. But looks may be deceiving.PC World cites several reasons for what it calls a “failing ...More
    June 18, 2009
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  • AT&T Revises iPhone 3G S Upgrade Policy
    We all know the deal with device upgrades: Unless you’re a new customer or at the end of your contract, upgrading to a smartphone will usually cost you a lot more than the $199 advertised, after-rebate price. However, AT&T Inc. today said it would break with that ...More
    June 17, 2009
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  • Verizon, Sprint Go ‘Bold’, Global With BlackBerry Tour
    Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. will soon take a Tour, as it were. The BlackBerry Tour, to be exact. The device, arriving at the carriers later this year, is meant to be an EV-DO version of the popular 3G BlackBerry Bold that AT&T Inc. sells. But not just ...More
    June 17, 2009
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  • Microsoft: No iPhones Allowed
    Microsoft Corp. has reportedly said it will no longer pay the data charges for employees’ iPhones, BlackBerrys and other rival devices, instead only paying for those incurred by Windows Mobile devices.The anticompetitive, captive audience strategy is perhaps ...More
    June 15, 2009
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  • Kindle DX: Amazon Sells Out in 3 Days
    Maybe people are interested in reading newspapers electronically after all. Amazon.com is officially fresh out of the new Kindle DX, launched just a scant three days ago. The eReader is meant to be optimized for newspapers and textbooks, with a large 9.7-inch screen. Amazon ...More
    June 15, 2009
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